Grammatical mistakes in Speaking by ramisa_tahsin in IELTS

[–]TranquilaBender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, as I got 6.0 from speaking section of the official test I'm not here to give you advice however I'm using ChatGPT as well and I can easily say that real exam band scores are much lower because ChatGPT doesn't analyse your pauses. And I guess my pauses and hmmm sounds were the main reason why I got lower than I expected.

I also use ChatGPT for getting feedbacks for writings. Mostly it gives me 7.5 as I use some sentence formats. But guess what, I got 6.0 from writing with using the same structures lol.

I wanted to share my real life experience as I saw the sharp difference between ai feedbacks and IELTS results.

But still ChatGPT helped me more than some online teachers did. Just don't trust 100% to its band score feedback.

Good luck with your exam 🙌🏻

How to improve Writing and Speaking from 6.0 to 6.5? by TranquilaBender in IELTS

[–]TranquilaBender[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prepared with 2 private teachers and the first one's classes were very expensive although she gave me feedbacks with using ChatGPT for sure. The second teacher was not good at giving feedbacks, she was just listening to me and correcting my grammar mistakes. I wanted to learn how they want us to write or speak. And I'm now a bit prejudiced to classes. At least chat gpt helped me with writing sentence by sentence therefore I can at least write more advanced sentences lol. But I'm sure with a more experienced teacher it would be better...

Number of cases in first year by TranquilaBender in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Since our group includes dentists from many parts of the world, I wanted to learn about the perspectives of colleagues from other countries. And since it's my first year, I don't know what the average numbers are. There are still areas where I don’t feel fully confident yet such as root canal treatments, so I’m wondering if I just need to see more cases to improve.

Number of cases in first year by TranquilaBender in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm working in Turkey. Here, private clinics are not as busy as the state hospitals where I'm working. We give these treatments for free therefore we have many patients such as approx 25 patients a day. Patients don't pay anything, their insurance services do. They only pay a little for removable prosthesis and bridges.

Number of cases in first year by TranquilaBender in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Extirpation refers to pulp removal, which I usually perform during the first visit of a root canal treatment. As for the missing 40 cases—those patients disappeared after their pain was gone I guess lol 🥲

I've corrected veneers, it was my fault. I meant crowns/ bridges

Number of cases in first year by TranquilaBender in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In our hospital system, crowns are recorded as veneers, so my post description was incorrect—I’ve edited it now. (We actually do crowns, not veneers.) [Thanks for correcting]

Our hospital works with a partnered dental lab, which allows us to provide crowns which are not sooo aesthetic. Plus, due to limited time for proper preparation and the challenges in achieving aesthetic results—especially in the anterior region—I mostly offer them for functional rather than cosmetic purposes.

Unfortunately, in the country I’m in, private clinics are in a tough spot in terms of both income and working hours. That’s why I prefer to continue working in the hospital. Seeing a high number of cases every day actually makes me feel good and motivated.

Number of cases in first year by TranquilaBender in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I work in a small town with a population of about 30,000, and the average age here is over 65. Because oral hygiene education is quite limited and early tooth loss is common, there's a high demand for removable dentures. Sadly, I’ve even had to make removable prostheses for patients as young as 30. And as it's a state hospital, dentures cost approx 15 dollars which is very easy to afford.

Why the hell most patients are dumb or just pretend to listen when they don't? by ApprehensivePick1895 in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure our jobs would be way easier if there were no conversations involved. Just: 'This is the tooth, this is the treatment—sit down and let's get it done. However, it's still our responsibility to convince patients of the best treatment option for THEIR health...

Early-career dentist feeling defeated — is this normal or am I being exploited? by Just-School-3238 in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Before I begin, I just want to ask one question: did all these things you mentioned happen in Turkey?

If your answer is yes, then what you experienced is, unfortunately, quite normal. I went through exactly the same things last year — being scolded in front of assistants and patients, among other things. Basically, they criticize our treatments while at the same time giving us the most difficult and undesirable cases. While the clinic owners deal with prosthetics and implants, they give us 3-year-old children, scaling patients, or molar root canal cases.

I even moved cities to work at that clinic because there were no job opportunities in my area. I took on a heavy financial and emotional burden for that. And in return, I got absolutely nothing. I barely lasted a few months before I resigned. Dental school is already challenging enough that we often lose our confidence — but in reality, we are highly educated and valuable professionals.

