I have had the opportunity to shadow two dentists at their respective General Dentistry practices, which I included on my AADSAS application. I am looking forward to continuing to gain more experience in the dental field before attending dental school by shadowing an orthodontist, as well as participating in the CT Mission of Mercy (CTMOM) Dental Clinic in April 2019. I graduated from Connecticut College a year earlier than I had originally planned, thus allowing myself more time to shadow dentists. The opportunities that I had to shadow while in school excited me, and I wished that I had more time within my class schedule to spend with each dentist to further understand the profession. Nevertheless, I have inquired about shadowing at Child
Having one hour to shadow a pediatric oncologist would be an experience of a lifetime. Preparing for an experience like that would be extremely difficult.All this preparation would be done weeks in advance to the day i am actually shadowing the physician.
1)Why do you want to be a Dental Assistant? I love people and that is why I want to become a Dental assistant. Being a huge people person and I'm always willing to learn, adapting is essential to this line of work and that is why I will be a perfect fit for the dental assistant program. Getting to know the patients and spending time with them is one of the reasons I am really looking forward to my future as a DA. I am an empathetic person and easily relate to others. This will really help me to be able to provide my patients with the best possible care. Originally I had planned on applying to Manhattan Area Technical College for their Dental Hygienist program. They require that all applicants have a minimum of forty hours experience shadowing
In addition to that, if you already hjave a general deentist, it's highly reocmmned that you ask them about any potential orthodist within the area that they can recommned. In addition to that, you can contact a local dental school and ask which local practicicers they
I determined that the two had extremely similar titles, but differing specialities. I furthered my research on the career. On paper, I realized that dentists have an amazing job. The job features high-pay, scalability, possibility of practice ownership, normal hours, possibility of specialization, low stress, above-average projected growth, and most importantly, leadership opportunities. The possibility of owning my own practice perplexes me because I strive to be a leader in everything I do, so I feel like my career should be no different. Also, vivid participation in FBLA has motivated me to be a business leader. I am interested in pursuing dental school because I can combine my talents in science with my passion for business, and most of all, make a difference to my patients. Typically, people hate going to the dentist, but if you could transform that into a pleasurable experience, then you just metamorphosed that person’s entire outlook of the day. That being said, I’m not the type of person who bases their future decisions off of possibilities, so therefore I sought after job-shadowing
Graduated from the University of Otago just last year, Daniel is currently practising at the Dunedin hospital, as well as at the Dental school. This may be why, but he can easily relate to my struggles and joys of being a second-year dental student. A thought crosses my mind. “How does it feel to be part of this 263-assignment as an interviewee rather than an interviewer?” I ask. Daniel shakes his head in disbelief, “It feels so weird, I remember doing this assignment when I was
...communities, especially those that are in need and what the community needs are primary health providers. From the beginning, when I decided to pursue dentistry, my goal was to become a general dentist, the idea of specializing seemed unnecessary. However, I have a recent newfound interest in pediatric dentistry and may explore that specialty. I’ve enjoyed working with children throughout the various volunteer activities and I feel like there is a need for pediatric dentists in the underserved communities. By being a pediatric dentist as a part of the National Health Corps Scholarship Program, I would be able to provide valuable skills and resources to children and their parents, especially those with special needs and dental fears. While pediatric dentistry is a specialty I will continue to explore, the priority remains to commit my career to serving those in need.
I have decided to shadow professionals at Bon Secours for a variety of reasons. I am currently an undergraduate student at Randolph-Macon, who is majoring in chemistry on a pre-medicine track. I am aspiring to become a physician for a number of reasons. Shadowing is, as I said in my previous response, a way in which my exposure to medicine will increase, while simultaneously forcing me to introspect in regards to my reasons behind pursuing this dream. Also, I am currently an EMT who has transported patients to your hospital in the past, but my interactions with the physicians has been quite limited. Shadowing will give me an opportunity to explore another facet of hospital care. I have shadowed physicians in the past, but it has been limited
During this shadowing experience, I was able to witness family medicine (MD) and witnessed outpatient care. The physician gave me numerous tips about certain cases and how she would handle them.
Pediatric Dentistry is a superb fit for me since I enjoy working with children. Dentists diagnose and treat problems with patients’ teeth, gums, and related parts
Most dental practices will carry out initial interviews through third party agencies. Such agencies review curriculums for relevancy and push forward recommended candidates. If you have been selected and reached this stage congratulations!
It's important for any high school student to have an idea or plan of what they want to pursue in the near future. Most students want to go into the medical field, become a professional athlete, a lawyer, etc. Many talk about becoming a dentist, but not a dental assistant. Simply because they feel like it's not that big of a title of being a dental assistant as compared to a dentist. Little do they know dental assistants play a big role as well in the office. A dental assistant does many tasks and duties that help benefit the dentist and also the patients.
I decided to do my research report on dentistry because it is a perfect blend of science and art. It is a science in that you must fully comprehend on the different types of diagnostic and procedures you are doing. It is an art in that you are constantly working with your hands to create a beautiful smile. The impact you make on helping a person achieve an impeccable smile is not one to compare with materialistic things like money or cars. People often mistake dentist as only doing practices when in fact they could do more, like research. I was fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to interview Dr. Sarah Pham, DDS, a close family friend who practices dentistry in her own private office in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Pham was
I shadowed Dr. Talbott and Dr. MacIntyre, who are general dentists, and I saw them perform different types of dental procedures such as dental bridging and implant procedure. In my senior year, I shadowed Dr. Patel at Alivio Clinic, which mostly treats patients from the underprivileged Latino community around Indianapolis. I picked up ways in which Dr. Patel treated a wide range of dental problems and also got to learn more about Dr. Patel and her path to dentistry. To explore specialized fields in dentistry, I contacted the Associated Orthodontists of Indiana in my hometown of Fishers and got an opportunity to shadow Dr. Rapp, an orthodontist. I got to see how braces are put on and how Dr. Rapp determined the treatment plan for each patient. An orthodontist mostly treats patients with malpositioned teeth and jaw and I liked the fact that they can see immediate results with their patients after the treatment plan. After the experience with Dr.Rapp, I am now considering specializing in
I selected to job shadow my mom actually because I couldn’t find anyone to shadow in the career that I wanted, so my only other choice was to do my mom. I wasn’t really too interested in doing that job at first, but that’s what I needed to do. I spent my day watching and helping my mom checking out stock systems and how it works. I was also able to use the office equipment. I wore nice black pants with a nice sweater. We left the building for lunch, and went somewhere else to eat, like my mom does a lot of the time. During the interview, I asked her the questions, and she answered, explaining as she went along, and I was not able to catch it all. So I learned a whole lot about the job by doing the interview. I left at about 2:00 to 3:00 (I am not too sure exactly when) because my mom had some important work she needed to do, that I really couldn’t help with. My favorite experience that day was actually finding out how stocks work, saving money, and information like that.
Finally, client rapport is what will ensure a patient returns to the dental office. Both offices had patients coming in and leaving with smiles on their faces, all of the patients liked the people that were working on their teeth and seemed to be happy with the end result stemming from their treatment. Office A saw a lot of young children during my observation, the dentist assured the parents everything would be okay and works exceptionally well with the children and did her best to help calm them, at the end of the procedure she would give them a hug and sometimes a kiss and offered them a toy. Office B didn’t see any young children for the exception of a young teen girl, and they proceeded to make her feel extremely comfortable by explaining