Post 8 >> A Subject you've enjoyed studying this semester

My favorite subject this semester is scientific and clinical bases for diagnosis II, but my favorite subject within this subject was the area of ​​oral pathology, since we solved clinical cases in groups and it was very entertaining, it was possible to learn a lot. In clinical cases we must solve a problem presented by a fictitious patient, give him a diagnosis and help him improve his health. 

Among the contents that we have learned, there are many, but I will mention some such as: reactional lesions, benign neoplasms, biopsy of the oral mucosa, oral cancer and different types of diseases that affect the autoimmune system. 

I really like the topic of oral pathology because I feel that it is very interesting, many times patients think that a dentist can only see the teeth but there is a world beyond to explore and pathology helps us a lot.Through oral pathology we can discover other diseases such as a person with VIH or another type of disease. I like it very much because through the histology of the tissue we can discover the disease that the patient has. I really enjoyed studying pathology this semester because I had the opportunity to acquire knowledge that I believed was not necessary to pursue a career in dentistry.

Post 7 >> Carrer-Related Website OR An Expert on your Field

Michèle Aerden 

Michèle is a dentist and was president of the IDF World Dental Federation from 2005 to 2007. She was the first woman to be elected president of this non-profit organization and worked to promote oral health within the World Health Organization and around the world. 

Michèle Aerden was born in Hasselt, Belgium. She is married to Guy Warlop since 1966 and has two children, two daughters-in-law and five grandchildren. At the age of 20, Michèle started and ran a small business with 13 employees in haute couture. He then closed his company and began his dental studies at the age of 28. In 1977, Michèle graduated with distinction in dentistry studies at the ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles. 

Michèle works at her own private dental clinic in Brussels, Belgium. She has been very involved in the Belgian Dental Association.She was vice president and president of the Chambres Syndicales Dentaires. Her first international participation was as a Belgian delegate to the IDF. She then served as Chair of the Committee of Individual Members and as a member of the Ethics Committee from 1994 to 1997. At the IDF European Regional Organization, she was the founder and leader of the working group on women in dentistry and a member of the working group on social security in Europe. She became a member of the IDF Council in 1997, the second woman to be nominated for that position. He served as a member of the Committee on Developing Countries from 1998 to 2001 and was a member of the group’s strategy. She founded Women Dentists Worldwide in 2001; this group published the Kuala Lumpur Declaration.

I admire her very much because she is a great empowered and confident woman, she has achieved many things nationally and internationally, achieving being in the IDF is one of the greatest achievements we can have as dentists. I like her very much because she is a woman who also fulfils her roles as mother, wife and her beloved profession. She shows that there are no barriers for women in the world of dentistry.

Blog Post 6: How Can Your Major Make the World a Better Place

 Hello everyone, I am currently studying dentistry, this is a very beautiful career and with many contributions to deliver to the whole world. 

Dentistry is characterized by returning or delivering smiles to patients, this is done by all dentists around the world some specialists in children or adults. This career contributes in many ways for example: emotionally, psychologically and also in aesthetics. Returning a smile to a patient makes a person of thousands in the world happy and not afraid to smile. 

Dentists, unlike other specialists, often recycle their instruments with which they work, this is done through the sterilization of materials. 

In the future I would like to be a dentist who specializes in surgery of the maxillo palatine lip, because I want to help all the little boys and girls in the world who are born with this disability and deserve that their oral cavity has a correct functioning. 

this speciality in the world can affect in several ways for example: it will contribute to the happiness of parents worried about their child who was born with this disability, it will improve the anatomy and functioning of the mouth of children, It is possible to have a worldwide impact because with one more specialist you have more coverage of this disability. 

In this process I see myself helping people who have this disability and who have not had the opportunity to do a reconstruction of their facial maxillo area, I see myself operating in different care centers around the world and at very low cost to help the poorest population.

I believe that what would help the world more would be to achieve greater coverage of this disability and that this would help to have a healthy and happy population at low cost.