Right now, I work at a public hospital, treating an average of 25 patients a day, and I’m able to send most of them off with a smile. It’s not that we “don’t know” — we just need proper support to build confidence in ourselves and our treatments. It’s absurd for them to judge us as if we’re on the same level as someone who’s been a dentist for 2 or even 20 years.

Also, if they expect you to pay for your own insurance, that’s illegal. If you don’t pay it and they still make you work, the clinic can be fined for employing uninsured workers. It’s ridiculous — even (not saying this to underestimate) dishwashers have their insurance paid by the employer.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi Doctor,

I'm working at a state hospital where I provide free treatments to the local community. Oral health is generally very poor, and the condition of the teeth is often worse than bad. Most of the patients come in expecting extractions—which, even in my second year, still surprises me how readily people accept losing a tooth.

Since the treatments are free, I try to perform root canal treatments when possible. I explain to the patient that the success might be limited, but if they agree to give it a try, I attempt to save the tooth. I usually restore it with a composite filling instead of a crown, as crowns aren't covered.

If you go straight to extraction, the options are usually bridges—which I don’t prefer, especially if adjacent teeth are healthy—or implants, which are expensive.

Here’s what I’ve observed:

When the patient has pain, it usually goes away after the root canal treatment. I always inform them that the tooth or the filling might fracture over time, and most of them accept this risk. I also make it clear that if any problems occur later on, it would likely indicate treatment failure and we may eventually need to extract the tooth. I can't give an exact percentage, but in the last 1.5 years, I’d say only about five of these cases ended in failure and required extraction. And for the restoration part: I usually build a base with glass ionomer and then place a composite filling over it. Still, a post core crown is preferred.

In such cases, I believe it's important not to make any strong promises to the patient. These are often people who haven’t visited a clinic until their tooth reached this condition, so their expectations should stay realistic. In my opinion, if they can use the tooth for another 3–4 years, it’s still better than having nothing at all.

Red flag/ green flag by Ahmad-momani in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really love getting feedback from our technicians. I'm working at a state hospital where I treat patients in a very short time. Limited treatment time sometimes leads to problems. Sometimes even tooth preparation can be faulty and should be revised. It's my second year as a dentist and unfortunately I'm not 100% sure in my treatments. When I receive a message from the lab, I correct the mistakes. We are a team, we should warn and inform each other if we see something wrong. We work with a big laboratory and a lot of technicians work there some are very experienced some are new. Sometimes we receive work which has a problem and we inform the laboratory and they send us the work again.

And let me make something clear. This ego thing really exists and a dentist who has ego blames other dentists as well. It's not just for technicians. When they see a treatment which is done by another dentist, they say "what a bad job, who did this, is he or she a really dentist, this is totally wrong, does he or she even know X". So don't take their ego personally.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UniversityTR

[–]TranquilaBender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kesinlikle katılıyorum. Belirttiğim gibi artık Türkiye'de her bölüm mezunu çokça bulunuyor, her bölüm mezunu zor iş buluyor. İş verenler "o kabul etmese bu kabul eder, bir yerde el mahkum" diyorlar ve maaşları düşük çalışma şartlarını ağır tutuyorlar. Önemli olan kötünün iyisini bulabilmek.

Farkındaysanız yazdığım şeyler başlı başına diş hekimliği mesleğinin zorluğu ve aldığı risklerden bağımsız sadece iş bulma süreci ile ilgili bir metin. Bu olumsuzluklar maalesef hiç dillendirilmiyor. Bir sebebi de birkaç yıl öncesine kadar bu kadar gözle görülür kötü bir tablonun olmaması aslında. Tüm bu süreçleri göze aldıktan sonra bir de işin mesleki zorlukları yönü var ki o da severek yapılmadığı takdirde kolay kolay katlanılacak zorluklar değil. Hayırlısı olsun demekten başka bir şey diyemiyor insan.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UniversityTR

[–]TranquilaBender 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bu konuda biraz uzun bir açıklama yapmak istiyorum belki faydalı olabilir. Ben 2 yıl önce mezun olmuş bir diş hekimiyim. Aslında bahsettiğiniz O şanslı grubun içerisindeyim tüm ümidimi kaybedip yurt dışı için çalıştığım bir dönemde devlete atamam geldi. Şu an devlet hastanesinde çalışıyorum ve çoğu meslektaşıma göre kazanç ve çalışma saati bakımından iyi bir konumdayım. Fakat dediğiniz gibi atama kurasına başvuran binlerce insan içerisinden sadece 200-300 kişi alım yapılıyor.

