Dental School Week in My Life at USC// vlog

[@RonnieTeeSmith]

I should be studying for my head and neck anatomy exam tomorrow, but I’m just seeing what life is like at other dental schools. 😂

[@kindnesshappiness9715]

😕and here I am supposed to be giving my Post graduation MDS exams... but overwhelmed about the vast syllabus...😟😟

[@MohamedHassan-zj4bt]

what has neck got to do with teeth(question from a future dental student, hopefully)

[@steezeisthename]

Awesome video! I am so excited that there is another dental school vlogger!!

[@kelliewiggins6326]

This made me so happy.The music matches the energy,I love that . Jonathan seems sooo nice and very amazing. This inspired me

[@pkdfw]

This is awesome! I'm vlogging my dental school experience as well but my school focuses super heavily on didactic classes during our D1 year!

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hey! I don't know how I saw this so late but, I just subscribed! I'm happy to hear that you're sharing your experiences too. It's cool to see what different schools do. What classes did you take this trimester? Do you start sim lab during your first year?

[@pkdfw]

Some of the main classes we took were Gross Anatomy, Dental Anatomy, Biochemistry, Histology, Immunology, and other basic sciences! And we start sim lab in the 2nd semester of our first year (so I'm a little jealous that you guys get into the sim lab right away!)

[@SamiShahhal]

Awesome video! I’ve always wondered about the PBL style of learning!

[@ErikaCorrea]

Thank you Sami!

[@kenijiang5629]

Love your video, that really inspires myself. Thanks for your sharing!

[@ErikaCorrea]

Thank you!

[@DrSimranSinghDDS]

My heart almost stopped at 9:50!

[@ezyahlacruz]

Very interesting. Im wondering how you got into dental school. Did you go ta a collage first? Or right after high school?

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hi Ezyah! I went to college for 4 years and then I applied for dental school. You can't go to dental school right after high school because there are a lot of college pre-requisites that you have to take. Some include biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, math, and writing. You also have to take the Dental Admission's Test (DAT) in order to apply to dental school.

[@ezyahlacruz]

Erika Correa thanks for the reply. Very helpfull. I'll take notes haha. Keep up with the videos.

[@audraacheaz]

Erika Correa if those are the pre-reqs, what do I major in? Also, what are all the pre-reqs? Thank you :) I’d like to attend USC

[@tamtambaj]

You just reminded of my USC school of Dentistry 18 years ago. You put a smile on my face. Another dental Trojan😎☺️

[@ErikaCorrea]

Wow 18 years ago! That’s so cool! You just put a smile on my face! Fight on! ✌️🥰

[@crasn]

so detailed. I really love it!!!

[@ErikaCorrea]

Thank you!

[@kaylagarcia3201]

Are you just going to school? Or are you also working? If u are working how do you manage that with school?

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hi Kayla, I am just going to school. I worked throughout undergraduate college and knew that working while being in dental school would be too much for me and the money I would make would not be worth the the valuble time I'd be losing. My housemate and a couple other people in my class work though. Most people work as dental hygienist because they also happen to have a hygiene degree. We get all of Thursdays off so they usually work on a Thursday and maybe a weekend day. If I was a hygenist, I would work too because the money they make (sometimes $500 a day) would be worth the time! I would say working one day a week and having exam weeks off, is doable. You would just be extremely busy of course. I am although recieving a paycheck every two weeks because I am under a military scholarship through the Navy. I have a video on how much I make with that scholarship on my channel. It's a little over $5,000 a month and it doesn't take up any of my time while I'm in dental school.

[@Jack-mz9do]

Erika Correa so the navy pays your scholarship?

[@coolpopular4life]

Jack She has a video about how much she gets paid!!!

[@oliviaweeks827]

Hanging out with this tissue box😂😂 Idk why this made me laugh so hard

[@ernicet7614]

9:51 made me giggle 😂

[@ErikaCorrea]

LOL

[@paigeward7654]

I’m a pre-professional biology major at my school which coincides with pre-med, pre-vet, or pre-dental. I was just wondering if you ever considered other paths and what made you choose dentistry? I’ve always been set on pre-med but I want to explore other options and am starting to think maybe dental or optometry school would give me the lifestyle I want monetarily and family oriented when I’m older rather than MD. I would love your thoughts on why you chose dentistry and how your dental school experience has been compared to medical school of other people you may know!! Thank you so much!!!:)

[@ErikaCorrea]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKDOqImAlKyMmc0 Hi Paige! I talk about why I chose dentistry in this video. I never considered medical school because I know I didn't want my career to consume my entire life. (I want to be able to start a family and spend a lot of time with them.) I knew I wouldn't have to complete a residency program as a dentist and the hours of work can be very flexible. If you go to medical school, you would have to complete a residency program and there will be times when you are "on-call" and are working many hours.

[@DELIROUSROB]

What was your undergrad degree ? Been thinking of going to Texas a and m dentistry school here in Dallas Texas

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hi! I was a Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Major.

[@xtalityz]

huuuh I'm in my 3rd week of dental school now and i'm just having med lectures + cranial oesteology & embryology lectures :-((

[@ErikaCorrea]

What school do you go to?

