Dental Reflection Essay

At the oral surgeons office that morning, they were preparing to remove all four of my third molars. I was fascinated at my surroundings as I had never been in this type of dental office before. The extractions went well and when I became aware of my surroundings again, I was home. After waking, I sat up on the sofa to eat some soup that my mother had made. When suddenly, I was on the carpet of the living room in our house. I had fainted. I was lying next to noodles from the soup on the floor. Despite calling the oral surgeon and our family physician, it was not known what had made me lose consciousness. To this day, I do not know what made me faint. What I do know is that after completely recuperating from the procedure, my jaw and teeth no longer hurt. The oral surgeon had alleviated my pain and by doing this, he had opened my eyes to the dental profession.
One of the first dental experiences I had other than shadowing was at a North Carolina Missions of Mercy clinic. At these clinics, the need for dentistry cannot be ignored. It is apparent immediately when at these clinics. People arrive at the clinic early, even some the night before the clinic, forming a line of patients in pain and struggling with dental problems. Seeing this line of people when I volunteer, the need …show more content…
Although there are challenges as with many health professions, the joys of helping others provide enough motivation for me to pursue dentistry. As opposed to other health fields, dentistry provides an opportunity to give someone a new outlook on life by relieving their pain or helping create a new, cheerful smile. Dentistry involves diagnosing a problem and then fixing the problem soon thereafter with methods other than simply medicine. It is for this practicality that I feel the dental field best suits me. This type of work inspires me to pursue dentistry so that one day I can help the people of the community that I live in and