what courses I can study before dental school?

[99dumeng]

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For those people who are in dental schools already, could you please recommend some books or courses that I can read/take before dental schoool starts (the ones you think are difficult and you regret not taking them before dental school)?

Also I was wondering if the canadian DAT soap carving exercise is a good way to enhence manual dexterity and is it helpful to prepare for the lab work in dental school? if not, what exercise you recommend that will enhence my manual dexterity for the lab work in dental school?

many thanks !!!

 

[doc toothache]

For those people who are in dental schools already, could you please recommend some books or courses that I can read/take before dental schoool starts (the ones you think are difficult and you regret not taking them before dental school)? Also I was wondering if the canadian DAT soap carving exercise is a good way to enhence manual dexterity and is it helpful to prepare for the lab work in dental school? if not, what exercise you recommend that will enhence my manual dexterity for the lab work in dental school?

If you have been accepted, it would be best to purchase the textbooks you will be using from the ds in question. Soap carving would be great if teeth were made of sodium lauryl sulfate.

 

[beannaithe]

For those people who are in dental schools already, could you please recommend some books or courses that I can read/take before dental schoool starts (the ones you think are difficult and you regret not taking them before dental school)?

Also I was wondering if the canadian DAT soap carving exercise is a good way to enhence manual dexterity and is it helpful to prepare for the lab work in dental school? if not, what exercise you recommend that will enhence my manual dexterity for the lab work in dental school?

many thanks !!!

Truthfully, relax and sleep. You don't do too much of that in dental school. There will be time to learn everything that you need to.

As far as hand skills, that will help you much more then "pre-studying" ever will. Things to try are things that you will enjoy and will help you relax while you're still in school. I played a lot of video games. Other things include : starting an instrument, woodworking, crocheting/knitting, needlepoint. Really any hobby that involves your hands. I wouldn't worry about soap carving, because it doesn't seem like that much fun.

Enjoy your time off, that's the best thing you can do. School will come soon enough.

 

[caffeinehigh]

Pickup beer, open, drink. Repeat.

Seriously you've got 4 hard years.... relax until it arrives.

 

[Smilemaker12]

Anatomy

 

[jeffity]

The generic advice is to do nothing. But I realize there are types who won't be talked out of it.

I've decided that a summer's worth of studying any of the forthcoming sciences isn't worth the couple of weeks that it might benefit you. I find that some topics are covered very superficially than undergrad while others really dive deep. So you might waste time reviewing/learning something that is covered very briefly. I don't know your particular curriculum, but to those incoming D1s under my curriculum where weekly dental anatomy lectures and corresponding sim lab activities are a significant portion of the first year, I suggested avoiding sciences for now and picking up on some dental anatomy. Some terms and concepts can be especially confusing for those who have limited dental experience. Efforts there might be less futile and can be beneficial in academia and pretty much forever.

That's pretty good advice to look into which text (if any) your school requires if you're going to go that route.

 

[Smilemaker12]

Dental Anatomy too.

 

[FlyingSky]

Dental Anatomy too.

This

is painful

 

[Toothshucker]

Nothing

 

[MatthewLeeDDS]

I graduated from college a semester early and had a whole semester to do nothing. I tutored high school students and did P90X and ran a few times a week. I would not in any way go back and change that decision at all.

I had pretty minimal sciences and dental experience going into dental school (no phys, no anatomy, never worked in a dental lab, didn't have a great manual dexterity hobby, poor biochem background). Some of the best classes I took in undergrad were completely unrelated to dental school; WWII History, Nutrition, etc. They were things I was actually interested in beyond getting a grade.

Take this time to explore and do things you've always wanted to do. You will not be disadvantaged by taking some time off. You're in the grinder like everyone else day 1 and, IMO, nothing is going to prepare you enough to matter. Trust me, you won't regret it.