Shadowing Reflection Paper

Shadowing was a great opportunity for me. It provides students a general overview about a certain career such as working conditions and nature of work. On the 14th of November, I shadowed Dr. Azhar Bustami, a dentist on 10043 E Adamo Dr, Tampa, FL 33619. Dr. Azhar was very welcoming and supportive. She tried her best with explaining the advantages and disadvantages of working as a dentist. I shadowed her for almost three hours. About one hour was spent on conversations about the dentistry and preparing the clinic for the coming patient, one hour for treating the patient and about another hour for responding to my comments and questions. At the time of the appointment, it was time to observe a cleaning process of the teeth cleaning called prophylaxis which is basically thorough cleaning of the teach using different tool and techniques. Before Dr.Azhar started working on the patient , she asked me to write down any

Prophylaxis was completely done in almost 45 minutes. After cleaning the patients’s teeth, Dr.Azhar clearly answered all my questions including: When should one use prophylaxis? Is it an easy process to undergo as dentist? etc. At the beginning, I tried looking for many physicians but most of them did not have free time for shadowing, some did not match my schedule and others were very far from USF. So I was left with no choice other than shadowing Dr.Azhar because the clinic was not very far, responded immediately to my call, and arranged an appointment shortly. I did not like the clinic itself because it was sort of old and the decorations were not good. However, the room were treating patients takes place was much better as it was well organized and decorated. I liked the working