Do you know that in 2011, the National Monitoring and Evaluation Dental Survey conducted by DOH have shown that 98% of children between 2 years old and 6 years old have dental caries which results in missed days at school? The numbers are frightening! When I was a Dental Hygienist intern in San Juan City, I … Continue reading #GoTheExtraSmile with Hapee!
I came across an article a few days ago saying that "Dentistry is an Art." Before studying dentistry, I always thought that it would be easy and it's just science. I thought all I have to do is drill the tooth, remove the infected/diseased part, then pack it with composite. I forgot about the part … Continue reading Dentistry is an Art
I was so excited to start my comprehensive pediatric case this semester because I'm considering Pediatric Dentistry as my specialization. Comprehensive cases are cases wherein you have to do everything that needs to be done to one patient. December of last year (2017), I had a 7-year old female patient who complains of pain on … Continue reading Dentistry Case: Comprehensive Pediatric Patient
Today’s the fourth day after I had my first dental surgery. I have pending blog posts about my previous beauty boxes, but I was in pain for days already and I couldn’t think of blogging about it yet. Since this is my first ever surgery, I would want to share with everyone how it went. … Continue reading My First Ever Surgery (Dental Surgery)