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I. DID YOU HAVE BRACES WHEN YOU WERE A KID?
YES
a. How long did you have braces?
ONE YEAR
b. Did you like having braces?
AT THE BEGINNING
c. Did anybody tease you ?
YES
If so, What did you do about it?
I LAUGHED IT OFF SINCE I KNEW MY
SMILE WOULD BE PERFECT
d. Did a lot of kids in your neighborhood, school
or family have braces? YES
e. Did you grow up in a city, the suburbs, or
in a rural area?
SUBURBS
f. How did your parents help you with your braces?
BRUSH, BRUSH,
BRUSH
g. What age were you when your braces were taken off?
17
h. Did you like your orthodontist? YES
i. Did you read any books when you were a kid
with characters that had braces?
NO
j. Did you see any celebrities with braces when
you were a kid? NO
k. Did you wear a retainer after your braces
were taken off? YES
l. Did you think it was hard taking care of
your braces? YES
m. Why did you need braces?
SPACING
n. Do you think braces hurt less now than when you
had braces put on?
YES
o. Do you talk to your patients differently
than your orthodontist talked to you? YES
II. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO GO TO DENTAL SCHOOL?
AT THE TIME I WAS VERY IMPRESSED
WITH MY DENTIST AND
I LIKED THE SOCIAL INTERACTION
a. Did you like going to the dentist?
I DID NOT MIND GOING TO THE DENTIST,
BUT I DIDN'T ENJOY IT EITHER
b. Did anyone encourage you to go to dental
school? NO
c. What school subjects helped you with dental
school?
BIOLOGY
d. Did you think about doing any other jobs?
NOT REALLY
e. Did you know that you wanted to be an orthodontist
when you started dental school? NO
f. Did you go to college before you went to
dental school? YES
III WHAT WAS DENTAL SCHOOL LIKE?
I LEARNED MORE IN 6 MONTHS THAN
I DID IN 4 YEARS OF COLLEGE
a. How did you choose the dental school that
you went to?
PROXIMITY TO HOME AND REPUTATION
b. Which dental school did you go to?
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT
BALTIMORE. THIS DENTAL SCHOOL IS THE VERY FIRST DENTAL SCHOOL THAT WAS
ESTABLISHED IN THE WORLD
c. How many years did you go to dental school?
4 YEARS
d. What kind of subjects did you study?
ANATOMY, BIOCHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY,
HISTIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, PHAROCOLOGY, DENTAL ANATOMY, RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY,
DENTAL MATERIAL AND ......
e. Did you work on models?
YES. PLASTER MODELS, PLASTIC MODELS
f. Did you work on people or animals at your
dental school? PEOPLE
g. Did you learn about how faces change when
people get older?
YES. ESPECIALLY STUDYING ORTHODONTICS
h. Did you use computers to learn about how
teeth change? NO
i. What did you like most about dental school?
WORKING WITH PEOPLE
j. Did you learn about how to explain what you
are doing to your patients? YES
k. Did you study other parts of the body or
just the mouth?
OTHER PARTS AS WELL
l. Did you learn about working on people of
all ages? YES
m. Did you enjoy dental school?
MOST OF THE TIME
IV. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO SPECIALIZE IN ORTHODONTICS?
I LIKE WORKING WITH KIDS, CLEAN
WORKING ENVIRONMENT. IT'S FUN TO MAKE SOMEONE HAVE AND ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL
SMILE
a. Was there an orthodontic part of dental school?
YES
b. Did you think about working mostly with kids
and teenagers?
HALF OF MY PATIENTS ARE ADULTS
c. Did you want to work on helping people look
better? YES
d. Did you like to look at people's teeth and
think about how braces would change their face?
YES, BUT I DON'T PUSH THEM
e. Did anyone tease you when you decided to
be an orthodontist? NO
V. WHAT WAS ORTHODONTIC SCHOOL LIKE? FUN
a. Where did you go to orthodontic school?
NYU
b. What did you like about orthodontic school?
MY CLASSMATES
c. How many years did you go to orthodontic
school? 2 YEARS
d. What percent of your fellow students had
braces as a kid?
I DON'T KNOW
e. Did you work on models or people?
PEOPLE
f. Did you work on the same people for a long
time? YES
g. Did the school teach about how people are
supposed to look? YES
h. Did you use computers to study orthodontics?
YES
i. Did the school teach you how to work with
kids and teenagers? YES
j. Did you watch other orthodontists work with
patients?
YES
VI. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN ORTHODONTIST?
FUN
a. How long have you been an orthodontist?
6 YEARS.
b. Do you have to be strong to be an orthodontist?
ONLY MENTALLY
c. Do you get tired of working on people's mouths?
NO
d. What percentage of your patients are kids,
teenagers and adults? 50/50
What percentage are female and what percentage are
male?
63% FEMALE - 37% MALE
e. Have you ever seen someone have an allergic
reaction to their braces?
YES
If so, did they know it was because of their braces?
What does an allergic reaction look like?
THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE
ALLERGIC TO NICKEL. SOME BRACES HAVE NICKEL IN THEM. ALLERGIC REACTIONS
IN THE MOUTH LOOKS LIKE A RED PATCHY LESION
f. Is it difficult to explain to kids what's
wrong with their bite and what needs to be done?
NO. MOST KIDS KNOW WHAT'S WRONG
WITH THEIR TEETH
g. Are kids easier to work with than teenagers?
ALMOST THE SAME
h. If there is a problem with braces, can kids
explain the problem to you?
IF IT HURTS THEY WILL COMPLAIN
i. Do you put the braces on all at once or do
you put them on a little at a time?
MOST OF THE TIME ALL AT ONCE
j. How do you help kids get used to braces?
WAX STICKS, PAIN MEDICATION IF
NEEDED
k. Do you recommend any books to them to help
them with braces?
THERE ARE SOME PAMPHLETS
l. Do you take pictures of them during their
visit? YES
m. How often do you take x-rays?
AT THE BEGINNING AND AT END OF
TREATMENT
n. What happens when kids loose a tooth when
their braces are on?
I JUST WAIT UNTIL THE ADULT TOOTH
COMES IN
o. Do people call you for emergencies a lot?
NO
p. What are some of the emergencies people have
with their braces?
WHEN ONE OF THE BRACES COMES OFF
q. Do you get to know the patients pretty well?
Do they e-mail you?
YES - NO
r. Which specialists do you work with?
PERIODONTISTS, PEDODONTISTS, ORAL
SURGEONS, AND SOMETIMES ENDODONTIST
s. What can kids do if their lips get hurt by
the braces?
PLACE ORTHODONTIC WAX OVER THEIR
BRACES
t. Do you recommend any special machines for
cleaning teeth and braces? TOOTHBRUSH
u. We heard that soda is bad for braces.
Is that true?
THE SUGAR IN SODA CAUSES CAVITIES
AROUND BRACES
v. What are some of the things kids tell you
they are afraid of with their braces?
PAIN. HARD FOOD
w. I heard that there are guards to put on if
you play a wind instrument or play sports. Are these guards a good idea?
Are they hard to use? Are they expensive? YES.
NO. NO.
x. Do you look at celebrities and think about
whether they had braces? Have you ever worked on someone who was or became
a celebrity?
YES , I WORK WITH A LOT OF MODELS
y. What do you think of computer imaging? Is
it the same technology as when the police show what a missing kid would
look like when they are older? Does it help kids work harder to take care
of their braces? IT'S
EDUCATIONAL
z. Which part of getting braces do kids like
the least?
BRUSHING THEM AND THE METAL APPEARANCE
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