Dentistry

Advantages: Opportunities can be good
Disadvantages: Poor employers, poor pay if not qualified

...of the treatment side of dentistry such as crowns, bridge work, fillings and the good old extractions too. For crown and bridge work, I'd need my treatment trays, plus I'd need to have fast and slow hand pieces and the files and burs for the dentist to use. I'd also need to have powder and water ready to mix alginate for taking impressions as well as filling in lab slips ready for the item to go to the lab the next day. Patient care is important ...
...average filling and for nervous patients this can be quite an ordeal and the nurse needs to keep them calm and reassure them and of course liaise with the dentist very closely so there are no mistakes made that may prolong the procedure or scare the patient! After every patient who had crown or bridge work it would be down into the basement to autoclave all the instruments and put the impressions taken in the fridge overnight. For fillings, I need ... Read review

Advantages: You can abuse people in freedom
Disadvantages: Sadists

Think of all the things that REALLY put the fear of God into you... Spiders, slugs, snails (yeah, I know, I'm sorry, but try treading on one in your socks, ooh, brings back the shakes, just thinking about it), snakes (why so many 'S'es?), being shut in small places (still a damn 'S'), heights(at last)... Yeah, all of those things - but until the last two or three years, there was something even more fearsome in my mind and that was ... the DENTAL ...
...to scare me. (Shock!! Horror!! dave27 in Bravery Scandal!!) Yes, after nearly forty years of being scared out of my mind at the thought of going into the dentist's waiting room (let alone his surgery) I have finally conquered my phobia. It all stems from some bad experiences as a child with drills and big scrapey things and most of all injections (esp those at the front in your first two teeth, when they stick the needle right up your nose). I had ... Read review

Advantages: Good pay as Dentist
Disadvantages: Low pay Nurses, Stressful Job

Careers in Dentistry Dental Nurse Duties - Assists with the preparation of the surgery and greets in patients and assists mixing materials in the surgery and aspirating (Suction) of the mouth during treatment. Nurses are also required to assist on Reception by completing paper and computer records and booking in patients and taking payments. Training – On the job work based training is available for people under 25 funded by the LCC. Training is ...
...human behaviour and some restorative dentistry and all dentists have a vocational work based job as their final year working in a practices as a dentist assessed by the principal of that practice. Educational Requirements – 5 A* - C GCSE’s are required plus a BBB at A Level and good manual dexterity. A CRB check and blood test is taken prior to an offer at university. Prospects – Are good in private dental care in the Army or the NHS their is the ... Read review