Did you miss me?!

Hello! I haven't been able to post much since all of my time is spent seeing patients now…like real live patients. Since I had the rare occasion of being in sim-clinic I decided to throw up a few pictures for you to check out. 

We are working on our Cerec module and I actually remembered to take pictures. For those of you that don't know, Cerec is a machine that is capable of taking 3D images and milling a crown in the same appointment. It's pretty techy stuff. Enjoy! 

Impression with heavy/light body. I just like the colors. From here I mounted my models. 

My prep on #28 with HUGE margins. We were told we needed 1.5mm margins on our preps and I think they look ridiculous. 

Using the intra-oral scanner to take 3D images of my model. 

Action shot. 

You take 3 or 4 images and the computer stitches them together to create a master image.  Fancy.

With all of my scans in the computer, I am ready to design my crown and prepare it to be milled. 

Finished crown design. Kind of a wide contact on the distal, but I am satisfied. Next week we will mill our crowns. Stay tuned. 

Thanks for reading! Happy Wednesday!

Guest Blog!

My blog post for today can be found here: 

http://dentalschoolanswers.com/2011/09/my-life-in-dental-school-so-far/

I talk about my journey in dental school and dish out all sorts of juicy details of the secrets of life. Check out dental school answers and give them some love :) Happy Thursday and enjoy the post.

D3?!

My treat for being a 3rd year! ^

Two years ago, I could not imagine being done with the first 2 years of dental school…it seemed forever away. Well, I am happy to report that as of 10:00 am this morning… I am officially done with my SECOND year of dental school! (I think I passed my final this morning:) 

These past few years have been a whirlwind, to say the least. I decided to look back through my schedule and see exactly what happened… like how many tests and quizzes I took. 

Here are the results: I…

• did 2 Article reviews
• did 6 Group Projects
• saw 2 Standardized Patients
• took 11 Competency's 
• took 63 Tests
• took 158 Quizzes
• And 100's of hours of lecture and sim clinic time
• 153 credit hours (>4 year bachelors degree)

Crazy right?! I am going to lay low for a few hours today and try to get some boards review in later. Hope your day is bomb.com :) Happy Monday!