Formerly Rolling Oaks Dental
Formerly Rolling Oaks Dental
Do you bite your nails when you’re stressed? Do you bite your nails for no apparent reason, you just do it, you’ve always done it, and you’re not sure why? Go look in the mirror. Look at the edges of your front teeth. Are you back yet? Ok, great. Do you notice any small notches…
It’s pretty safe to assume that many of you got involved in dentistry because you have a dentist that you admire. You want to be just like them. Your idea of a successful career and a successful life is partly based on something that you have seen this particular dentist achieve. You’re a goal oriented…
If this is the future, the future is ridiculous. Dangerous, too. Dental patients frequently call the office with a diagnosis and a treatment plan already in mind and call just for a price about what they think they need. Sometimes patients are right, but other times they are completely wrong! You never know. I’ve seen…
How Do You Cope with Dental School Debt? Prospective dental students, dental students, and new dentists contact me all the time on Twitter @LarryDougherty. It’s pretty cool! I try to answer their questions as best I can from what I’ve learned and experienced as a dentist. Debt seems to be the biggest thing on every…
In dental school, it often feels like there’s only one important thing on your mind all of the time, and that’s surviving dental school. Exams, practicals, lectures -it can get overwhelming. There are so many tests the first two years, by the time you hit third year and start seeing patients, you might forget what…
It’s incredible how many patients are afraid of needles. Fear of needles and pain has to be one of the biggest reasons that adults do not seek necessary dental care. Patients tell me every day they hate dentists and they hate needles! I don’t take it personally, but I do pay attention. This fear is…
Three is a magic number in dental school. Everybody knows that. When it comes to studying in dental school, three is the number you should aim for if you want to give yourself the best opportunity for success. Anything you have to read, read it at least three times. Any set of practice test questions…
Memorizing was never my strength in academics. Before dental school, I was always more about understanding and thinking my way out of a jam. With the amount of multiple choice tests and one word, fill in the blank memory type of tests in dental school, you just can’t reason your way out of something. If…
Tips to prevent repetitive stress injury during your dental career. Tips and exercised to improve your ergonomics while practicing dentistry.
Practical exams are some of the most stressful times of your dental school life. It’s not like a regular test, where you just sit there and fill in bubbles on a ScanTron and regurgitate memorized this and that whatever. A practical is a performance! You’ve actually got to do something right now! I see it…