No, its not for me its for my patient.
In 3rd year dentistry we each get assigned with a patient who needs upper and lower set of dentures. We have had practices on making dentures however this was the first time making one for a real patient.
And believe it or not, it took us 6 months to make a denture.
I'm not saying students were so incompetent that it took us half a year to make a denture for ONE patient. As students the most frustrating thing is not inexperience or lack of knowledge, it is tutor checking.
In 3rd year dentistry we each get assigned with a patient who needs upper and lower set of dentures. We have had practices on making dentures however this was the first time making one for a real patient.
And believe it or not, it took us 6 months to make a denture.
I'm not saying students were so incompetent that it took us half a year to make a denture for ONE patient. As students the most frustrating thing is not inexperience or lack of knowledge, it is tutor checking.
Yes, EVERYTHING SINGLE FREAK'IN step must be signed and checked by a tutor before we proceed to the next step. This is to ensure that we don't screw up or do something completely wrong to our patients - which is fair enough - but it just makes the process bloody slow.
Photos of upper and lower denture for my patient
Complaints aside, I'm glad that I persevered and finally met the day where I can proudly issue a complete denture to my patient. I took shots of the completed denture before I gave it away to my patient to commemorate my acheivement. I'm quite happy with how it turned out. Dentistry is 'art', it requires extreme detail and patience to contruct a beautiful set of teeth to satisfy my patients.
The moment I saw my patient smile with the dentures I made for him, that just made my day.
