Neuroscience is a very informative class and provides a good understanding for advanced courses. It is revealing to note how the cerebral cortex functions in terms of human consciousness, language, and the ability to imagine, reason and think is what makes human beings unique. Furthermore, the four sections of the cerebral cortex called temporal lobe, frontal lobe, parietal lobe, and occipital lobe have such distinct functions such as auditory perception and reasoning. For instance, the primary motor cortex residing in the frontal lobe carries out motor function while the primary auditory cortex residing in the temporal lobe is responsible for auditory function. Another important concept that I learned in greater depth was how an action potential
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They both work together so that we can feel things and respond in appropriate ways. A review of the cranial nerves was very insightful and discussed the adverse impacts when certain nuclei within cranial nerves are severed. For instance, depending on the cranial nerve and nuclei severed, a person might not be able to look laterally or medially. Knowledge of Neuroscience helps practitioners deal with patients better since dentists work so close to cranial nerves. For instance, if a patient is going to undergo implant surgery, it is critical to have an understanding of where certain cranial nerves are.
Ethics
This course raised some very intriguing questions regarding ethics. There was discussion of the trolley dilemma where a decision has to be taken if you would save five people and instead kill one, by using a lever to divert the train away from the five people and towards the one person. This dilemma puts us through a thought process considering the final outcome and its moral value. There is a variation to this dilemma in that there is no lever to pull, but instead you have a push a heavy person standing by you on the footbridge onto the rail tracks below. This could …show more content…
We learned how to do class 1, class 2, class 3, and class 5 preps. In addition, we also learned how to do amalgam and composite fillings, even though amalgam is being phased out and the filling of choice is composite. Composite tends to be used in a person's mouth in places where a person needs to look good asthetically. For instance, composite might be better to use on a person's anterior teeth, while amalgam can be better on a person's posterior teeth. This class taught us how to hold a drill effectively and how to use a finger rest when drilling in the manikin head. The reason for the finger rest is so that, the dentist can be in control of their drill, in case the patient moves or flinches during a procedure. Overall, this course was a great introduction to general dentistry, because it taught me some very important fundamentals. Furthermore, I learned how to construct a rubber dam on a patient’s tooth. A rubber dam reduces the chances of infection as it isolates the tooth undergoing the procedure. Also, we learned in this class how to identity teeth if they are not present in a patient's mouth. This is crucial to know as the anatomy of each tooth should be very clear. We also learned how to use AXIUM which is important because it involves putting in all the procedures done on a patient in a computer. As a future practitioner, this is important because a good record keeping of a patient's records is
They both work together so that we can feel things and respond in appropriate ways. A review of the cranial nerves was very insightful and discussed the adverse impacts when certain nuclei within cranial nerves are severed. For instance, depending on the cranial nerve and nuclei severed, a person might not be able to look laterally or medially. Knowledge of Neuroscience helps practitioners deal with patients better since dentists work so close to cranial nerves. For instance, if a patient is going to undergo implant surgery, it is critical to have an understanding of where certain cranial nerves are.
Ethics
This course raised some very intriguing questions regarding ethics. There was discussion of the trolley dilemma where a decision has to be taken if you would save five people and instead kill one, by using a lever to divert the train away from the five people and towards the one person. This dilemma puts us through a thought process considering the final outcome and its moral value. There is a variation to this dilemma in that there is no lever to pull, but instead you have a push a heavy person standing by you on the footbridge onto the rail tracks below. This could …show more content…
We learned how to do class 1, class 2, class 3, and class 5 preps. In addition, we also learned how to do amalgam and composite fillings, even though amalgam is being phased out and the filling of choice is composite. Composite tends to be used in a person's mouth in places where a person needs to look good asthetically. For instance, composite might be better to use on a person's anterior teeth, while amalgam can be better on a person's posterior teeth. This class taught us how to hold a drill effectively and how to use a finger rest when drilling in the manikin head. The reason for the finger rest is so that, the dentist can be in control of their drill, in case the patient moves or flinches during a procedure. Overall, this course was a great introduction to general dentistry, because it taught me some very important fundamentals. Furthermore, I learned how to construct a rubber dam on a patient’s tooth. A rubber dam reduces the chances of infection as it isolates the tooth undergoing the procedure. Also, we learned in this class how to identity teeth if they are not present in a patient's mouth. This is crucial to know as the anatomy of each tooth should be very clear. We also learned how to use AXIUM which is important because it involves putting in all the procedures done on a patient in a computer. As a future practitioner, this is important because a good record keeping of a patient's records is