Student Success Statement

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”

-Sophocles

Reflection: I believe this quote means that you should do the right thing even though your losing, losing is better than winning and cheating. For example say you’re down 21 to 0 in the last quarter of a game it is better to lose than win by cheating. So you should always do what is right even though you might lose than to cheat and win by a land slide. If you do what is right than you will always win maybe not on the score board but you will win. 

                Oral Care Professional

Duties and Responsibilities:

A dental hygienist is a licensed dental professional who specializes in preventive oral health, typically focusing on techniques in oral hygiene. Dental hygienists provide three types of services to their patients. The first of these is preventive services to promote and maintain good oral health. The second is educational services to help patients develop behaviors that promote better oral health and help them understand the importance of practicing these behaviors. The third type of service provided is therapeutic services which are treatments meant to stop disease and maintain healthy tissues in the mouth.

Average Salary: $70,000 per year

Education:

Dental hygienists are licensed oral health professionals who focus on preventing and treating oral cavity, and also to protect the patients’ total health. They are graduates of the accredited dental hygiene education programs in colleges and universities.

  I would like to work in this career path because it seems exciting and very helpful to people. 

Student Success Statement

“ATTITUDE is the mind’s paintbrush. It can color any situation”

-Anonymous

Reflection: I believe this quote means that if you have a good attitude towards things than you will be a very fun and outgoing person but if you have a bad attitude towards things than you will be a dark and gloomy. For example say your friend wants you to meet someone, if you have a good attitude things will go well but if you have a bad attitude than things will go bad and you won’t become friends. So your attitude determines the kind of person you will be if you have a good attitude than you will be a good person but if you have a bad attitude than you will be a gloomy person.

 

                Attitude

what does attitude mean:

Ø  Manner, dipostion, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing ; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind

In other words attitude is the way you act or feel about someone. You can feel uneasy when around someone or mad or happy these are just some attitudes you have for people.

Synonyms for attitude are:

v  Point of view

v  Position

v  Mindset

v  Reaction

v  Stance

v  Opinion

v  Sensibility

v  Angle

All of these words are synonyms for attitude

Examples of good attitudes:

Ø  Having hope

Ø  Being optimisc about everything

Ø  Having the confidence to keep going

Ø  Having the ability to bounce back

Examples of a bad attitude:

Ø  Being greedy,

Ø  Having lots of anger

Ø  Being resentful

Ø  Sadness can also be having a bad attitude

Periodontists                                                                                                                                                 Duties and Responsibilities:

A periodontist is a dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease, and in the placement of dental implants. Periodontists are also experts in the treatment of oral inflammation. Periodontists receive extensive training in these areas, including three additional years of education beyond dental school. They are familiar with the latest techniques for diagnosing and treating periodontal disease, and are also trained in performing cosmetic periodontal procedures.

Salary: $97,000 and $241,000 per year

Education:

You’ll need a minimum of 2 years of college level pre-dental education before you can be admitted to dental school. Most dentists ( including periodontists ) obtain their bachelor’s degree before entering dental school, and of those who enter dental school without first getting a bachelor’s degree, generally get it while attending dental school.

·         Recommended course work in both high school and college includes biology, chemistry, health, physics, and mathematics. 
I would like to work in this career because being a part of the dental field has been my dream job. 

Student Success Statement

“He who walks with the wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.”

A Proverb

Reflection: I believe this quote means that if you hang around people who always choose the right than you will become like them. If you hang around people who always doing wrong than you will be like them. So it all depends on who you decide to hang around. For example if you hang around people who are smoke, drink, and skip class than you be like them. If you hang around people who are always on time for class, who have good grades than you will be like them.

Dental Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

A dental technologist is a member of the dental team who, upon prescription from a dental clinician, constructs custom made restorative and dental appliances. There are four disciplines within dental technology. These are fixed prosthesis including crowns, bridges and implants; removable prosthesis, including dentures and removable partial dentures; maxillofacial prosthesis, including ocular prosthesis and craniofacial prosthesis; and orthodontics and auxiliaries, including orthodontic appliances and mouth guards.

Salary: $36,000- $100,000

Education:

A candidate for certification must successfully complete three examinations, taken in any order, within a four-year period: a written comprehensive, a specialty practical, and a specialty written.

Recognized Graduates (RGs) have four years to take and substitute the RG examination for the comprehensive examination and pass the other exams (the written specialty and the practical exam) to become a CDT. After four years, the RG would need to take and pass all three examinations to achieve the CDT status.

The six specialties to choose from are:

·         complete dentures

·         partial dentures

·         crown and bridge

·         ceramics

·         orthodontics

·         implants

  I would like work in this field because you help people.