Another day with my mentor February 15, 2014

It was a tiring but fun day again with my mentor. It was the same as last week's observation. Patients should go to their dentist, every six months, to have their teeth cleaned. That’s why my mentor always says to his patients “see you in 6 months”. I encountered a patient who has very disarranged teeth. I got to take a picture of his teeth x-ray. He has this kind of teeth because he didn’t go to his dental appointments. He has a lot of holes and cavities as well. He really needs to get braces, but the my mentor told him that he needs to get fillings and root canal first before braces. This is going to be expensive. The curing light, my mentor uses this tool when he's doing a filling on a patient's tooth. It is a blue light, he told me not to look directly at it because it's the same as looking directly to the sun. It’s bad for the eyes. My mentor also told me that dentistry involves physics. So I had second thoughts, because I really don’t like physics. I kept on thinking the whole time, but then I realized that physics won’t stop me from taking dentistry if really want to be a dentist. Today I’ve learned that going to dental appointments is really important if you don’t want to wear dentures. Not only about that, but also don’t let your weaknesses stop you from aiming want you want to be.

Time logged for this session: 8 hours

Total time logged: 18 hours

Here is the picture of the patient's x-ray who has very crooked teeth.