Dental Hygienist Essay

I am applying for dental hygiene as I think dental hygienist is as essential as the dentist to prevent patients from tooth decay, gum disease and to maintain the oral health.
I knew I wanted to be involved in a dentistry related career from a very young age as I always wanted to role play being a dentist I always played with me childhood friends and used my imagination to create scenarios, but the real passion for becoming a dentist grew when I went to my first dentists appointment, this was the real starting point because I started seeing myself as a future dentist. furthermore during two years of visiting the orthodontist for my braces I understood how helping and caring for people can be rewarding as a smile is one of the main features of a person that helps them interact with others , during my treatment I also experienced the satisfaction of a patient

as I got the perfect smile.
Beside this studying biology and chemistry from a young age has always been interesting to me but now that I have studied these two subjects at an AS level I have made further understandings of the body and the importance of every structure and the connection between each internal feature.

Studying chemistry at this depth has made me understand the importance of biochemical molecules and their important functions as they are used in many dental products such as the everyday toothpaste.
Apart from this I have developed my skills such as problem solving by always taking on the challenges in each of my subjects by trying to find the best solutions I also learned many useful information about our thoughts and mental health by studying psychology which I think it’s going to help me make wise decision in the way I interact with my patients and member of the dental team.
In doing psychology I have also improved my team working as often we have to work in groups and come up with different answers also in doing experiments in biology and chemistry I have made further improvements to being a leader and also team work

.
Moreover in school I was also a prefect which opened many opportunities for me to develop my basic skills of communication as we helped out in parents evening, presentation evenings etc., also I learned to take responsibility of my own action by doing my prefect duty .
I completed my work experience at a dental clinic for 1 week during my time I got a true insight into the career of dentistry .during my time I became familiar with the tools and kits used by dentists such as the examination kit or the hygiene kit I also examined the way they worked carefully and understood the delicacy of their job. Overall the work experience mad me understand the day to day reality of my chosen profession.
Furthermore I made note of the importance of maintaining the oral hygiene as I know this is one of the main focuses of hygienist
Dentistry has always been my number one choice as a career and I have always been inspired by careers related to it hence choosing to do dental hygiene at university, I am looking forward to starting my journey as a dental student and pursue in my career one of the many of my future plans are to graduate as dentist and go further on to become a orthodontic.