dental school really makes you realize that the world doesn’t stop for you. did poorly on a pretty big exam and didn’t have any time to mourn because i had to start studying for the next 😅 thanks for this video stephen, i’m rooting for u!

Stephen, these are such wise words and thoughts. Everyone, not just people in dental school, should watch this and take it to heart. One of my favorite quotes about failure: “success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”

thank you so so much for this video! i'm so glad that I got a chance to watch this! i just finished my highschool and unfortunately got rejected on my dream dentistry school this year. It was truly painful to accept this reality, but I am so grateful that I watched your video and listened to your advices, it was really inspirational and helpful what you said. So thank you! :))

Hey Stephen, I’m currently a D1 & have followed you for quite some time now as your videos gave me amazing advice & insight during my predental journey. Now that I’m over 2 months in I love that I’m able to watch these videos and actually FULLY relate to your experiences. These past few weeks have…exactly as you said… been KICKING ME over & over even when I’m down. Like you, I also have little experience with failure from undergrad, but boy has that changed recently. I keep telling myself this time of adjustment & failure is a great opportunity for growth, and I’m still highly motivated to get back on track. But sometimes comparison to my other classmates (& my past self who never failed) is tough and these past few days specifically has been pretty rough emotionally. I popped on KZfaq 20 minutes ago to search for a video to aid in my understanding for my op 1 didactic lecture and saw THIS video front & center screaming my name to watch it. Thank you so much for being so open & sharing your experiences and take on how to manage failure. I don’t want to say I’m happy other people are failing… but it definitely does provide some sense of comfort 😂 We’re all in this together & I’m so happy to be apart of this special community of developing professionals. Praying for you & your path exam score!! Thanks again ♡

Thanks a lot for this video, I've failed severely in a filling today, I've been feeling so down about it, and i have a protho exam tomorrow so i decided just not to study at all, but after these words imma go finish it all up and hopefully get a high mark. Thank you man you're really one of a kind.

In my D2 year and currently taking pathology, tough material and memorization, no doubt about it. I can totally relate with what you said about dental school continuously kicking from my D1 year. There is no time to dwell on failure because the next challenge is already happening, and that’s one of the most stressfully feeling I’ve ever experienced. However the silver lining for me is knowing that when we graduate (and we will), we’re going to be beasts in the relation to productivity and discipline. It will be quite a reward knowing we completed something most could not, and what we have learned will stay with us forever. “Hard times build strong men”

as a D1 I can 100% relate, I appreciate your advice, it was really reassuring, thank you!

I like your videos so much! And all the advise you give is very useful. They make me feel more prepared for the journey. I am a senior undergraduate and I haven’t gotten into dental school yet but I just applied this cycle.

Thank you for your honesty I am a third year dental student as well and I was going through a hard time in managing my time and actually resting and it was getting really frustrating but your words felt so relatable and for some reason it just helps I wish you the best and I am sure any patient would be more than lucky to have you as a dentist

Appreciate the video. Current D2 with an oral path test and my first operative patient next year. Good reminder that learning is always the most important part.

I just got accepted by the University I want to study dentistry in a couple of days ago. And Honestly I’m genuinely scared and concerned, there’s excitement of course but I take things I care about personally and seriously. For someone reason Hearing Your Feelings and Honesty Towards the process is something so amazing and I’m assured that No matter how hard it is, it’s always incredible how you challenge yourself and Take responsibility for Your actions even though it’s not to your liking. Wishing the best for you and I hope you’re gonna keep making these. It’s really important to move forward and learn from mistakes. Wishing you well and I’m really admiring your hard work❤️💯

Im 3 weeks into my first year if dental school Ive been watching ur videos since i was a junior.. and here i am starting a new chapter of my life .. that ive not always dreamed about .. but something that i wanted to do.. i really love it whenever u give us advice and help us avoid the mistakes u’ve done

I really appreciate this honest and very helpful video. I am currently in a health care program (not dentistry) but relate to failing on exams when before I always got A's in my classes. It is very frustrating and I can't figure out if it is me or the professors not doing a good enough job of teaching us prior to exams. Like you I had a low grade on an exam and then an issue in the clinical portion and I was so hard on myself. It took a lot to keep showing up and not giving up. As you mentioned I tried to learn from what went wrong and it takes a lot of mental strength to just move on from it and not let it fester in your head and throw you off your game.

Keep up the hard work friend. I am struggling with my own failures too. The undergrad fails where I don't actually fail anything but I'm just not where I need to be. Most people don't have anxiety attacks over getting 80% lol

I love watching you, you’re inspiring and help me to keep on going with this passion

Great video. I really love it. I just finished 4 interviews and hopefully I can get into some dental school one day.

Thank you so much for sharing this! I really relate cause I'm a 3rd year dental student too. This helped me a lot, let's do our best together and think how we can do the best for our patients. Dentistry is definitely not easy but that's okay, God will guide and help us.

I’m currently a pre-dental student; in the process of going through interviews and finishing up my senior year. I just wanted to let you know that you are unbelievably inspiring and you are a figure that I look up to. Keep doing great things and keep your head high.

Nice video. Really like what you told. I participated in dental school selections last year, but got rejected :,). I won’t give up as dental school really is my dream. I’ll take another chance to get in this year. At the end of the day everything will go as it has to go. Keep up the good work!! 😁

as a dentist for many years now, iatrogenic damage during treatment is something that happens in live patients as well. It's good to experience your shortcomings. the problem with dental school is the moment when it really counts it needs to be perfect. Maybe the take away for you is to manage patient expectations. Practically, always make a pre op xray for your endo's

Well said man, well said

Yeah, endo is hard, Specially on extracted teeth. They are already dehydrated and the canals are bound to be calcified, irrespective of the person’s age when the tooth was extracted. I’m an internationally trained dentist looking into getting my license in the US. That means I have to go thru 2-3 years of dental school again in the US, and I was so excited about it. In preparation, I’m taking an advanced dentistry course at my university. My endo professor is so tough on us! I have to do 2 RCT in each tooth of the mouth, just finding the extracted teeth was an enormous task in itself! And I’m also prepping to take the INBDE, right now I’m studying pathology 😢 I had forgotten how demanding dental school is! All the homework on typodonts plus the studying! I’m actually questioning my decision of going back to dental school…

I have a question for you. Do you take written notes or do you only use Anki to study for dental school?

Many dental students around me study faster than theoretically, and getting better in practical faster than me. Imagine the mental struggle I’m in now

You said you wanted to be a general dentist, any reason why you don't want to be an oral surgeon? Trying to figure out which one is better. Great video, by the way.

“we practice dentistry, we don’t master dentistry”

Failure is part of the learning process. You are learning about the practice of dentistry and you will succeed. Oh yeah, and remember “more lingual than by BUCCAL”…😊

Have you taken the INBDE?

Please, my friend, add Arabic language to the videos😊🌹

It’s Anki that’s failing you my guy. I saw you doing the flashcards the other day and you’re really overusing it! Be careful. Anki is great as a tool that could help you with not more than 10% of what you need to learn

🥹I failed D3 . I not only feel stupid, but I feel like a failure. I’m just going through a lot right now, and it’s a bit hard for me to stay focused.The professors aren’t very helpful and very discouraging . I don’t want to give up but I definitively don’t want to study here anymore. I was wondering if I would get accepted in the US with my failed grades🥹, but I’ll probably have to change my major to DH. Can anyone help me please, 🥹❤️