Do all students

[Doh Boy Fresh]

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eventually get a hang of working with their hands and become competent, good dentists? Or are the ones with the poor hand skills the ones that either drop or get kicked out of dental school?

 

[DentGuy]

dude, of course no one is perfect when they first start out, but that's the beauty of dentistry.. with enough practice you'll eventually get the hang of it. Granted some students get the hang of it faster than others, but I wouldn't necessarily think you'd quit/get kicked out because of it.

 

[Saddleshoes]

In my class of 40 we had 39 of us that either had "the touch" to start with or developed it with time. We had one poor girl that had "lead hands". She dropped half way though the program.

It was my opinion that her problem was in her head not in her hands but we don,t time to discuss it here.

 

[somethinpositiv]

When I visited UoP, there was one guy who had to repeat a year because his hand skills were not up to speed. Coincidentally, he was also the only student I talked to there that was not totally satisfied with the school. I heard there were 2 students that had to do this, out of over a hundred. I don't think you have an issue with your hands D. Boy, you're not one of the one-or-two that have "lead hands" every year.

 

[DentGuy]

I became a dental assistant and I have had the opportunity to make wax/stone models and play around with it. It's not that difficult.. granted I wasn't being graded on it. 😀

 

[La fea]

The beauty of Dentistry is that you get better w/ practice. Am not "artistic" But I did practice like crazy and could actually *see* the progress.

 

[youngmc27]

When I began I had a hard time doing anything right but my hard work is starting to pay off. Almost everyone gets it after practice. Kepp working and you'll be fine.

 

[Thaxil]

I was helping with GKAS day at my school and saw last years graduate working. It turns out that people with poor hand skill will after a year out of school still take 1.5 hours for an amalgam.

 

[NyCzPeter]

Damn, I was just thinking of asking the same question. My hands are kind of dumb, i.e I have terrible hand writing, and I drop my food by accident all the time. My secret fear is that that my clinical skills won't be up to speed. Hope the skills are acquired as some of you had suggested.

 

[skinetic]

Yes, I remember when a few of our classmates quit since they were clinically incompetent (horrible handskills). It does happen, but that is far and few. Dental work can be very subjective, but just do enough to pass your boards and coursework. Afterwards, no one will judge you as long as you do not hurt anyone, your patients are happy, and your products do not blatantly fail. As taking 1.5 hours for an amalgam, there's two possibilities: Either they are incompetent or have excessively high standards.

 

[Theillestill]

Damn, I was just thinking of asking the same question. My hands are kind of dumb, i.e I have terrible hand writing, and I drop my food by accident all the time.

Try working on your motor skills with your hands.

 

[Thaxil]

I did not think she took 1.5 hours of a 2 surface amalgam due to either reason. I just assumed she was ******ed.