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Dental Assistant Personal Statement

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Many invaluable experiences helped me decide my path to dentistry, starting from my swim competition, to voluntary activity, and to a dental assistant. I became captivated by healthcare professional careers ever since I realized that it involve creativity, technical and scientific expertise and helping others. I was pursuing a career that will make me feel satisfied, challenged and rewarded, then I concluded, the dentistry was a great fit. From my first swimming competition, I gained an inexplicable satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment. I was swimming like it was a matter of life and death until my hands hit the wall. Then I felt like a fish out of the water as I was gasping for breath. There are no words to describe the amount …show more content…

Lee. I enjoy all hands-on experiences, learning new knowledge, and witnessing many different treatments. Strangely, I felt the same unexplainable satisfaction and joy that I gained from swimming competitions. Furthermore, assisting the patients with dementia and disabilities have aroused my compassion. One of the patients was a senior woman who diagnosed with dementia. She was urgently needed the dentures as she lost almost all of her teeth due to periodontal disease. I had trouble communicating with her as she seemed so wary and upset when she first came into the clinic. However, after her several office visits, she recognized me as her granddaughter and often brought me candies. I couldn't be any happier when I finally saw her with a white and a well-arranged teeth and with a big, satisfied grin on her face. I can say that dental services can be challenging, but I can also say that it is a rewarding career which will bring me a great achievement. This experience positively affected me in a significant way and helped me to develop effective communication skills with patients to prepare for my career in …show more content…

I conceived that whatever I do in the future, it has to involve with helping other people. If I ask someone why they work and what makes them choose a career, most will say for to earn money. Money is essential for life; however, that is not the first goal of my life. I want to choose a career that gives me a sense of achievement. Every morning, I want to wake up excited to go to work with a passion and purpose, utilize my creative skill in working with hands, and help people in need. This is my goal and also my desire and is stronger than the money, fame or personal gain. I have a strong desire to spend my life volunteering people in my community who cannot pay to go see a dentist and for the people in developing countries who have never had the privilege of seeing a dentist. For the past years, I have served as a volunteer to support people with mental and learning disabilities. It was not so easy to interact with several different types of people with different disorders. However, I have learned something more than I could ever imagine. I learned to respect differences in people, appreciate the value of good health, and the little things in

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