9th Week

Another week, another trip to the dental clinic. There are about 4 boxes of patient charts left that still need to be recorded and then all of the charts will be shredded. So once again, I spent my hour recording patient names and ID's and talking to the dentists that strolled in and out of the office. Even though I'm performing a very easy task, at least it keeps me busy and I always have someone to talk to. It's nice walking into the dental clinic and having the head dentist know my name and constantly joking with me. Each week, I learn something new about the dentists and what the dentistry industry is like. For example, almost everyone I have spoken to says that they immediately went to work after graduating from dental school instead of doing a voluntary 1 year residency. They told me that they felt the residency was unnecessary because they could easily learn the new information by enrolling in other classes that are offered outside of residency. On the other hand, my brother (who is a dentist) told me that he loved his residency and learned so much...so I still wonder what I should do. With me simply recording information and carrying on conversations with the dentist, my hour seems to fly by because I'm having fun. However, with the Service Learning Project presentation coming up in less than 2 weeks, I need to start talking to my group and determine which disease we should research!