“I chose and would choose the profession again for ten more lives”

Today is National Dentist Day, which refers to October 25, 1884, the date on which the first dentistry courses were created in Brazil, by decree of Emperor D. Pedro II. They were in the states of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro and were part of the Faculty of Medicine. The decree of the Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO) made the official date of the holiday.

At the same time, National Oral Health Day is celebrated, making it the ideal moment to honor dentists and raise awareness of the importance of oral health care to avoid diseases that can affect not only the mouth and teeth, but also other parts of the body. . The goal is to raise awareness that oral health is an integral part of people’s overall health.

Pediatric dentist Patrícia Corrêa, 43, understands this connection between oral health and life as a whole. The professional says that she and the profession merge into a single identity. A graduate 14 years ago, Aunt Patty, as patients call her, says she’s passionate about life and a dreamer — even when she’s babysitting, she focuses on fun and the kids’ dreams of having fun.

A master’s and doctorate student in pediatric dentistry and specialist in orthodontics and sedation, Patrícia has a dinosaur as her clinic’s mascot and, recently, she took advantage of Children’s Day and took her patients to a movie session at the mall. She was born in Catanduva and graduated from Imes and in the following interview she expresses her love for this profession.

O Regional: When and how did you become interested in dentistry?

Patricia Correa: Dentistry came into my life from a very early age, since I was very young I knew I wanted to be a dentist and that came over time and I carried it through my teenage years and into my adult life. Since I loved dentistry from a young age, I grew up and my teenage years were always looking for dentistry and one of the first jobs was as a dental assistant, by the way, with highly respected professionals in our city. And I also worked in the dental field, which was a dental arrangement in the city, which further awakened my desire to be a dentist and to provide care, work as an oral health assistant, as a dental assistant, this also awakened me more the passion for dentistry. .

O Regional: Why pediatric dentistry?

Pediatric dentistry entered my life seven years after training. I graduated 14 years ago and it wasn’t me who chose pediatric dentistry, it was children’s dentistry that chose me. So I embraced the process of pediatric dentistry because it was so easy with kids. I took great care of the adults, but it was very easy to deal with the children. And then, the more I devoted myself to dentistry, just for adult patients, the more pediatric dentistry demanded of me. I was on the fence for almost two years, not knowing if I was going to just go for pediatric dentistry, the specializations and the whole process, or if I was going to do adult dentistry. I turned to pediatric dentistry for the fun side, for the love of children, for all the playful work with children, I turned to pediatric dentistry. It was a great pleasure to make this decision, because it was something very new for me and it strengthened me personally, because it was an achievement. Pediatric dentistry in my life was an achievement.

O Regional: What is your background in this field?

After this decision for pediatric dentistry, a branch of dentistry, I started my specializations in this field. First I went to orthodontics, orthopedics. I am an orthodontic specialist and after that I completed my master’s in pediatric dentistry and today I am in the middle of the process, in the middle of my doctoral training in pediatric dentistry. I am qualified in sedation, focusing on children’s dentistry, both nitrous oxide sedation and drug sedation, completely focused on pediatric dentistry.

O Regional: What are the challenges of your profession?

All professions have their challenges, right? As in children’s dentistry, the same situation. The big challenge in my profession is to be able to take the science together with the fun side and that, thank God, I can take in an easy way, because I really like what I do and I always stay updated in my profession. . So, I don’t see my profession as a challenge.

O Regional: And what gives you the most pleasure?

My greatest joy in my profession is to see the smile rehabilitated, to see a child lose their fear, to give a child a hug and to know that I was able to help them have their first story to go to the dentist respectfully, calmly, calmly and that I can provide children with easy pediatric dentistry. So that’s very satisfying, it’s very nice to see that I can change the history of dentistry in pediatric dentistry.

O Regional: How do you analyze the dentistry market?

I do children’s dentistry with so much love that I cannot see the profession as a business. I can see it as a pleasure, a pleasure. So to put it as I see it in terms of the labor market is difficult. I can’t measure this because I have a lot of heart in this sense.

O Regional: Has there been a recent technological revolution in dentistry? What has changed?

Technology has evolved significantly, including in pediatric dentistry. The materials of 7, 10 years ago have undergone a great evolution, so this came to help us, came to bring us more peace of mind in our services. This update, this technology, is very important. Today we have the best equipment, the best technologies and the latest materials for care here in the office. So, in addition to the ease of childcare, today we have a lot of scientific evidence for all of this. The main objective of pursuing this technology is, in addition to practicality, the inclusion of science in our daily life in pediatric dentistry.

O Regional: Despite modernity, has the relationship between dentist and patient changed?

I see it that way. Today, we can have the dentist and the patient closer, because of technology, information, social networks. I think it’s no longer “he was my dentist,” the hard thing to be around. Today I see, I’m expecting kids in the office, and their moms often say to me, “Wow, they’ve been talking about you all month, they’ve been asking me all month, when do I get to see Aunt Patty?”, so that’s a lot. satisfactory.. I see this change as very positive.

O Regional: Do you have any advice for young people who want to pursue this career?

If I could give some advice to people who intend to pursue dentistry and also, more deeply, pediatric dentistry, do what you love, try to do it with love, choose a field of activity that is enjoyable for you, to harvested. good results, fruit, but also with dedication. Do it with love, it’s worth it. I doubt I will speak, because I chose and would choose the profession again for ten more lives.

O Regional: What does the profession represent in your life?

Dentistry and pediatrics are my life. I live, breathe, live my profession intensely every day. I joke that I have also lost my personal identity, because I am 100% my profession.