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Going into dental school I was a sort of normal 26-year-old with a few years of actual
real-world work experience and a pretty healthy positive attitude. Four years later I was a largely
neurotic 30-year-old who now looked at pretty much everything from the point of view of,
"How many ways can this bite me in the ass?" ■
4/22/2019

19th Century Doc
Member Since: 05/22/05
Post: 115 of 202

When I graduated in 1995, it was a good edumacation. But the systems were a mess. Only
a small percentage graduated on time. And that really angered those of us who had to report
back after graduation. I don't know the current state of things, but know those faulty systems
that forced so many of us back into the clinic postgraduation has cost them a lot of money in
alum donations. I've given zero, specifically recalling the bitterness I felt at that time. Dumb. ■
4/25/2019

mike k
Member Since: 05/01/01
Post: 116 of 202

I think undergrad ortho at Tufts in the '90s was specifically intended to scare GPs out of
doing ortho. What a complete waste of time that all was! I was a year ahead of you, D93.
I do think they did a good job getting us ready for prosthetics-sucked waxing all those
cases up and stacking porcelain, but learned a ton working with the lab tech (Tom, I think?)
about crown and bridge. Could have done without the fact that they didn't have enough chairs
for the number of students in the class. Wait list to get a chair? ■
4/25/2019

fliegenfischen
Member Since: 05/15/07
Post: 121 of 202

Our school told us that they were transitioning to e-books and we had to buy all our books
on DVD. Fine. It was $5K. Everyone thought it was a one-time purchase. I mean, if you buy a
book, it's yours, right? Well, turns out it was for every year, so we spent $20K on just books and
paid for the same books four times because it was a "rental" of the license for the book. Also,
everyone hated the app, so bought regular books, too, so we paid even more for books.
I remembered that they said we would get lifetime access to our books after graduation. I
just sent them an email to see how I can get access. ■
4/25/2019

bfinch393
Member Since: 02/08/03
Post: 140 of 202

My wife went to medical school at the same university as I did. We had our basic sciences in
their building, and we observed that after their first two years they were treated as colleagues,
rather than like crap, as we were in dental school. Very few instructors were interested in furthering our careers. Ironically, one of the board examiners gave us career advice when grading
our section. That was the best advice I'd received in four years of dental school. I still have
nightmares of not having all of my crown and bridge credits in time for graduation. Thirtyseven years later. I live in the same area as the dental school, but I have not been in the building
in all these years because of the trauma visited upon me! ■
4/27/2019

Share your dental school woes online!
Townies sure did have a lot to say about some of the "advice" they
received while they were in dental school. While some was good, it
seems as if many people didn't take most of it to heart-for good
reason. If you'd like to read the rest or weigh in with your dental
school pearls, go to dentaltown.com/magazine and find it among this
month's featured message boards.

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