43) Make beautiful smiles

In the office that occupies just 15 days, Sónia St. Joseph struggle every day to show that go to the dentist does not have to be seen as a punishment. Since very early that Sónia St. Joseph felt attracted by the area of health. Always imagined a job that it could help the next. Something that says get with dentistry.

Sónia St. Joseph, 24 years old, says is that "end the suffering, to help improve the quality of life of people" which gives him more pleasure in the profession who began exercising 15 days ago in a clinic in Vila Franca de Xira.

Since it is applied first to medicine, rapidly love for specialty dental, mainly by the "challenge plus" to win the confidence of the people. Because, as a young dentist, "people still have an old and outdated that dentistry is associated with pain."

Every day in the office Sónia St. Joseph tries to demystify the work of the dentist, fighting phobias resulting from bad experiences when the technology was not another ally of professionals. "The area has developed enormously. With the anesthesia today the patients no longer feel any pain, "guarantor.

Every the day the dentist medical divide in the achievement of things as simple the realization of in composite restorations. For those not understood, is the translation: extraction of teeth, removal of caries and placement of mass white and cleaning, respectively.

The extractions are the most pleasure gives Sónia. "For the adrenaline, because it requires more because it is irreversible, even if we achieve," he explains.

Despite only having entered the labour market for 15 days, Sónia St. Joseph account already with three years of specialization, most in the last clinic of the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Porto. In its curriculum account yet with an internship of six months in a hospital in Hungary.

An "extremely enriching experience", both professional and personal. In Hungary contacted with another reality of the world of dentistry, not so much in terms of technology, but with regard to assistance to citizens.

The state aid financially in all that is connected to dentistry, contrary to what is happening in Portugal, go to the dentist is almost a luxury, as the public health service falls short of the needs of the population.

To facilitate contact with the patients, Sónia St. Joseph had to learn some Hungarian, and that "nothing was not easy." The young dentist to even the episode in which a patient that meeting a month ago also started to learn a few words in English. "I was very moved", refers.

Despite classes in Hungarian, there were some moments in the case to have effect "frustrated" that you can not speak. As in most complicated situations of the forum cancer at the mouth in which only had the look and gestures to convey some comfort and safety to patients.

Also in Portugal, compared with Hungary, says there is a long way still to go in terms of awareness of the population to the importance of oral health. " Sónia stresses that often people do not know that oral health affects other diseases, making it even more important the care of the mouth.

So I would leave some advice: always brush your teeth after the main meal, not use hard brushes and toothpaste prefer appropriate; using dental wire and bochechar often. Recommends still one to two trips to the dentist a year to improve the oral health of the Portuguese.
O Mirante online (Sara Cardoso)

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The practice of medicine, oral health seen by a professional:

- What is happening in Hungary fully demonstrates that countries with similar levels of development or under the de Portugal may know and invest their resources in public health, allowing their citizens primary health care, for now, is what is says article - in Portugal, go to the dentist is almost a luxury, as the public health service falls short of the needs of the population;

- "In Portugal, compared with Hungary, says there is still a long way to go with regard to the awareness of the population to the importance of oral health. Sónia stresses that often people do not know that oral health affects other diseases, making it even more important the care with the mouth "- are very well aware that the ministries of Health and Education in Portugal; simply its deep red tape and lack strategies to combat the real issues which should tackle, in terms of health, push us to a country typical "every man for himself", in what is generally more to achieve each way to have access to private ($$$$$$ $ $ $ $…., therefore money to pay) to be really successful. Poor, who is born already poor because, in the area of health, discrimination by now, and many in certain situations, logo appears at birth.
Hence the need to give back very deep in the current situation in Portugal, namely at the level of oral health (we must also bring in the quality that is given to citizens of other countries).
WHY WE ARE TO A COUNTRY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, AS IS HOW THE HUNGARY.
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