Last year, I wrote a post called 10 Things I Learned During My First Year of Dental School. It's only fair that I chronicle the 10 things I learned during my second year of dental school.

This summer has been filled with a monstrosity called the National Board Dental Examination (NBDE) Part 1. Otherwise known as the boards.

And it's back to the grind. Learning the glycolysis pathway for NBDE Part 1. 

If you haven't attended CDA Presents yet, you should consider going. It's the one weekend where dental nerds from all over California congregate across the street from Disneyland.

Three weekends ago, I attended the ASDA Spring Council Meeting in Chicago. We sat through hours upon hours of meetings, armed with a strong cup of coffee in hand.

Through all of this, one statement from former ASDA speaker of the house, Dr. Ryan Dulde, stood out to me. 

Overprescribe recognition. 

What I’ve been up to in 2014

Five trimesters into our dental school education, we have finally graduated from sim lab life. No more typodonts. No more exorbitantly expensive plastic teeth.