Predent's first wax up (pic)...advice needed

[Sanducan]

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I just started my pre-reqs this Fall semester and was lucky to find out that my school has a dental hygiene program. Being the Gun dizzle that I am 😎, I reached out to one of the professors from the program and she invited me to sit in her class. Anyway, today was my first day. I walked in, introduce myself, and right away she gave me some old equipment, wax and a model, and told me that she didn't have time to teach me anything so I should just sit and play with the wax up until the end of the class. I did just that. Granted this was my first time ever touching anything like this, I asked a few students for advice before I got started. By the end of the class, see in the attachment what I came up with:

Everyone was surprised at my work, some of the students said it was a fluke (envy, I know), but I'm very artistic so I wasn't too surprised. After all, this is one of the reasons why I like dentistry. The professor was thrilled, and even said that I was better than the majority of the class (that's kind of scary if you ask me) because I did the wax up in under an hour with the worst and oldest equipment she could find, lol. She told me I can come to her lab every week to do whatever I want, NICE!! 😍

My question to all current dental students, how can I use this experience to my advantage when I apply next summer? I really want to get into a school that has a strong clinical program. Your advice would be appreciated.

 

[diasIItema]

You're not going to make many friends in here with a post like that. You also can't use that experience to your advantage. Waxing teeth is more about learning anatomy than developing clinical skills; it's basically useless in predicting clinical ability. Sorry to burst your bubble. Do some community service to boost your CV. Sounds like a little humility might do you good.

 

[Sanducan]

By no means was I trying to offend anyone, but what's wrong with being proud of my work? Being that your'e a current dental student I will take your advice on the clinical skills. Just so you know though, I am a pretty humble guy..

 

[doc toothache]

Wait. You want to use one wax up to make adcoms scramble to invite you for an interview?

 

[shulk]

Excellent news! You won't even need to fill out any applications or secondaries with that. Just mail in that pic and you'll be golden.

But seriously, why would you want to use this as a plus on your application? It would be like someone who got a hold of a textbook that was used in D1 and put down on their app that they "already finished a classic D1 text." The best thing you can take from this are personal experiences that you can put into your PS, maybe a letter of rec if you continue to go to the lab and show an interest. Just be careful to come off a little more humble in your PS than you did here.

 

[Sanducan]

Excellent news! You won't even need to fill out any applications or secondaries with that. Just mail in that pic and you'll be golden.

But seriously, why would you want to use this as a plus on your application? It would be like someone who got a hold of a textbook that was used in D1 and put down on their app that they "already finished a classic D1 text." The best thing you can take from this are personal experiences that you can put into your PS, maybe a letter of rec if you continue to go to the lab and show an interest. Just be careful to come off a little more humble in your PS than you did here.

Got it, appreciate the advice. Sorry if I came off like a douche, didn't mean to.

 

[Jbrowndds]

Dang teach me how to do that lol. Good job! I hope I'm that good.

 

[Jbrowndds]

Do people not know when to just say good job? Haters! That's when you know you're good lol.

 

[Daurang]

That's an extraordinary wax up. However that is only a tiny part of what dentistry is about.

 

[Mackchops]

You're not going to make many friends in here with a post like that. You also can't use that experience to your advantage. Waxing teeth is more about learning anatomy than developing clinical skills; it's basically useless in predicting clinical ability. Sorry to burst your bubble. Do some community service to boost your CV. Sounds like a little humility might do you good.

In my humble opinion, everything in this post is false. I don't know the reason for all the hate... but learning to wax up a tooth translates to clinical ability and it also has clinical application. Have you tried carving an amalgam yet? It's surprisingly similar... carving wax is less about your hand skills and more about your ability to SEE the product that you are trying to accomplish. Don't underestimate its value...

To the OP, nice waxup. I see nothing wrong with bringing that to your interview and showing off a little. In fact, I would recommend it. Don't show it off to the other applicants though, just your interviewer(s).

Even if your wax-up isn't appreciated, the fact that you audited this hygiene course speaks positively to your initiative and excitement for dentistry. That can't be anything but a positive...

Good luck. Dentistry is half art 🙂 You'll do well.

 

[bigstix808]

In my humble opinion, everything in this post is false. I don't know the reason for all the hate... but learning to wax up a tooth translates to clinical ability and it also has clinical application. Have you tried carving an amalgam yet? It's surprisingly similar... carving wax is less about your hand skills and more about your ability to SEE the product that you are trying to accomplish. Don't underestimate its value...

