Dentistry and Senior Citizen

As a student under the broadcast of health education, to bring about our service is now more than treating the long-suffering illness but improving the patient whole being. This is what being taught to us in the lectures under the subject association dentistry. Recently, I accept the opportunity to apply this knowledge and get hands on knowledge what health, community and dentistry are all about. What other best method than to absorb into the community itself. Under the supervision and guidance by Professor Dr Noorliza, my friends and I visited a house of overaged folks or major(postnominal) citizen 20 minutes away from the college.Such projects or activities like this are no longer a stranger to me as I did this frequently during my years of studying for my International Bachelorette diploma and for each project a mistakable report like this was also required. Therefore, the planning of our events would come as slow as I had love such conduct before. However, this caden ce around, the tone-beginning and set of mentality was more toward a dentist point of view and as a person who is to educate the community. The target group was senior citizen and the aim is to promote dental hygiene.However, the targeted group consists of people who are already wear out by prison term. The gap between our generations is pretty long and there are almost zero to none topic of pursual to be discussed. Nevertheless, such barrier is to be overcome and I tried and true as hard as I can to keep the talk going and even slip in advices regarding importance of maintaining and monitoring the spoken health. There were other obstacles also, with the old age, their senses started to deteriorate.The slurry speeches and their hearing also were not as well as they were in youth. What amazes me is how each person fluent send up a smile trying their best to enjoy our company. though there were awkward silences now and then, we all manage to share copulate of laughter here and there. I had the opportunity to talk to Mr Bulam who was a instructor and is already 80 years old. However, compare to the other inhabitant of the old folk home, he still maintain his intellect to a legitimate degree. His secret is reading and I am sure to apply end-to-end my life.Most of our conversation involves me as the listener and it teaches me to be patient. However address or slang that people are conversing in, if we make an effort to listen, the kernel is sure to come across. Besides that, I also manage to interact with the caretaker. Looking at the condition of the residents and the house itself shows that these people did a rattling good job in taking care of them. Even more so, it amazes me as most of them do it from the goodwill of their join. To be expose to this mild people rightfully make me more grounded.This kind of humanity experience is not the kind of thing that can be taught, it has to be experience by oneself. To bring joy to their daily mundane life, waiting for time to pass by, we perform some songs. Looking how their face light up like a kid in a clown show, gives my heart a wrench and I somehow realize that they must have been really lonely to be away from their family, friends and home. Therefore, I was glad that our weensy visit breaks their daily routine and provided them with the company they longed.We even presented each of them with a Chinese New Year card and oranges. I hope that this lowly souvenir reminded them of us and shows the effort we put in to accompany them. The time given was short and at the end of the visit I still wonder whether I had done the duty required by me as a dental student or better yet bonnie as another compassion human being. The trip has opened my eyeball to the various communities present and how each of them requires equal amount of attention by health practitioners.I believe that I still need to alter my communication skill and adopt a more compassionate undertake to the peopl e around me. Last but not least, I was really glad that the trip was done with my friends as it teaches me to also learn how to succor with each other and work together. I long discovered that legitimate things are not meant to be done alone and this trip reinforces its importance. Finally, in the near future I hope to achieve greater winner and becomes wiser over the accumulated experiences especially this one.