Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Yesterday was my first day back in class since first quarter. In essence, it was a mini orientation day for the 2nd quarter. We are going to do even more in OCP (orientation to clinical practice). For example, we will do some cleanings, probings, and hard tissue charting on other students. We will also make diagnostic casts of other students and learn to make them into decent diagnostic models.
I started one of the courses that is new for 2nd quarter--cariology. It looks like it will be an easier course than the other didactic courses we have. Cariology is the study of the disease that leads to cavities.
Today, I had dental anatomy in the morning. We picked up on our diagnostic wax-ups from where we had left off before the end of 1st quarter. It took me a while to remember what I was doing. Dental anatomy is a fun course, but I get frustrated with being unable to create really good finished products. I am able to do about a B job, but I want to do an A job. Trying hard but falling short of my mark is difficult to face.
In the afternoon, we sat through three VERY long hours of embryology--the study of the development of the zygote, fetus, and embryo. This course is part of anatomy, and it looks like its going to be a lot tougher than the first quarter.
Tomorrow, I have my first class of Pacific's infamous Fixed Prosthodontics Class. This class will continue until June of 2006. It combined with our already busy operative class will make our schedules even busier than our 1st quarter schedules.
Yesterday was my first day back in class since first quarter. In essence, it was a mini orientation day for the 2nd quarter. We are going to do even more in OCP (orientation to clinical practice). For example, we will do some cleanings, probings, and hard tissue charting on other students. We will also make diagnostic casts of other students and learn to make them into decent diagnostic models.
I started one of the courses that is new for 2nd quarter--cariology. It looks like it will be an easier course than the other didactic courses we have. Cariology is the study of the disease that leads to cavities.
Today, I had dental anatomy in the morning. We picked up on our diagnostic wax-ups from where we had left off before the end of 1st quarter. It took me a while to remember what I was doing. Dental anatomy is a fun course, but I get frustrated with being unable to create really good finished products. I am able to do about a B job, but I want to do an A job. Trying hard but falling short of my mark is difficult to face.
In the afternoon, we sat through three VERY long hours of embryology--the study of the development of the zygote, fetus, and embryo. This course is part of anatomy, and it looks like its going to be a lot tougher than the first quarter.
Tomorrow, I have my first class of Pacific's infamous Fixed Prosthodontics Class. This class will continue until June of 2006. It combined with our already busy operative class will make our schedules even busier than our 1st quarter schedules.
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