Do dental/ortho practitioners use calculus in the work place?

Question

Becaues i'm studying to be one and taking a required calculus course. Function derivatives are making my skin crawl. Is there any use for this form of mathematics to a dentist/orthodontist/oral surgeon?

Answer 1

No none whatsoever... I have a friend who is a Dean of the science department at a midwestern college. I asked him once why so many students are required to take calculus as part of a science track that would really never use it.... his answer was that "It's honestly a tool we use to weed out people who aren't academicaly able to handle high level classes"... and he also added "besides you never know when someone wants to quit being a vet and become an astronomer"

Answer 2

I think calculus is a legal form of torture, very few people use it, and I really doubt that dental/ortho doc use it.

I have had to take 4 or 5 calculus courses for various reason and I have never had to use it. I have one friend who said he thought, that he might have to use it, but he was working for NASA at the time.

I know of no one who uses it.

I know this is not what you wanted to hear, but that is the way I see it in my world.

Answer 3

Dentists don't use calculus at all. The closest they come to it is the calculus (tartar) on people's teeth!