CAD/CAM Dentistry

opportunity to improve my academics by achieving a higher GPA and DAT score. I also have enhanced my involvement with the community by volunteering at a community-based dental clinic and joining a healthcare student program. As a result, my passion for dentistry and commitment to serve the community has progressed through these current volunteer and extracurricular opportunities. As a volunteer at a community dental clinic, my focus is serving low-income and uninsured…

on specialties started to rise and many dentists would specialize in each profession. To date, there are several specialties which involve pediatric, general dentistry, orthodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, oral surgery, and endodontics. Which all come together to create a functioning dentition. First and foremost, pediatric dentistry which is the start…

What is Gum Graft Surgery? What is a gum graft and why might one be needed? The initial thought of having a gum graft performed can be enough to cause some stress. However, worry not, if you need a gum graft, it is a simple procedure performed in your dentist’s office. In all honesty, it sounds worse than it actually is. If you need to have a gum graft performed, or are considering one, clearing the air of what it actually is and why it is needed may help alleviate some of your fears. A gum…

have. Coming from a long ancestry of doctors and nurses, I have always dreamed of working in the medical field to share my compassion of helping fellow human beings. Among the many health professions that have sparked my interests, I became set on dentistry only after my freshman year in college. This is primarily due to fact that I wanted to be 100% positive that I would be following a career path I would thoroughly enjoy for the rest of my…

American Dental Education Association Professionalism Values Professionalism and ethics go hand-in-hand. Individuals must encompass, or learn to acquire the attributes which allow for ethical reasoning during moral dilemmas. Our moral judgements are brought into question often, considering we treat people of varying cultures, who live various life styles. Learning ethical principles, and becoming culturally competent allows providers to be better prepared when ethical dilemmas are presented.…

my plans of moving to the United States to pursue my career in dentistry. Thankfully, my mother and sister decided to join me on this exciting journey. I did not heed negative attitudes or suggestions of disapproval. I was firm in my decision of following my passion of becoming a dentist in America. My story begins in 2011 in Cuba when I decided to take a leave of absence from the Professional Art School and pursue a career in dentistry. Although I spent nine years studying to be…

Raed AlQahtani Real-Time Reflecting: Sahara Dental 1. How is the internship experience consistent with your academic knowledge and coursework? The internship experience may not be entirely consistent with my personal academic skills and knowledge as I am training academically as a software engineer however, this is a dental facility. Nevertheless, it’s to be noted that the kind of work that I was hired or performed did indeed give me a practical approach to what I was learning academically to be…

Taking the Hard Route As a person growing up I always was one to take the easy route out of things. It was my second week working in my dental internship, and I was begging to assist the doctor with the oral surgeries. It came a day where I was told to assist Dr. Alex who I was intimidated by every time I saw him. I was frightened to help him because of last time seeing him shout at my representative kat when she committed an error. It came the day where I was advised to set myself up to help…

1. Give a definition of the ‘Code of Ethics,’ as it applies to a dental assistant. A definition of the Code of Ethics applied to a dental assistant is a set of moral principles, practice standards and guidelines, which the dental assistant along with fellow colleagues use to guide and conduct practice within the dental clinic. The principles set the behavioural codes to the amount of professionalism used, with the welfare of the patient is the predominant focus. 2. How many (number) aspects…

INTRODUCTION Dental camp As a dentist, I believe oral health is equally important as overall health. Mouth act as window for the passage of everything that goes in to stomach and often serving as a vantage point for detecting the early signs and symptoms of many systemic disease. So, it is very important to do routine checkups for the better health status of an individual. MY SMILE clinic is committed to provide our patients with quality and comprehensive dental care treatment. Clinic was…