Third Answer

What is most important in maintaining a profitable dental office?

The most important thing in maintaining a profitable dental office is for the dentist to make kids feel at ease.

• One reason for this is because around 16 percent of boys and 10 percent of girls experience some kind of dental trauma before the age of 15.

• If children don't feel safe or comfortable at your dental office, parents will switch from your dentistry to another to help their kids.

• Also, 78 percent of kids under 18 go to the dentists office, as compared to only about 60 percent of adults. What this means is, you want kids to feel safe and calm at your dental office because the majority of people that go to the dentists office are kids.

Davenport, Elizabeth S., Gareth J. Holsgrove, Peter A. Mossey, and David R. Stirrups. Essential Skills For Dentists. New York: Oxford UP, 2006. Print.
The best way for a dentist to maintain a profitable dental office is to make sure kids feel safe at their dentist office because the majority of people that go to the dentistry are kids under 18.

Senior Project: The Holiday

1. Over the break, I continued to go to my mentorship except for the days it was closed. I went no more or no less than I normally would. I also read more articles although i did not take cornell notes on my topic.

2. The most important things I learned from continuing to go to my mentorship was the normal things such as how the dentist scrapes off plaque and works on other details. Some other new things I learned dealt with how to get rid of cavities and why the process dentists use work. My source was Dr. Rita Patel (DDS) who has been a dentist for over a decade.

3. I would probably talk to my mentor Dr. Rita Patel mainly because I know that she is really knowledgeable and she has already taught me so already. Another reason I would interview her is because my EQ is based more on a business perspective on how to run a profitable dentist, and Dr. Rita Patel owns her own dentist office which she has been successfully running for about a decade or more.

EQ

1. I have reviewed the rule of three for writing and EQ.

2a.  No this EQ doesn't meet the rule of three because while it might call for research there not much to argue about it because it doesn't take a stance.

B. Yes this EQ meets the rule of three criteria because it's very clear, and it calls for research and there can be an agreement on different answers.

C. No this EQ doesn't not make much sense, it doesn't call for much research and it call for much research.

D. I don't think this EQ meets the rule of three because it doesn't call for much research or an argument.

3.  What are the most important factors when becoming a profitable dentist?

Research and Working EQ

1. What are the steps needed to be taken in order to become a profitable dentist?

2.  EQ. What makes a dentist successful?

• the best way for a dentist to be successful is to obtain a good education by graduating from dental school and applying what he/she has learned into real life situations.
• by building a relationship with his/her patients to help them get to ease so he/she could fix their teeth.
• by learning how to operate using both hands and getting used to working through mirrors.
• taking extra training classes outside of dental school for more practice.

3. The most important source, other than my mentor, is the American Dental Association (ADA). The ADA is an organization that has lots of information about dentistry and also a lot of resources to loo at. This is my strongest source so far.

4. My mentor is Dr. Patel (Doctor of Dental Surgery, DDS) and I am doing my mentorship at the General Dentistry at Montclair. The stuff I am doing at the dentistry and all the stuff I am learning helps me answer my working EQ by giving me real life experience and hands on learning by watching and engaging in more dental activities with the supervision of Dr. Patel.

Blog 5 Project Reflection and Working EQ

1. Positive Statement: One very positive thing that has happened because of all the work I have done is that I have become certain that I want to become a dentist. At first, I thought I wanted to become a pharmacist and wanted to do my senior topic on that but when I went to go volunteer at a pharmacy in Chino, I didn't really like what I saw. I just thought it was a little boring and not my thing.  As a result of that, I researched dentistry and I started to like what I was reading. Because of the many hours I have spent at the dentistry training and getting a real feel of a dentist's work environment, I am absolutely certain I want to become a dentist.

2. EQ Content: not only do I want to become a dentist, I also want to specialize in orthodontics, which is the branch of dentistry that specializes on the human jaw. This branch contains braces, retainers, and any mouthpiece that straightens the jaw and teeth. Recently, I have been doing lots of research on orthodontics. I have been using the Internet, the library, and my mentor to learn as much as I can about orthodontics. Orthodontics really has helped me understand dentistry more because it not only covers the basics of dentistry, it digs deep and focuses on straightening your teeth. For example, the articles and books on orthodontics are far more explanatory on dentistry from the basics to the expert level.

3. The main thing that has worked for me in the senior project is that it requires for me to do a specific number of mentorship hours so I have no choice but to go to the dentist. Sometimes I'm a little lazy and want to stay home but I have to go to the dentist which helps me not only learn more new things, but also it helps me get more experience.

4. The thing that hasn't worked for me is that I have a lot of duties to do outside of schools dn sometimes I just don't have time to go to the dentist but I have to figure it out as I go. Another thing is that due to legal concerns I cannot do some of the more hands on things at the dentistry, but since Dr. Patel is my moms friend and knows me so well, she is a bit more trusting towards me and lets me do a couple of things I can't do.

5. What are the key points to consider when buying a dental office?

I already have a mentorship and it is the same one I have had since summer. My mentor is a dentist, Dr. Patel, who I have known for a while.