another life blog

BioMaterials
- Dr. Giordano
- Lecture Notes and PPT on CI
- Topic: Amalgam and the science behind it…
Almost 70% of the student were absent, so Dr. Giordano passed around attendance sheet and gave us some happy bonuses. Heh. Well, I would’ve skipped to had I not thought I’m doomed for Physio no matter what I [...]

No class Monday, was very weird… oh well!
Physiology
- Dr. Stephens
- Big PPT on CI
- Topic: Something about reproductive organ… yeah.
I chose to skip and cram for the physio test instead. Heh, skipping physio to study physio… how funkie is that?!
Anatomy Lab
- Prosector erm… dude. Forgot his name… he wasn’t as good as Fred [...]

Physiology
- Dr. Stephens
- Power Points on CourseInfo
- Topic: Something about reproductive organ.
I’m sorry Dr. Stephens, I know you’re a cool guy and all… but I had to skip your class to attend Dr. Rasner’s lecture on how to make 3.2 million dollars/year doing implants and whole mouth reconstruction.
Well, might as well add a little blurb [...]

Microbiology
- Dr. Oberhaus
- First Exam of Microbiology… and I seriously ****ed up. Ah… if I drop out because of Microbio, I’m gonna hang myself. Blegh!
- Topic Covered Include Bacteria and… Bacteria… and Immunology. I basically had to learn all of immuno by myself… and that wasn’t very fun. I dunno, I [...]

Biomaterials I
- Dr. Chou
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Biocompatibility of Dental Material
I like Dr. Chou – although he stated he isn’t the clearest of all speakers, he made sure we understood the topic and made the lecture engaging. I think I learned more from him than the previous BioMat Lecturers.
Physiology
- Dr. Stephens
- Huge PPT on [...]

Physiology
- Dr. Stephens
- A gigantic powerpoint on CourseInfo, over 100 pages! Well, maybe just under 100…
- Topic: Introduction to Reproductive System with a bit of male specifically
Anatomy II
- Dr. Pessina
- PPT on CI
- Topic: The Neck Region
Skipped the first part of Anatomy II in order to get my brackets around 1st molars installed.
- Second [...]

Physiology
- Dr. Lehman
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: IPS on Diabetes
Microbiology
- Dr. Taccioli
- PPT on CI
- Immuno 6

Dental Anatomy
- Dr. Exarchos
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Occlusion … that I don’t quite get
Physiology
- Dr. Atkinson
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Endocrine Pancreas and Metabolic Functions
Microbiology
- Dr. Taccioli
- Power Point on CourseInfo
- Topic: Immunology 5
- I think I just skipped …
Dental Anatomy Lab
Damnit, I forgot the name again =( Well, another happy waxing session that’s made [...]

Operative Dentistry
- Dr. McManama the Machine
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Prepping and Amalgam
Operative Dentistry Lab
Holy **** I suck. Today, we prepped a total of like 5 teeth and got graded on them. 3 on the mandibular right, and 2 on maxillary right. Basically, I got, “too wide, too deep, too rough” on my [...]

BioMaterials I
- Dr. Nathanson ?
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Composite and it’s qualities
I … like composites. Something about metal mouth that just seem so unappealing nowadays. Gold might be cool still tho with the gangsta look.
Physiology
- Dr. Levy
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Calcium Metabolism in the body and how damn important it is. Secret [...]

Microbioblogy
- Dr. Taccioli
- PPT on CourseInfo
- Topic: Immunology 3
Yes, I was in class. No, I didn’t understand what was happening so I kind of just fell asleep.
Anatomy Lab
- Dr. Fred is the man!
- No Lecture Notes
- Topic: Chest cavity area, the heart, and great vessels
Fred is just a great teacher. I went in [...]

I mean, really… how much does it care? I often read on SDN that the profs in other schools are all evil and the administration don’t care (UConn especially). Well, here at BU, the profs care… a lot.
From the experience in EXCEL, I met Dr. Friedman, and since then, she had became our [...]

Dental Anatomy
- Dr. Exarchos
- First Dental Anatomy Exam
I wouldn’t say it’s very difficult… rather, I found it weird that we were allowed to use our dentoform on the test. Though it didn’t help all that much, I’m sure everyone did very well.
Microbiology
- Dr. Taccioli
- Power Point on CourseInfo
- Topic: Immunology
Dental Anatomy Lab
- More wax [...]

Physiology
- Dr. Seaton
- Power Points on CourseInfo
- Topic: Thyroid Gland
Microbiology
- Dr. Oberhaus
- Power Points on CourseInfo
- Topic: Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis
Immunology
- Dr. Taccioli
- Power Points on CourseInfo
- Topic: Crazy Immunology
I have to be honest, Dr. Taccioli is talking at a level that’s beyond my comprehension. I mean, I just can’t understand what he is [...]

BioMaterials
- Dr. Nathanson?
- Lecture Notes
- Topic: Dental Cements