[@coolpopular4life]

Are you wearing Figs?? 😊

[@ErikaCorrea]

Yes I am! I love my figs! They're great!

[@cookiemonster2577]

Do you have a bachelor in science?

[@Makeeup4ever]

I always see students doing the thing with the plaster... What is it for?:)

[@ErikaCorrea]

It's for mounting the casts (the white stone teeth) on to the articulator. The plaster acts like a glue.

[@Makeeup4ever]

Erika Correa but what do you do with the casts once they're glued there?:)

[@ErikaCorrea]

@@Makeeup4ever once the cast are glued, we can open and close it and learn about the bite (the occlusion).

[@ErikaCorrea]

This way, we have a copy of the patient's teeth can we can work on fixing them without the patient being there. You can use those cast models as references for making veneers as well. We'll be doing that next semester.

[@JohnWick-dm1up]

I want to be a dentist but the only thing is that I don’t have crisp white teeth 😭🙁

[@ErikaCorrea]

Not everyone likes having the "Hollywood smile." You don't have to have nice teeth to be a dentist, although, you should have healthy teeth and gums. You can always whiten your teeth if you want them whiter. I sometimes use crest whiting strips for mine. :)

[@dr_ais_h_u]

Every Thursday is an off? Sunday?

[@ErikaCorrea]

As a first year, we didn’t have classes on Thursdays. We also never have classes on Saturday or Sunday. A lot of things have changed for the first years since COVID though.

[@dr_ais_h_u]

@@ErikaCorrea okayy

[@DrewSkii10]

Hi I was just wondering what pre requisites you took and kinda what your path was for undergrad? Really interested in dentistry and want to know more.

[@ErikaCorrea]

I was a Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Major so I took many biology classes in undergrad. I also had to take general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics to name some. You can check out the Dental school's prerequisites by going on their admissions website. Each school is different. You're usually able to fulfill most of the prerequisites if you're a biology major.

[@vikkiskomarokha150]

What do you mount the molds? What would you do with that outside of school?

[@ErikaCorrea]

The molds are a representation of your patient when they are not in front of you. If your patient falls and breaks their tooth for example, you need to be able to build them a tooth similar to their original tooth. You can see what their original teeth looked like from the molds. We also take these molds of patients in the clinic.

[@vikkiskomarokha150]

@@ErikaCorrea That makes sense! Thank you for replying!

[@sid2daknee]

Do they teach you how to make the cast in dental school or are you pretty much on your own?

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hi Sidney. They teach you how to do everything in dental school. Each section of students had a factuly that helps them. There's about 8 students in a section.

[@user-js4mz5oy4l]

Hi Erika, I’m interviewing in USC in about 2 weeks, need some advice on PBL system of learning and the school in general.

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hello! I don't know how I saw this comment so late but I hope your interview went great! If you enjoy group work, you'll be fine in PBL. If you enjoy learning the material on your own then PBL might be annoying in the beginning but I'm sure it will grow on you later on.

[@ryanpossible10]

Erika Correa May I ask what’s PBL?

[@ErikaCorrea]

@@ryanpossible10 PBL stands for problem based learning. We meet up twice a week in group of 8 dental students and 1 doctor/faculty. We then go through a medical/dental patient case and discuss it. We then come up with "learning needs" which are things that we want to learn so it can better help us with the case. We then go home and do out own research and then present our findings to the group on the day we meet. The next day, we find out something new about out patient in the case and we continue to discuss and create learning needs. In my opinion it's a pretty effective way to learn.

[@jewelrylover2958]

@@ErikaCorrea That sounds like so much fun honestly!!

[@thuyfortier6774]

My daughter is deciding between USC and UoP, from your experience at USC what would be your advice for her? We live in Southern Cal. Thank you!

[@ErikaCorrea]

My best friend is a student at UOP dental! Since it’s accelerated, it makes it a very tough program. I haven’t experienced UOP myself but I talk to my friend all the time and the program is intense. I think USC is easier in the sense that the curriculum is not rushed. USC is also a lot more expensive since it’s a year longer than UOP. I have had a great experience at USC though! It’s a very fun school to go to because it’s on the undergraduate campus so I still got to experience going to football games and the lifestyle of living in LA. My family also lives in LA do USC was the perfect choice for me. Questions your daughter should ask herself: Do you want to get dental school over with fast or would you rather take a little longer and possibly enjoy your time more? Less student loans vs more student loans? I think she would get a great education at both schools. I hope this helps!

[@thuyfortier6774]

Thank you so much for your response 😊

[@ErikaCorrea]

@@thuyfortier6774 no problem! Good luck to her with the decision 😊

[@heathercurcio4084]

How many schools did u apply to, interview at, and then how many acceptances did u get?

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hi Heather! I applied to 20, interviewed at 6, was accepted at 5 and waitlist at one. All this happened on December 1st and since I got into USC there was no reason for me to attend interviews post December. I talk about all the schools I interviewed at in my interview video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYivg2WhqKeXiqs

[@cjsimione9989]

i’m interested in dentistry but i’m not sure what to get my undergrad in? any suggestions?

