Wednesday, August 24, 2005
My kids started school today, so I missed the first hour of my restorative lecture so I could take them tp school and meet the teacher. It was an emotional moment for my kindergartener, and I'm glad I didn't miss it.
For restorative, we had an exercise introducing us to casting crowns. However, instead of casting crowns, we took wax and created anything we wanted with it. Some students made rings for significant others, some made key chain trinkets, etc. I made a creature that looked like a punk-rock pac-man. We took our creations, attached them to a sprue, encircled them with stone, and we are letting them set for a week. Next week, we will melt all of the wax out of them, and then shoot hot silver into the negative impression of our creation. When it's all done, we should have a silver trinket or whatever we created. It was a fun class. There were no real requirements except that we have something finished and turned in by the end of the day.
After lunch, we had a biochem lecture on the mechanics of making a protein at the ribosome. Following biochem, we had an anatomy lecture on the endocrine system. The nice thing about Pacific's anatomy/histology course is that it isn't as comprehensive as it could be. The nasty thing about the course is how fast we cover the material, as well as, the sheer amount of additional work from other classes we have to juggle.
Last night, I forgot to post. I was too tired. I came home, soaked in the tub, and went to bed. So, I'll briefly recap yesterday. We had a dental anatomy quiz, we nearly finsihed a wax-up of a premolar, and we had our huge anatomy exam. After school, I spent a few hours working on my temporary crown. The friggin' thing keeps shrinking on me, so my margins get gaps. It can be frustrating. Some days you wonder if you'll ever learn this stuff or if you'll end up graduating as a half-wit dentist that could never figure it out in dental school.
My kids started school today, so I missed the first hour of my restorative lecture so I could take them tp school and meet the teacher. It was an emotional moment for my kindergartener, and I'm glad I didn't miss it.
For restorative, we had an exercise introducing us to casting crowns. However, instead of casting crowns, we took wax and created anything we wanted with it. Some students made rings for significant others, some made key chain trinkets, etc. I made a creature that looked like a punk-rock pac-man. We took our creations, attached them to a sprue, encircled them with stone, and we are letting them set for a week. Next week, we will melt all of the wax out of them, and then shoot hot silver into the negative impression of our creation. When it's all done, we should have a silver trinket or whatever we created. It was a fun class. There were no real requirements except that we have something finished and turned in by the end of the day.
After lunch, we had a biochem lecture on the mechanics of making a protein at the ribosome. Following biochem, we had an anatomy lecture on the endocrine system. The nice thing about Pacific's anatomy/histology course is that it isn't as comprehensive as it could be. The nasty thing about the course is how fast we cover the material, as well as, the sheer amount of additional work from other classes we have to juggle.
Last night, I forgot to post. I was too tired. I came home, soaked in the tub, and went to bed. So, I'll briefly recap yesterday. We had a dental anatomy quiz, we nearly finsihed a wax-up of a premolar, and we had our huge anatomy exam. After school, I spent a few hours working on my temporary crown. The friggin' thing keeps shrinking on me, so my margins get gaps. It can be frustrating. Some days you wonder if you'll ever learn this stuff or if you'll end up graduating as a half-wit dentist that could never figure it out in dental school.
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