The Good

The best experiences at the dentist office are when patients are getting their braces off. It will be the patients first time in a few years so get to feel and see their teeth with no metal on them. It is a good chance for the dental assistant and orthodontist to be proud of their work.

            Some of the common reactions dental assistants get are “I didn’t know my teeth were this big, they feel like horse teeth.” and “my teeth feel very slimy”. It funny that they feel this way, but it makes since because there normal for the past few years was rough, small teeth. When brackets are put on your tongue can only feel small parts of your teeth. That’s what leads to the “horse” teeth feeling.

            The dentist office many have brought you some bad memories but if you ever had braces at least you got that one great memory of finally getting them off. What if you didn’t have braces? Some patients never have braces or anything major done to their teeth or mouth. However, this is rare. Patients will sometime get the feeling of excitement when getting a crown but others may not. Crowns are put on when your tooth has a crack in it, when you tooth is so rotten it has to be replaced and many other reasons. A crown is basically a new tooth with part of the old tooth underneath. That’s what it connects to. If you have been waiting for a crown with a tooth that is basically non-exiting you would be excited.

            My main point here is that dentist office aren’t always bad, and they don’t just exist to clean your teeth, but to also make you confident. When you have a great smile your confident levels go up. It’s one less thing to worry about.

            The best thing about interning at the dentist office was getting this feeling of excitement almost everyday. For the patients is comes every few years. Since I was there everyday it happened often. Every person would react differently. Some couldn’t hold in there excitement or reaction and others just said they were excited but didn’t show it. I personally liked it when they did show their excitement because it got me excited. Even though I wasn’t the person who worked on them I still knew their story. I can’t imagine how great it feels to be the one that puts in the hard work and get the reward for doing it.