Good point about the technique thing. One area where I think it would be beneficial to practice, without the risk of developing habits which would need to be broken later on, is working with a mirror. Either your sense of it is developed or it isn't; being able to control your fine motor functions that way is a very generalized and (I think?) "safe" thing to practice on. For example, try writing letters or simple words in a mirror (without looking at the paper, just looking in the mirror), or draw yourself a simple maze and then try to follow it using the mirror. That's the kind of thing I'd like to do when my work load lightens up a little bit. Current dentists and dent students, does that sound like a reasonable approach for those of us pre-dents who would rather do stuff than just relax? (PLEASE no snooty put-down remarks)
