A subject favourite !!

Hello !!! 😜 My favorite subject this semester is "Clinic of the Elderly"👴👵, it is very interesting and fun.

In classes, we've seen the importance that elders have in society and how this age group has increased through the years. Thus, national politics have changed accordingly. We must consider elders integral beings that have different needs, and it is also important to take into account that life expectancy has increased, so they have to be incorporated in society as active beings.

Within these topics is where dentistry takes relevance, because even if life expectancy increases, not so much life quality. In the subject of "Clinic of the Elderly" they teach us to help people improving their life quality, how we can make ourselves part of their life and how to colaborate with them in the best way possible.

Within the topics we've studied in class there's psychology of the elderly, physiological changes, nutrition, fragility in the elderly, poly-pharmacy and how this affects their multiple diseases.

I think this whole topic is a big challenge, that's why we should be empowered and make ourselves part of the change Chilean population has suffered, and dentistry has an important role in the life quality and health of people.

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Alfredo Apip, a master of preventive dentistry

Alfredo Apip

Alfredo Apip, is a dentist from The University of Chile, that has 65 years of practicing the profession.  Of Turkish origin, this man has a romantic story with dentistry, because he studied dentistry thanks to falling in love with a girl that studied the same, he relates that he changed his career for her. 

Alfredo Apip is very important to dentistry because he strongly promotes preventive dentistry, as a dentist It cannot be all about restoring cavities and repairing damage, a true dentist has the capacity of teaching  children so they know what we must do to take care of our oral health, and this prevent diseases that can leave us even without teeth.

Its role in dental school has been very important, he has a CFG of poetry where he teaches students to express themselves, and to have more creativity.

A  typical phrase from teacher Apip is “Preventing is worth one, repair thousands”

Because of this, we the role, as future dentists, of teaching our patients to take care of their mouth and give them as many tools as possible. And not rely only on making money.

Hobbies !!

Hello, today I want to tell you my hobbies. Well I really like to play sports, but I'm very weak, when I practiced volleyball at my school, until I was 14, it was a good way to distract me if I had problems, and doing physical activity was good for me. Also, since I was little I like to do trekking, I live originally in the field, so there are many hills nearby where I can climb whenever I want, it is very entertaining, I love the air that feels up, it is a rewarding experience to reach the top of hours walking, besides that it relaxes me a lot, when I travel to my house I always try to do it despite the little time and that is once a month.

My hobby that I practice most is reading, and I do that since I learned to read, my parents bought me many books since I was little, I remember that I even read the things that my older brother studied. It is something that I will never leave, and I love, it is like stopping time, and going to another place that you do not know in your imagination. Reading makes us more educated, and we learn from other cultures that can be thousands of miles away. This should encourage children from an early age, should be a daily habit. Read your favorite book on a winter afternoon, plus a coffee, I think it's my favorite moment.  💗💗💗😏