Recent content by Utdarsenal

Hey everyone, Is it true that the accidental X2 Endo teeth that are used for the WREB exam easily break with usage of endo rotary systems? What happens if the tooth breaks during the exam? Thank you.

Hi there, I'm a little confused because on the WREB candidate guide it says we need to take certain parts of the modupro typodonts, yet on the UNLV site information document it says students are provided typodonts. I'm leaning with we have to take the certain parts ourselves, but was curious if...

It was a frustrating year. Nobody told me that private practice wasn’t anything like school (naive me). I remember when I started working, I told the office manager to give me the same schedule as the boss. That’s how high my confidence was after graduating (again, silly me). A few weeks in, I...

I went to a lecture from an endodontist just prior to this COVID break who stated he uses both Lido and Septo for all IAN blocks. First Lido and then Septo. Septo is freakin’ amazing. Its paresthesia incidence is still super low.. more than Lido but it’s still pretty rare.. but works way better...

this stuff makes me so mad. How does one even work comfortably knowing there is always a lingering threat of a lawsuit like that? Can happen at any time and for the thing you’d least expect. Paresthesia is something I’m pretty sure every practitioner will experience (possibly multiple times)...

I don’t understand some things.. I’m not saying those scenario’s didn’t happen, but how in the world did we reach this point where informed consent is close to meaningless? But also, i’d imagine it’s very difficult to prove a dentist wasn’t operating under standard of care. I mean, where do you...

I do a few impacted wisdom teeth cases per week and although I love surgery, I’ve found myself nitpicking the cases mostly based on the patient’s behavior. Surgery also involves behavior management. You can bet your behind that 17 year old just youtube’d wisdom teeth surgery the night before and...

why is “high chance of being sued” an issue for O.S’ or periodontists when the patient signs a consent form accepting associated risks of treatment?

How much do the Associating periodontists usually make? And in what location if you guys don’t mind me asking?

True..but to be honest, I think the “saturation” argument comes second or third to there being a high cost of living here and the state tax. There is a lot of work here but one may have to be willing to take medicaid or be in network with many insurances. Never thought i’d have trouble...

yep.. there is no way in hell I’d be practicing here if I had a significant debt to pay off. To people wanting to work here, please think twice about that.. You’re not just competing with U.S. dentists, you’re also competing with Tijuana dentists.

Thanks for the replies everyone.. I greatly appreciate your insight. I guess the main reason why I'm so indecisive on applying is because me and my wife are 28 and by the time we're 31, it's hard thinking about starting a family (her having kids) when she's already over 31 and all.. I know...

Southern California here. You can expect between 500-600/daily, so.. approx 120k or a little bit more. I'd try looking for a job that has you on a daily minimum or production % (whichever is higher) because that way, if you make more than 2,000-2,500 daily or so, you can be making 700+ per day...

if you don’t mind me asking, what specialty and how much in debt did you go/how fast you paid it off?

Specialists, how'd you convince or talk yourself into spending an additional 3 years in training, not earning income and likely being more in debt than you previously were? I know this probably wasn't an easy decision thus why I'm trying to dig into your logic here. Did you do it all for the...