Studying in dental school

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ysunflowermd

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Hello All,

Wondering if there are any on- line options where dental students can study lectures/slides? SDN was tremendous help with DAT so I am hoping there are ways to get study pointers for dental school too?

Thanks
 
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Each school's curriculum is pretty specific.. if you want to the do the "best" sometimes all you need to do is read the slides from your lecture. If you are having trouble with understanding something specific, I would then go to your professor/upperclassmen or try to google it.
 
wigglytooth said:
Each school's curriculum is pretty specific.. if you want to the do the "best" sometimes all you need to do is read the slides from your lecture. If you are having trouble with understanding something specific, I would then go to your professor/upperclassmen or try to google it.
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Slides from the lecture ?
 
Yeah. You'll have classes and most prof's will do some sort of power point and let you have access to it either before or after the class. I think I only read text books when I took anatomy.. for me, slides and listening in class were enough to get through my program.
 
ysunflowermd said:
Slides from the lecture ?
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In my Gross and Neuroanatomy course, you don't have time but to study the slides from lectures (and Netter, of course). It's not even worth it to buy the books (Grants, Grays, etc) b/c you don't have time to read them.

You're not going to be utilizing third-party, online options to study unless provided by your professor, for the most part (Wikipedia actually helps a good bit for some classes for quick info). Not if you want to do well, anyway. It's just like studying for undergrad, except you study a lot harder, study everyday, and you don't procrastinate.
 
diasIItema said:
You're not going to be utilizing third-party, online options to study unless provided by your professor, for the most part.
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This.


In fact, using third party sites and sources can get you into more trouble if your prof wants you to learn it a specific way. Stick with what they specifically teach and you'll be better off and not needlessly spinning your wheels.
 
Wikipedia is a fantastic source though for random questions that you get while studying. Especially useful for gross anatomy but almost any subject that isn't extremely dental specific, i.e. dental anatomy.
 
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