To the OP, nice waxup. I see nothing wrong with bringing that to your interview and showing off a little. In fact, I would recommend it. Don't show it off to the other applicants though, just your interviewer(s).

Even if your wax-up isn't appreciated, the fact that you audited this hygiene course speaks positively to your initiative and excitement for dentistry. That can't be anything but a positive...

Good luck. Dentistry is half art 🙂 You'll do well.

lets be honest here, you know your work is "above average". praising your self in public form does not sit well with...anyone (esp k's of folks that are fighting for the same spots you'll be)

on another note, the work is nice. hand skills are def learned, however, there are many with a natural "gift". it will help with your restorative grace and ease, however, i've seen plenty of folks rock out waxing teeth, and are terrible at crown preps. (i personally worked in lab waxing teeth bf dschool for a short period of time. i rocked out in anatomy and was VERY humbled in my first fixed course (crown and bridge)). i like to think i'm ok now, getting better as time progresses of course, but alas, lesson learned here ... dont show your ass.

 

[Dgeorg6]

so you just started taking pre reqs and your already planning on applying next summer? not likely.. and bringing that to your interview would make you look like a dumb ass.

but besides that good job

 

[Bereno]

Lol, it seems to me that the OP is trolling... If not, then he/she should be a little more humble. I mean, they have solid contacts, a pretty good occlusal surface, and proper dimensions it seems. Not to mention, it has been buffed... Could be genuine, but I still think they are trolling haha 😀

 

[Sanducan]

so you just started taking pre reqs and your already planning on applying next summer? not likely.. and bringing that to your interview would make you look like a dumb ass.

but besides that good job

Why not likely, I'm taking Chem1, Bio1, and Phy1 this semester. Next semester I'll take second semester for all those courses plus Orgo 1. Send my application in June and take the DAT in August. I'll then finish up my pre-reqs throughout the application process. What's your point. Thanks for the compliment btw...

 

[Kahr]

Lol, it seems to me that the OP is trolling... If not, then he/she should be a little more humble. I mean, they have solid contacts, a pretty good occlusal surface, and proper dimensions it seems. Not to mention, it has been buffed... Could be genuine, but I still think they are trolling haha 😀

Have you guys already waxed up 1st and 2nd molars? I sure haven't... 😳

 

[Sanducan]

Lol, it seems to me that the OP is trolling... If not, then he/she should be a little more humble. I mean, they have solid contacts, a pretty good occlusal surface, and proper dimensions it seems. Not to mention, it has been buffed... Could be genuine, but I still think they are trolling haha 😀

Not trolling bro, I don't have time for that. Like I stated in my previous posts, I didn't mean to come like a douche end of story.

 

[Bereno]

Have you guys already waxed up 1st and 2nd molars? I sure haven't... 😳

Nope. I am familiar with how to wax and what to look for in a wax-up though lol. Hope all is well buddy! 🙂

Not trolling bro, I don't have time for that. Like I stated in my previous posts, I didn't mean to come like a douche end of story.

Like I said, it could be real and it could be that you simply used poor word choice... no worries there. Unfortunately however, the interwebs are chalk full of trolls which makes you minority if this is totally truthful. Take it as a complement of sorts 👍 🙂

 

[Sanducan]

Nope. I am familiar with how to wax and what to look for in a wax-up though lol. Hope all is well buddy! 🙂



Like I said, it could be real and it could be that you simply used poor word choice... no worries there. Unfortunately however, the interwebs are chalk full of trolls which makes you minority if this is totally truthful. Take it as a complement of sorts 👍 🙂

I understand where you're coming from, and what you said is certainly true. Though, the fact that you think it might be fake proves to me that I did a decent job for my first time, and I feel happy about that. Like I said, I'm passionate about dentistry. To follow up on what you said in your earlier post, it hasn't been buffed, I don't even know how to buff yet. I just used the carving tools they gave me, they even forgot to give me the lubricant that allows the wax up to come off, so it's stuck I guess.

 

[Kahr]

Nope. I am familiar with how to wax and what to look for in a wax-up though lol. Hope all is well buddy! 🙂

Wasn't questioning your opinion on the wax-up, just straight-up wondering if you guys were that far in waxing, and perhaps we were just going slow. In a way I was agreeing with your post, just a bit indirectly.