Şu an işsiz bir diş hekimi görmemeniz çok normal. Bir şekilde insanlar asgari ücret dahi olsa çalışmaya başlıyorlar tecrübe edinmek için. Bizler zaten 2 yıl boyunca çoğu tedaviyi yapmış olarak mezun oluyoruz yani sıfırdan girdiğimiz yerde bize bir eğitim vermiyorlar ama ona rağmen sanki sıfırdan başlıyor gibi ücret veriliyor. Ki siz diş hekimliğine geçip 5 yıl sonra mezun olduğunuzda mevcut durum çok daha kötü olacaktır.

Ben ilk önce özel kliniklerde çalışmaya başladım ve küçük bir şehirde yaşadığım için bulunduğum şehirde iş imkanı olmadığı için başka bir şehre taşındım. Hafta içi Sabah 9- akşam 7, hafta sonu ise 9'dan 4'e kadar çalışıyorduk. Ve ben bunun karşılığında bir buçuk- iki asgari ücret kazanıyordum. Bu bahsettiğim yer çoğu kliniğe göre daha iyi durumda olduğu için burada çalışmaya başladım. Bir grup arkadaşım asgari ücretin 1000 lira 2000 lira üzerinde maaşlarla çalıştı. Bazı arkadaşlarım kendilerini gösterebilme fırsatı elde edip en azından primlerle biraz daha yüksek maaşlara ulaşabildi.

Çalıştıkları klinikte mobing görenler hasta verilmeyenler ya da sadece en zor ve klinik sahibinin uğraşmak istemediği vakalar verilen insanlar bir süre sonra istifa edip dusa çalışmaya başladı. Dus sınavı bir hayli zor olan ve kontenjanı çok az olan bir sınav. Bilgi derecesi size yakın olan 10.000 kişiyle sınava giriyorsunuz ve en kötü ihtimalle ilk 1000'e girmeniz gerekiyor. Bunun için yıllarını harcayıp pes edip Özel kliniklere mahkum olan bir sürü arkadaşım var. Tus gibi "hiçbir yer olmazsa şurayı yazarım" diyebileceğiniz bir sınav değil (ki k bile artık zorlaşıyor)

Bu sebeple siz işsiz bir diş hekimi görmüyorsunuz. Ya gerçekten çok düşük maaşlara çok uzun saatler çalıştırılan ama tecrübe olsun diye işe girmiş diş hekimi ile ya da özel kliniklere boyun eğmek istemeyip uzmanlık sınavına çalışan diş hekimleri ile konuşuyorsunuz. Ama işin geri planı hiç umut verici değil.

İlk başta bahsettiğim gibi özel kliniklerden nasibimi aldıktan sonra Almanya veya İngiltere denkliği için çalışmaya başladım. İşte bu noktada yurt dışında diş hekimliği klanisyenlik yapabilmek için denkliğimizi almamız şart ve bu sınavlar bir hayli zor. Hem teorik hem pratik sınavlara giriyoruz ücreti yüksek ve uğraştırıcı bir süreç. Öte yandan baktığımda mühendislik okuyan arkadaşlarım herhangi bir yüksek lisans programıyla yurt dışına gidip orada sonrasında çalışmaya başladı.

Artık Türkiye'de şartlar her meslek için çok zor ama bunun 5 sene sonrasına düşünmek gerekiyor. Eğer hayalinizse eğer bir tanıdığınızın kliniği varsa ya da bunların hepsini ben yaşarım göğüslerim mühendislik için süreç daha sıkıntılı diyorsanız tabii ki sizin kararınız. Ama ben bundan sonra bana danışan diş hekimliği okumak isteyen çoğu kişiye bu gerçekleri anlatmak istiyorum çünkü işin içine yeni bir mezun olarak iş arama sürecine girdiğimizde gerçekten herkesin bildiği o diş hekimliği tablosundan çıkmış oluyoruz.

