Formerly Rolling Oaks Dental
Formerly Rolling Oaks Dental
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…
Over the years I’ve asked patients how frequently they floss. There seem to be two types of patients when it comes to flossing. On one hand, you have the people that floss every day. It’s part of their daily routine. On the other hand, you have the people that floss only if they feel like…
I loved that movie Castaway. It seemed like there was a stretch right there where Tom Hanks could do no wrong. I watch the movie any time I catch it on TV. Unless the Spurs are on. Or Anthony Bourdain. Or baseball. Or Batman. But it’s up there in my favorites, trust me. At some…
Your first pair of loupes: likely the first of many incredibly expensive dental equipment purchases you will make in your career! It’s a lot of money and a big decision. Make no mistake about it, loupes are the most essential piece of dental equipment. I wouldn’t even consider looking someone’s mouth without them. Quality dentistry…
If you want to become a better dentist right now, you don’t need some fancy piece of dental equipment or some fancy CE course. You need a camera. To start out, it doesn’t have to be a ridiculously expensive camera. The camera on your phone can do for now. A lot of what I’m going…