All is not well, dental school is like some kind of purgatorial cesspool. Right now all is well, I'm back home for a week, about to have some home-cooking and good wine. Hope you have a good thanksgiving. 🙂

 

[fujindesu]

you're one of em gunners.

 

[diasIItema]

Why not likely, I'm taking Chem1, Bio1, and Phy1 this semester. Next semester I'll take second semester for all those courses plus Orgo 1. Send my application in June and take the DAT in August. I'll then finish up my pre-reqs throughout the application process. What's your point. Thanks for the compliment btw...

His point might be that you're posting on a dental forum about your newfound precocity concerning something so trivial as wax ups without even having secured what really matters: your GPA and DAT score. Less than 1/4 of my class, myself included, matriculated straight out of undergrad and I didn't even know what a wax-up was before dental school. Just sayin.

Also, try using scannable wax, which is far more difficult to work with, and having your wax ups objectively scanned on E4D machines to 200 microns. Your photo, while pretty to the naked eye, very well might receive a failing grade if your dimensions are off.

Look on the bright side, though. If you fail to matriculate at least you might make a good lab tech.

 

[Bereno]

I understand where you're coming from, and what you said is certainly true. Though, the fact that you think it might be fake proves to me that I did a decent job for my first time, and I feel happy about that. Like I said, I'm passionate about dentistry. To follow up on what you said in your earlier post, it hasn't been buffed, I don't even know how to buff yet. I just used the carving tools they gave me, they even forgot to give me the lubricant that allows the wax up to come off, so it's stuck I guess.

They will just boil it and it will come right off the stone. 👍 No buffing either? Well as I said, odds are not in your favor... at all lol

Wasn't questioning your opinion on the wax-up, just straight-up wondering if you guys were that far in waxing, and perhaps we were just going slow. In a way I was agreeing with your post, just a bit indirectly.

All is not well, dental school is like some kind of purgatorial cesspool. Right now all is well, I'm back home for a week, about to have some home-cooking and good wine. Hope you have a good thanksgiving. 🙂

Thanks! You have a PM 😎

 

[Sanducan]

His point might be that you're posting on a dental forum about your newfound precocity concerning something so trivial as wax ups without even having secured what really matters: your GPA and DAT score. Less than 1/4 of my class, myself included, matriculated straight out of undergrad and I didn't even know what a wax-up was before dental school. Just sayin.

Also, try using scannable wax, which is far more difficult to work with, and having your wax ups objectively scanned on E4D machines to 200 microns. Your photo, while pretty to the naked eye, very well might receive a failing grade if your dimensions are off.

Look on the bright side, though. If you fail to matriculate at least you might make a good lab tech.

Steady bro...Based on my current GPA I'm not worried. Not worried about the DAT either.

 

[Sanducan]

They will just boil it and it will come right off the stone. 👍 No buffing either? Well as I said, odds are not in your favor... at all lol



Thanks! You have a PM 😎

Don't really know where you're going with this, but you're entitled to your own opinion.

 

[diasIItema]

Steady bro...Based on my current GPA I'm not worried. Not worried about the DAT either.

Baha. Based on what GPA? You haven't even taken a pre-req yet. Regardless, I had a first-round interview at a school with a friend of mine with a 4.00 GPA in Biology and a 20/20 DAT. She wasn't admitted. Likewise, there are several individuals in my class who applied three times with solid stats before being admitted. There's nothing wrong with confidence, cupcake (hell, I'll admit I would have been extremely surprised had I not been accepted), but you better have a backup plan.

 

[mixoma]

This is one of the funniest post I have seen on SDN! I used to make stents during waxing class and cast the tooth out of wax in that during D-school, took 10 min while everyone else waxed for hours, waxing is a load of S**t, it has no correlation to how good of a practitioner you will become it simply helps you learn mesial from distal.

 

[UCSD6]

Don't feed the troll

 

[Sanducan]

Baha. Based on what GPA? You haven't even taken a pre-req yet. Regardless, I had a first-round interview at a school with a friend of mine with a 4.00 GPA in Biology and a 20/20 DAT. She wasn't admitted. Likewise, there are several individuals in my class who applied three times with solid stats before being admitted. There's nothing wrong with confidence, cupcake (hell, I'll admit I would have been extremely surprised had I not been accepted), but you better have a backup plan.

