Long Days . . .

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Today was the first full day of lectures. However, about half of the time was still taken up with introductions.In the morning, we had an ethics class warning us not to cheat and what to do if we suspect cheating. Some of the methods were a bit altruistic, and I doubt any student would pursue the matter using the suggested method.

After ethics, we had our first Dental Anatomy course. We spent the first 90 minutes going over tooth anatomy, the arches, numbering systems, and critical vocab. During the last 30 minutes we went into the sim lab and found the tools we needed to start our first wax carving project--tooth #9. It's due August 2nd.

Following lunch, we spent the remainder of the afternoon in Gross Anatomy/Histology. Most of the class time we spent discussing whether or not oral health was directly related to cardiovascular diesease. We broke up into our dissection groups to discuss an article. We came back to class, discussed the article, and then wrapped up class.

I am not used to sitting in class for 10 hours a day. I've got to build my stamina.

Tommorrow, we have fundamentals of restorative dentistry in the morning and Gross Anatomy again in the afternoon. We also get fitted for our loops.