10/04/2020
I am a DENTIST.
I am a DOCTOR, too.
I LOVE MY JOB because it makes people SMILE.
I love making people HAPPY.
I love giving people the CONFIDENCE to TALK and feel amazing when they SMILE. And Live a Life that they can EAT, CHEW and DRINK whatever they want, may it be cold, hot or different tastes of food.
I just LOVE WHAT I DO.
I LOVE MY JOB.
But what I didn't know is that,
I am EXPOSED.
I AM EXPOSED TO AEROSOLS WITH DIFFERENT BACTERIA AND VIRUSES EVERYTIME I WORK.
EVERY YEAR, DENTISTS ALWAYS MAKE IT ON THE LIST FOR BEING ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS JOBS TO THE HEALTH.
NOT ONLY THAT, ANXIETY DISORDER AND BURN OUT ARE VERY COMMON TO DENTISTS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY IN THE DENTAL CLINIC.
THE HEALTH RISK IS ALWAYS THERE.
AND then AGAIN, I LOVE MY JOB.
At this time during the COVID 19 OUTBREAK,
IF WEARING MASKS, GLOVES AND FACE SHIELDS ARE NEW TO YOU, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WEARING EVERYTIME WE WORK.
AND NOW IT IS RUNNING OUT, BECAUSE A MUCH MORE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL FRONTLINERS NEED IT MOST.
WE WON'T ADD TO THE CONSUMERS RATHER, WE, DENTISTS, NEED TO STEP ASIDE. WE NEED TO STAY AT HOME. WE WANT TO FLATTEN THE CURVE.
WE CLOSED THE DENTAL CLINICS, STOPPED THE REGULAR DENTAL PROCEDURES AND OPEN ONLY FOR DENTAL EMERGENCIES BECAUSE IMAGINE HOW IS IT LIKE TO BE IN FRONTLINE AND SEING ONE BY ONE YOUR DENTAL COLLEAGUE TURNS OUT TO BE A FALLEN BECAUSE AGAIN THE DENTAL EXPOSURE IS NOT 6FT AWAY.
PLEASE BARE WITH US, DENTISTS, AT THIS TIME.
WE LOVE OUR JOB. WE REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK AND MISS OUR PATIENTS SO BAD.
THIS TIME. THIS IS OUR SHARE NOT A FRONTLINER BUT A BACKLINER IN SUPPORT TO ALL IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.
I LOVE MY JOB.
I AM A DENTIST.
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