r/DentalSchool

i dont think i can do the classes anymore. im the most socially awkward person and PBLs are brutal. too much content and no motivation to get through it. i think of myself 5 years in the future, miserable and hating the patient interaction (i chose to do it bcs of prestige/i had the grades). no friends either, and its a small cohort. id rather go to a larger uni and make friends in diff courses. just wanted to get this off my chest, but honestly i respect everyone here for persevering through the course, after getting a taste of dentistry.

I’m in my final year of dental school in the UK. I can’t stand it, I come home almost every day and just cry. I’m not good at anything except for maybe extractions. I can’t even do a basic filling right, I don’t know how to do dentures without guidance, my crown preps are god awful a monkey could probably do better. My knowledge of everything isn’t even that good like I can’t seem to retain the knowledge even when I study so much. And I can’t even quit, I’m not from a wealthy family I can’t go back to uni and do something different, I’ve used up all the loan I could ever have had. I hate it here and I don’t know what to do. I can’t stand going into uni and being told what I’m bad at by every tutor

Greetings everyone, I am 22 years old and 4th year dental student ( here it’s 5 year instead of 4 ), Only 2.5 semesters left, but I am super burnt out, I passed and finished most of the exams I hate like crown prep on models and ortho and so, so what’s left is only few lecs and theoritical exams and final year project also finishing requirements, but since the very first semesters I hate dentistry especially chairside, I love other fields like oral med or patho, but can’t stand clinical, for the reqs, I am not so behind nor ahead, I am afraid that what if I don’t finish it and that postpone my grad? All of my marks are A or A+, but hate clinic and finding patients, all I own a medical shop where I can go after uni, could you guys motivate me a little bit cuz I am super depressed and burnt out that if I haven’t had some religious beliefs of mine I would’ve done suicide ages ago cuz of that, any assistance would be appreciated

Hello,

I was recently offered the Navy HPSP scholarship, but I have already started my 2nd year of dental school at a 3 year school. So I will still have 3 year of service obligation for the remaining of my tuition/expenses covered. (I will essentially have about a little over half my tuition covered, roughly 350k of the 650k in loans.)

I am very hesitant and leaning towards not accepting because I want to specialize in OMFS now and have been very set on it.

I know I can specialize OMFS through the Navy but would I be able to do it immediately after school and would it be concurrent with my payback years? How competitive is it go get into the Navy OMFS residency? Are there any programs that can help me pay off my remaining debt that I have already taken out?

Idk if I’m weighing all the pros and cons properly but it doesn’t seem like the scholarship is worth it for my situation anymore??

Does anyone have more insight or can answer these questions? Thank you.

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I use the class' transcripts and slides to generate AI notes. Usually indicating to help me learn and find patterns in the material. And of course I compare the notes to the actual slides to make sure nothing important is forgotten.

I generate flashcards and quizzes with a variety of questions.

But I've been lagging behind my peers who seem to be doing less than me by either just reading or something similar to me.

I don't know if it's the AI part because I've placed plenty of effort doing handwritten or typed notes before and the result often made me feel less confident but comparable grades.

I don't know, maybe I'm not actually cut out for school.