Cupcake? Was that supposed to be an insult? You're a funny one. Anyway, Like I said, I'm not worried about my GPA. If I got all C's in all my pre-reqs I would still have a decent GPA (not saying this would get me in, just proving a point). Furthermore, there are many factors other than stats that go into ones application, and you know this so I don't understand why you're making foolish comments. And, don't worry about be me, I can assure you that there are many other routes that I can take if I don't matriculate.

 

[diasIItema]

Nothing really foolish about my comments that I can see considering they're based in fact and experience. Yours, however, and the entire premise of this discussion have come off as extremely naive and fairly pompous, as has been confirmed by numerous dental students in this thread. And coming from someone who was admitted to HSDM last cycle (which I respectfully declined) and is currently enrolled in dental school and acing his morphology wax-ups, it might be prudent for you to actually heed some advice in response to your initial inquiry: your wax-up is meaningless and almost certainly cannot be used to your advantage in the admissions process. Goodnight, troll.

 

[Sanducan]

Sure I'll take the advice, however, I'm still proud of my wax up. Hey, I don't give a s$&t if you got into HSDM last cycle, I was an Investment Banker at GS for two years, you don't impress me. Goodnight, little man.

 

[Dent4GA]

Nice wax up! Hard to believe you did that in an hour, takes me way longer to get all the anatomy just right. But good job, probably won't help you out that much when your applying, but at least you will know you are ahead of the curve when it comes to waxing.

 

[txaggie03]

your contacts could be a little more facial.
without an opposing arch, your occlusal anatomy is meaningless.
open up the lingual embrasures or you risk creating a catch.
your facial line angle should closer approximate that of #14.
mesial marginal ridge could come up a bit, but without the opposing arch, hard to tell.

Baylor B-.


😴

 

[Jbrowndds]

Wow y'all are a bunch of *******s! He showed a picture of a tooth he sculpted and now I'm seeing posts saying he's probably not gonna make it or even get accepted...wow. Most of y'all are just rude. The tooth was awesome. He did an awesome job. Keep it moving. Dang y'all hate too much.

 

[mmmsteakdinners]

Cupcake? Was that supposed to be an insult? You're a funny one. Anyway, Like I said, I'm not worried about my GPA. If I got all C's in all my pre-reqs I would still have a decent GPA (not saying this would get me in, just proving a point). Furthermore, there are many factors other than stats that go into ones application, and you know this so I don't understand why you're making foolish comments. And, don't worry about be me, I can assure you that there are many other routes that I can take if I don't matriculate.

I would pay $1000000 to watch you get C's in all your prerequisites, then watch your jaw drop when you see that schools only really care about is your science gpa. You'd apply with a 2.0 science gpa with your logic which is the opposite of decent. You'd get 0 acceptances guaranteed.

People are annoyed because you're sorta presenting yourself as a gift from g*d yet you apparently have no idea how the process works.

Good luck

 

[Sanducan]

I would pay $1000000 to watch you get C's in all your prerequisites, then watch your jaw drop when you see that schools only really care about is your science gpa. You'd apply with a 2.0 science gpa with your logic which is the opposite of decent. You'd get 0 acceptances guaranteed.

People are annoyed because you're sorta presenting yourself as a gift from g*d yet you apparently have no idea how the process works.

Good luck

Maybe you should pay $1000000 to learn how to read. Where in my post did I say that a 2.0 science GPA would get me in. Why would I even apply with a 2.0 science GPA, are you ******ed?

I apologized before for coming off as a douche, and I'm not going to do it again, so fall the F back..

 

[mmmsteakdinners]

...you said if you got C's in all your pre reqs you would still have a decent gpa

 

[Sanducan]

...you said if you got C's in all your pre reqs you would still have a decent gpa

......And then I said, (not saying this would get me in, just proving a point).

 

[mmmsteakdinners]

......And then I said, (not saying this would get me in, just proving a point).

Then what point are you proving? You said it because you thought you'd still get in...

...honestly I don't even care good luck bro!!!

 

[Sanducan]

Then what point are you proving? You said it because you thought you'd still get in...

...honestly I don't even care good luck bro!!!

Jesus Christo, whatever dude......Good luck to you too man!!!

 

[Kahr]

Okay guys, obviously the OP has gotten sufficient feedback for either a legitimate post or a solid trolling (I really don't care which it is at this point), so without further ado, this gem is closed. 😎