May 1, 2005
I'm studying for one of my last finals. Its dental anatomy. It shouldn't be that hard, but it really is. These questions are just rediculous. Each question has so much reading that by the time you are done reading the question not only have you forgot how the question started, but you are also ready for a snack and a nap. In order to study I'm studying questions from old board exams. Here's an example of a question from the 2003 National Board Dental Exam. Since its copyrighted, and these ADA people are mad powerful and scary and have lots of lawyers I'm going to change some of the words and make my own originial question, but you'll get the idea just by reading it. The answer is posted afterwards, so don't cheat and look at the answer before you think long and hard:
In maximum intercuspation, the lingual cusp of a mandibular first premolar most likely is occluding:
A. with the mesial marginal ridge of the maxillary second premolar and the distal marginal ridge of the first maxillary premolar
B. in the are between the maxillary canine and first premolar in the lingual embrasure
C. with the first maxillary premolar's facial surface
D. in the lingual embrasure between the maxillary first premolar and second premolar
E. it does not occlude on any maxillary tooth
If you put answer A because it is the longest and because you didnt actually read B,C,D or E then you are wrong, but good try. The correct answer is E. I thought it was D, but what the hell do I know.
So, it seems I can add blogging into my list of things I do to procrastinate studying. It'll fit in nicely with my other procrastination activities such as doing my laundry, doing the dishes, cleaning my room, cooking dinner, watching TV, playing online poker, playing solitaire, playing hearts, talking on the phone, showering, paying random bills, making up lists of ways to procrastinate, starring out the window, looking up cruises on the internet, checking fantasy baseball scores, checking NBA playoff scores, and last but certainly not least, getting destroyed by 10 year olds in halo 2 online.