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As a child, I ate lots of sugar and neglected my teeth. I didn't take care of them to the bet of my ability, but now that I'm older I learned the importance of it and really changed my bad habits. I'm paying the price for not taking care of my teeth when I was younger now because I've had multiple fillings and "weak" teeth generally run in my family. I feel discouraged and self conscious about going into the dental field, but not having the most perfect teeth as do most dentist. My teeth are straight as I have had braces and while they are not blinding white, they're still a nice white color and My gums are healthier than they used to be, since they were a bit inflamed a few years ago. Would you trust a dentist that has had procedures done? I know In dental school, students work on each other as well. I feel as if I'll be so judged from it or I could be a learning experience. I can either be rejected by people because of my lack of oral hygiene as a child or be a learning experience and have that experience of knowing what patients are going through in a sense. Should I pursue dentistry? I'm very intrigued by it and I know it sounds dumb to let go of something I'm interested in because of my insecurities, but it's the biggest thing holding me back. Thank you for taking your time to read this and responding!! I take really good care of my teeth now. I'm currently a nursing major thinking of switching to Bio leading to dental school. I know for sure the medical field is what I want to stick with. I know if I switch, and I set this as my goal, I will be able to accomplish the academic part of this. I don't feel the same drive and curiosity for nursing as I do for Dentistry. I enjoy watching procedures being done and do research on dentistry all the time and I'm going to start shadowing soon.
