plan, among other expenses. One of those options is to not live on campus and to move off campus, which usually happens to be less expensive. Nevertheless, it is difficult to know if the option is rather more popular among students who receive Pell grants, which is a subsidy that the US federal government provides to its…
in offering quality and accessible dental care to the underserved community of San Diego. As volunteers, we work alongside dentists in providing care to our patients in order to improve their health and livelihood. Chairside assisting the doctors grants me the opportunity to interact with them whilst observing the unique procedures of each individual. One of my memorable experiences within the dental clinics was witnessing the process of a patient receiving their first set of dentures. This…
In the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling and the well-known “American Gothic” by Grant Wood, Kipling and Wood work to illustrate the constant struggle to find the middle ground in life existing in marriage, dreams becoming a reality, financial success, and the middle class American Dream. The act of marriage does not always foster a happy relationship at first, but a new sense of happiness can be forged out of the couple’s willingness to achieve happiness. In both art forms, viewers see that…
In literature, characters thrust into a life threatening situation at the hands of science, often represent and convey strong emotions to suggest and enhance the themes intended by the author. To the naked eye, the theme of survival would be the most outstanding theme in both Michael Crichton’s, ‘Jurassic Park’, and Francis Lawrence’s 2007 movie adaption of the book ‘I am legend’. In both these texts, the author places the characters in a dangerous situation instigated by science. In Jurassic…
Athlete Compensation: Why Collegiate Athletes Should Be Paid. College athletes all around the world are working their tail off morning and night. They get up before school and go to practice, then the school then back to practice. That is their life at that certain point in time. Some athletes that receive scholarships are getting their education paid for. Some have a meal plan through the team and also even get free housing. There are some athletes call walk-ons. They don’t receive…
Grant Wood is one of America’s most famous artists because of his iconic 1930 painting American Gothic. Some people today still may not know Grant Wood’s name or even the name of the painting, they always recognize American Gothic when they see it. This painting is known as a classic show of American character. Represented by a farmer and his daughter in front of their gothic styled home. Grant Wood was born on February 13, 1991 in Anamosa, Iowa. When his father died in 1901 Grant and his…
Dental Hygiene Choosing a career can be very difficult, especially when many are doing so at such a young age. When I first started looking into becoming a dental hygienist, it was really something I had never thought I would consider. I knew I wanted to be around people and be able to help them. This led me to going into the healthcare field. From there I leaned more towards becoming a nurse, which I decided after a little experience, was not for me. I still wanted to be able to help people and…
The prerequisites provided by Achinstein insufficiently capture all of the evidential relationships. Here it is important to look for prerequisites that cover the whole landscape and demarcate it into sensible divisions. Reiss (2015) argues that a theory of evidence should be informative about how to gather evidence and when to be justified in believing a hypothesis on the basis of evidence in non-ideal scenarios as well as ideal ones. He puts forward four desiderata for a theory of evidence. It…
not prove whether water fluoridation is a risk factor to individuals. There are now over a million children receiving fluoridated milk. The effectiveness of milk fluoridation in preventing dental caries is supported by about 18 clinical studies reported in numerous papers. Of these, nine demonstrated caries prevention in primary teeth and 12 in the permanent dentition showed cavity reductions, and evaluations of the several community programmes pointed to the feasibility of the method under real…
Preventive dentistry is the practice of caring for one’s teeth to keep them healthy. Everyone can benefit from preventive dentistry, from infants to the elderly and everyone in between. There are many benefits to preventive measures such as: avoiding gum disease and cavities, early detection of disease, etc. Several steps one can take to maintain good oral health include: visiting the dentist regularly, brushing and flossing, and eating a well- balanced diet. Fluoride treatments, mouthwashes,…