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Has anyone transcribed oral dental surgery reports and if so, - curiousmt


Posted: Oct 28, 2010

how difficult is this specialty to learn?  I consider ophthalmology very difficult.  Is it comparable to this?  Appreciate any and all comments.

oral maxillofacial clinic/surgery - longtime cmt

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I worked for a while for a clinic and did not think it was that difficult. It DID take me a while to learn some of the dental words and I would recommend the Stedman's book (or CD) but I made quite good money on this account, once I learned the words.

In the spirit of all comments, Curious, I found no specialty - Can-Do!

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particularly difficult to learn, especially once I had the Internet for research. It's the same terminology for you, so look it up and write it down the first time you hear it on a list kept right in front of you while you learn, but also in your expander with cross-search terms so you can find it again quickly.


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