How are we supposed to maintain beautiful nails in dental school? My mother, who is a dental assistant, gets a manicure every Saturday morning. I used to shame her for wasting money every week on this luxury. Now, I completely understand. Because of dentistry I am destined for a life of awful nails. Read on…
As a dental student today, I feel as though I am confronted with more changes to the way I am taught and the way I would practice dentistry than past students ever had to deal with. Do I use amalgam? Composite? Crown? Disilicate whatsits and CAD-CAM doohickies? Do I register to Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, and make an iPhone app for my practice? Should I just practice all my dentistry online? And now there are even more changes to the National Dental Board Exam. Read on…
Most dental students are faced with a mind boggling student debt load. Yet, even if you declare bankruptcy and are granted a discharge of other debts, your student loans will likely NOT be discharged. As much as we would like to ignore that six figure repayment, it is something that will not disappear in most cases. So, what can you do to help ease the pressure along the way? Read on to find out…
Happy Friday! In the spirit of TGIF, we have a giveaway today. Read on for how to win a cute plush tooth!
We’ve all heard it before. Hollywood is affecting our society’s perception of beauty. Whether your exposure to celebrities is through television, movies, or tabloid covers in supermarket checkout lines, the barrage of the enhanced and heavily edited ‘ideal’ is undeniable…
