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treatment. This was the protocol, even if chief complaint was "I have a chip on #8 that I want
to have fi xed," which the new-patient visit verified was the only treatment needed! Almost two
months to get a chip fi xed. Whew. Lost a lot of patients due to time because we had to follow
that order. ■
4/19/2019

v0g3L
Member Since: 11/24/14
Post: 59 of 202

This reminds me of a clinical instructor I was showing my crown prep model to, to get
approved before sending it to the lab, and he said, "That wouldn't cut it in the real world." This
same instructor graduated from the same dental school and immediately got a job with the
dental school as an instructor. Never practicing in the real world. ■
4/19/2019

nareg

Facebow is the main reason why dentists graduate hating removable. ■

Member Since: 04/20/07
Post: 71 of 202

4/21/2019

THE Token Redneck

Nope. Denture patients are the main reason why dentists hate removable. ■

Member Since: 09/22/03
Post: 72 of 202

nareg
Member Since: 04/20/07
Post: 73 of 202

4/21/2019

Ha-ha-no way! They start off sweet bringing cookies and stuff and then, 24 appointments
later and going through a frustrating facebow appointment, they turn into "denture patients." ■
4/21/2019

Miss Anthrope
Member Since: 08/16/03
Post: 75 of 202

Posts like this make me feel so sad that so many people had such negative experiences. There
are many of us in the trenches teaching in dental school who truly love to be educators. And
many of us practiced for several years but had to leave full-time practice due to disabilities. The
biggest problem we are facing in the dental schools is recruitment of new faculty because so
many people did have negative experiences and won't set foot in a dental school again because
they are hanging onto that negativity.
Schools are so short on faculty that they almost have to hire anyone who applies because
there aren't many who do apply. Look, the salary is not the highest, and with people coming
out owing more and more student loans, people can't afford to become an educator even if they
might want to be. Are there lots of people in dental education who shouldn't be there? Yes. But
don't paint us all with such a broad brush. Some of us do truly care about our students and want
to do our best for them. ■
4/21/2019

myflossophy
Member Since: 03/17/19
Post: 82 of 202

"Extension for prevention." "Go up the cusp, into the grooves to ensure smooth margins" in
reference to cavity preps. We could not get credit for amalgam restorations that we had placed
if we didn't get the patient to come back 24 hours after placement to allow us to polish the
restoration.
All of the crowns I prepped were PFM. Didn't learn about E.max, zirconia, etc. I never
completed molar endo on an actual patient in school. Our perio department was a bust. Will
think of more and post. ■
4/21/2019

persona non grata
Member Since: 01/13/04
Post: 90 of 202

I was one of those who swore he'd never set foot in dental school again. It really was that bad
a few decades ago. We're not making that up.
Now I'm teaching a couple of days a week in the preclinical simulation clinic, teaching

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