This whole summer, I've been working my first full-time job, interning as a surgical assistant for an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. It's been great! I've learned a lot about dentistry and surgery, and I'm officially preparing for dental school.
I've really loved my job at the surgical clinic, and it was also fun shadowing a general dentist I've known for years. So with plans to shadow more dental specialists (prosthodontists, periodontists, endodontists, orthodontists, etc) I'm getting really excited about dentistry, and expecting to find a really great match either in general dentistry or in a specialty.
As part of the decision to pursue a career in dentistry, I've changed my major from bioinformatics to biology. I've always loved animals, and a major in general biology is going to allow me to take some zoology classes, such as herpetology, ornithology, and mammalogy, which is really exciting.
Most exciting of all, however, today I got the contact information for the dentist of all the animals at the Albuquerque zoo! Yes, that's correct. Somebody went to dental school, is a normal dentist on humans, but also cleans tiger and elephant teeth. I'm sold. So hopefully I'll be able to arrange a professional interview with that guy, because that's pretty much the coolest job I've ever heard of.
What a great job! I wonder if there's one at the aquarium too, who monitors all the shark teeth.
ReplyDeleteLowest stress job ever! "I really goofed up that filling, but he'll grow a new tooth in about 3 weeks. In the meantime he's got 500 other teeth so he should be okay"
ReplyDeleteHow did you find out about that job? Do you know if he had to do veterinary training as well?
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