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 ONE'S HEALTH.
NOT ONLY THAT, ANXIETY DISORDER AND BURN OUT ARE VERY COMMON TO DENTISTS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY IN THE DENTAL CLINIC.
YES, WE ARE HIGH EARNERS BUT 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 THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE MEDICAL FRONTLINERS NEED THEM IN HIGH VOLUME.
WE WON'T ADD TO THE CONSUMERS RATHER, WE, DENTISTS, NEED TO STEP ASIDE. WE NEED TO STAY AT HOME. WE WONT RISK YOU NOR OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES IN CATCHING AND PASSING ON THE VIRUS. WE WANT TO FLATTEN THE CURVE.
WE CLOSED OUR DENTAL CLINICS, STOPPED THE REGULAR DENTAL PROCEDURES AND WILL OPEN ONLY FOR DENTAL EMERGENCIES WITH PROPER PROTECTIVE PERSONAL EQUIPMENT BECAUSE IMAGINE HOW IT'S LIKE TO BE IN THE FRONTLINE AND SEEING ONE BY ONE YOUR DENTAL COLLEAGUES TURNING OUT TO BE FALLEN ONES 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 AS A FRONTLINER BUT AS A BACKLINER IN SUPPORT OF EVERYONE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.
I LOVE MY JOB.
I AM A DENTIST.
📷CTTO