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I Want To Become A Dentist

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“What made you want to become a dentist?” This is a question I have been asked numerous times over the past five years since I began my career path in the field of dentistry. I’ve always enjoyed the bewilderment people have in trying to understand why on earth someone would want to work in people’s mouths all day. Truthfully, it was my own pediatric dentist that inspired me to want to become a dentist and whom I aspired to be like. I remember being greeted by the friendly faces in the waiting room, playing with the toys until I was called in to sit in the bright green dental chair. It was there that I learned the importance of oral health care and where my passion for oral health care was instilled.

Along with my education, my general practice residency at Staten Island University Hospital has given me great insight into the field and has made me an even better dentist. It has allowed me to hone my skills in the various aspects of dentistry, which is an important foundation for any dental specialty. Being at a level I trauma center, I learned how to treat various dental emergencies that would come in through the emergency department, including pediatric trauma. I will never forget my first day on call at the hospital, when I received a call to see a severely autistic child who had fallen and avulsed a permanent anterior tooth. Luckily, he was brought in quickly enough and with the tooth still intact, I worked together with a pediatric dental resident and the emergency

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