Postgraduates Studies

Hi everyone! I hope you are well in your home. Today I'm going to write about what I would like to do after get my degree.

In the area of Odontology there are different options of postgraduate studies to choose from. And of course, there is one that caught my attention. But the problem with postgraduate studies is the cost to finance them and that in some cases it is very difficult to enter. 

In mi case, the specialty I would like to study is oral and maxillofacial surgery. In this area, a surgeon works on the oral or facial area of the patient and is responsible for the treatment of traumatic alterations, infections, tumor, aesthetic and other things. It is hard work. However, entering this specialty is difficult (in our university only 14 person enter per year) and also it is very very expensive.

Obviously I would like to do it, but I also think it’s important to enjoy life. So, before making the decision, I will travel with my family, maybe to Italy, I will move from Santiago, and whatever the future holds for me.

That is all for today. Bye bye. 

Themed Topic

Hi everyone, It has been some time of the last time than I wrote something on this blog. The topic of today is a free topic, but it must relate to dentistry. So, I decided to write about, What kind of career is Odontology?

During my first year at university, in class, some teacher asked us the next question: The Odontology is a manual career or scientific career?

That day the students said many answers, but specifically, they said than is a science career, because we have many scientific subjects, like chemistry or biology and others, that we need develop and manage only to get the degree. But the professor answered us that in reality we studied these subjects to understand concepts, but that our work is manual.

I thought too much about the question and the answer. And after an analysis, I risk saying that we are both. Of course, in the clinic we work directly with restorative material and perform a series of manual procedures. But also, in the clinic we must analyze the patient and decide which procedure is the best, for that specific case.

In addition, in our career we study prevention, where it is important to manage sociology, and to develop diagnostics we must know the microbiology. I don’t learn concepts because yes, I do it to be able to use them, to develop hypotheses, do research, make conclusions, and all that is a scientific nature.

That was today's blog. I apologize for so much philosophical thinking. Take care and good bye.