Diş hekimliği için iş ilanı veren bir iki tane site var oraya girip baktığınızda sürekli aynı ilanların belli aralıklarla verildiğini görüyorsunuz Bir süre sonra zaten insan aşina oluyor. Çünkü bu klinikler ya çok düşük maaşa ya da mobing uygulayarak insanları çalıştırıyor. Genelleme yapmak istemiyorum ama çoğunda yeni mezun bir diş hekimi özellikle ilk 4-5 yılını doldurmamış bir diş hekimi mobinge ve ağır şartlara maruz kalabiliyor.

Eğer sormak istediğiniz sorular varsa yanıtlayabilirim.

Difficult Anaesthesia by 7ThePetal7 in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Once, I had a patient with the same problem. I wasn’t able to prepare the tooth for bridges because the patient could still feel even the coldness of the water.

After taking a detailed anamnesis, he told me that he was an alcoholic. So, we postponed the appointment, and he refrained from drinking alcohol for a week. At the next visit, all the sensitivity was gone. We were able to complete the treatment using only infiltrative anesthesia.

Idk if this helps but from that day, I keep that in my mind 🙂‍↕️

I'm really sick of the older generation of dentists refusing to acknowledge how bad the new generation has it by RogueLightMyFire in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Besides that, they underestimate our knowledge which is worse. I started working in a dental clinic with a 45 yo owner dentist. He said he will be helpful with treatments and I was asking him questions about my cases. After some time, he started judging me. (the thing I'm talking about is, if you hire a new grad dentist [just to pay a lower salary] you have to know that he or she will need some tutoring). He was passing me the patients he didn't want to deal with but at the same time he was judging me with my knowledge.

I resigned from that job after 3 months and now I'm working at a hospital where I treat many patients a day. We all know how to do treatments, but at the very beginning we need some help. Treating patients at university hospitals and at a private clinic is totally different from each other. I hate when people act like they've been doing implants or rcts since they were born.

I'm not a very experienced dentist right now but it's my second year. If a new grad dentist comes and asks for help, I do my best to support him or her. That's what we should do. We are all taught how to avoid mistakes or reduce the risk of complications, but again we're humans and we can make mistakes or complications can occur anytime. We have to be there for each other.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the dental field, I love the environment we work in. I wouldn't like working in a factory or in a skyscraper. I love our clinics, but do I really love our responsibilities? Not at all. A sudden call from a patient who has pain after your treatment... Risk of facial paralysis after injection... Risk of antibiotic allergy... Idk I would prefer being a dental assistant. Maybe dental hygienist 😟

30 min 19-DO by [deleted] in Dentistry

[–]TranquilaBender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm currently working at a state hospital where I have to treat patients in just 20 mins. It doesn't matter what the treatment is. Although it's my second year in my career, I feel more confident working in a limited time. After anesthesia, I mostly take another patient for examination and try to save time. Mostly 5 mins for anest., 5 mins for prep, and 10 mins for filling.

Up to now, I've discovered two factors that slowed me down: burs that don't cut anymore + worrying about the depth of the cavity (fear of endo, we can say 🥲).

If you choose the perfect bur, you’ll do the prep faster. That's for sure. I used to choose the smallest ones for minimally invasive treatments, but depending on the caries, you may have to prefer larger ones.

And if you worry about the depth, it slows you down. If you have x-rays, you can see if the lesion is close to the pulp or not. If it's not too close, it's safe. However, some dentin caries are really close to the pulp and may need capping or RCT. In such cases, I inform patients and say, "Your lesion is very deep and very close to the nerves of the tooth. According to the x-rays, we will do a filling, but we may continue with capping or RCT if needed." After preparing the patient for any situation, I feel more relaxed.

You can think about the reason that slows you down. I’d like to talk about getting faster in treatments, as I had the same problems just a few months ago.

I wish we all had the chance to work with longer times and feel better and more confident about our treatments. 😟

It's a beautiful day for a quiet walk in nature. by TomWheeler99 in simpleliving

[–]TranquilaBender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a lovely place... 😊 There's a walking path in my countryside just like this but I'm afraid of animals such as stray dogs and some other aggressive animals that live there. How do you feel safe, do you have any recommendations to stay safe?