[@ErikaCorrea]

Biology for sure! The prerequisites you need for dental school are easier to fulfill with a biology major in my opinion.

[@kimmy5392]

Hi! You mentioned how you were hosting a pre dental student going there for their interview. Is this a normal thing for students traveling to schools for interviews? I always wondered if students got a hotel room when traveling to interviews. How do students find out about dental students hosting?

[@ErikaCorrea]

I don’t think it’s necessary “normal” lol but I was inspired to do it. When I was interviewing at UCSF, I was able to stay at a dental student’s house for my interview. I never met this student and I was so touched by the fact that she let me stay at her house for free the day before the interview. I did it through a program at UCSF called dent-stay. I thought I would give back by letting pre-dents who were going to interview at USC stay with me during their interview for the purpose of saving money on a hotel. I used AirBNB for my other interviews. I have a video talking about how I traveled to all my interviews as well! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYivg2WhqKeXiqs All of this year’s interviews are virtual though.

[@kimmy5392]

@@ErikaCorrea thank you so much for your response! I’m only a second year pre-dent but I’m trying to absorb all the information that I can :) I hope when I go to interviews I can do a dent-stay haha

[@Itsjustsieer]

I was wondering for dental do you have to go to a college that is based on dental or can you go to a regular college and study dental?.

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hi! You can go to a regular college and major in anything you wish to major in. You just have to make sure to take the pre-requisite courses to apply to dental school.

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hi! You can go to a regular college and major in anything you wish to major in. You just have to make sure to take the pre-requisite courses to apply to dental school.

[@pujashrestha4259]

i want to study undergraduate degree as dermal science , will that be ok ? I have completed my diploma in dental hygienist in my home country and looking forward to join undergraduate degree first in Australia, then move on to dentistry! Thsnk you Tha

[@ErikaCorrea]

Yes that’s ok as long as you fulfill the prerequisites for dental school.

[@amberchen2416]

What's the homework like in dental school? do they assign projects/ homework that you have to do? or are there just exams so you spend your time just studying for those?

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hi Amber! We did always have projects and they involved us going into the sim lab to work on them later. A lot of it is just practical homework that can't be done at home because we need to use our hand pieces. Therefore, we spend a lot of time in sim lab. We'll do not spend much time studying, although it's not like this at every dental school. From my experience at USC, I've spent most of my time completing projects and researching my topics for PBL. We only really starting studying about 2 weeks before exam week. We have so many assignments due during the week that there just isn't enough time to study for exams until later (when they decrease the amount of projects).

[@amberchen2416]

Erika Correa ohh okay thanks for the response!! Happy holidays ☺️

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[@saarinenj1]

Thanks amen

[@aarushisharma3416]

Hey! I am really interested in applying to USC and I had a few questions about your experience there especially how this school is focused on team based learning as opposed to didactic courses. Is there anyway I can email you to ask some questions. Im canadian so I dont know anyone else that goes to USC:$

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hi Aarushi! There are 2 people in my class that are also from Canada! Feel free to email me or DM me on instagram. My email is [e-mail]. My Instagram is ErikaCorrea.

[@aarushisharma3416]

Thank you! I dmed you right now :)

[@josephcaballero]

🐶🥯

[@ErikaCorrea]

I love dogs and Bagels too !

[@stylelovebeauty1865]

I see that you are replying to most comments so I hope you reply to mine as well. I saw that you guys were taking impressions of each other’s teeth and I also heard you guys get a lot of hands on learning with each other from a few other people. this scares me because I do not have super straight teeth. It’s probably one of my biggest insecurities, I would not won’t classmates looking at my crooked teeth. And from what I’ve seen, everyone in dental school have super straight teeth. Have you met anyone very judgmental because of this? Do you have any words of encouragement because this is really something that almost makes me not want to do it.

[@ErikaCorrea]

Hello!! I still encourage you to pursue dentistry! I also had crooked teeth and I talked about it in my "why I choose dentistry video". Once you start dental school, orthodontic treatment is 50% off if you get it done at the school. That's is a great deal and a great way to no longer be insecure about your teeth. Definitely take advantage of this! This trimester we have been learning how to clean teeth on each other. Every week I have to let my classmate look into my mouth so they can practice cleaning my teeth. There is never any judgement though! You're going to be seeing all types of teeth once you're a dentist and you're not going to judge your patient.

[@stylelovebeauty1865]

Erika Correa thank you for the reply and it’s good to know that schools offer that while in the program. I of course would never judge a patient, I want to help them because I understand how they may feel. I just have worry’s about how people could be mean about things like this especially if I’m trying to get into DH. But again thank you for the reply I will for sure try to take advantage of their offers that my school may have.

[@stylelovebeauty1865]

Erika Correa and that’s a great point, I wouldn’t judge my patient. So they have no reason to judge me

[@likedentistry6227]

Please do watch my vedio on 5 questions every dentist faces in life

[@doidoi8544]

I’m not even going into medical school, I’m going into criminal justice to work for ICE. Wtf am I doing here?