Post 8: A Subject you've enjoyed studying this semester

My favorite subject in this semester was “Desarrollo de Destrezas y Autocuidado para el Ejercicio Profesional II” because it is the subject where they teach the part that most caught my attention of the career, for which I liked dentistry.

In those classes, first, they teach us about the materials that we are going to occupy later, both in the semester and in our professional future and in the practical steps we can prepare some mixtures, as we are still in pandemic, we must adapt some things, but it still serves to understand the preparation procedure.

This semester I saw restorations with different materials, such as zinc eugenate, properties of those same materials, such as ionomer glass, mixtures of elastic and rigid printing materials, such as alginate, elastomer and yeso.

I like this subject more because it is the closest thing in this semester to what I will do when I graduate and can practice, fortunately now we can have practical in the faculty that are very good I have learned more, it is fun and that brings it even closer to the professional experience of my career.

Post 7: Career-Related Website

More than a website is a page on Instagram called "andyystudies" which is a page of a dental student named Andrea Castañeda that makes illustrations of anatomy related to our career, which makes you can better understand certain parts of the anatomy and in a clearer and more concise way, so that any student can understand.

The link to the page is: https://instagram.com/andyystudies?utm_medium=copy_link

At the beginning of his publications were photographs of his handmade notes very nice, and very neat, and that were very well understood, then in his most recent publications his notes are digital, and some are images of parts of the anatomy of the dentistry area and others are explaining some topics in a simpler way.

I follow this page from the beginning of the second semester more or less, and it has helped me a lot, I visit the site about once or twice a week because it helps me to study anatomy or to see if you have a topic that I need for an assignment.

Post 6: How can your major make the world a better place

The main reason I went into dentistry was to help those closest to me, and that made me think that if they had these problems, there may be many more people who need this kind of help.

Dentistry can change people's lives, mainly in their self-esteem, since smiling is one of the things that most people feel self-conscious about, and I have heard of many people who do not smile out of embarrassment, and maybe this career can make the world a little happier.

I see myself in the process of helping patients feel more confident when they smile, working for them, is my greatest motivation to continue studying every day.

My career can help people to improve their self-esteem, but not only that, but it can also help people to have a better quality of life with respect to their diet, so that they do not have any discomfort or difficulty when eating.