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Hello all,
First thank you for your time, you must be busy, so I sincerely value it.
I graduated college with my BS in Microbiology spring 2014 and after teaching middle/high science and doing missionary work plus some soul searching I've come to the point where I know dental school is what would satisfy my thirst for learning and helping others, in other words I could really see myself doing it for the long run. But to be more specific not only am I attracted to dentistry but more so than anything OMFS, so that's the end goal. Now with that being said, I kinda wanted to get an idea of how much of the arsenal of procedures OMFS performs REQUIRE you to be standing? Or can pretty much all surgeries and procedures that are referred be performed sitting down? The reason I ask is because I have some lower back problems, I'm talking about more than 30min standing without a break and my back starts aching, and the longer I stand the more it hurts. I could probably tolerate up to 1.5hr before I HAVE to sit and take a break. Due to the nature of the profession which is all facial can an OMFS realistically perform all surgeries/procedures sitting or there are some that are just not practical acceptable to do other than standing? Does that mean then that I would have to just pick and choose the cases that allow to operate sitting down? What is the average length for a procedure that requires an OMFS to operate on their feet?
I'd prefer if maybe we don't go into suggesting ways to fix my back problem instead cause honestly it's just something I've had to live with (making the lines at Universal Studios was the worst) and never impeded me from playing sports, being athletic and in good health, so I don't sweat it. Also I understand the competition and hard work ahead to OMFS, and that it's early for me to even be thinking or asking about this because I am not even accepted into dental school, but fact is I'm going for it so it's just a matter of time. I believe my credentials are good so far, GPA>3.7, honors college, 2 years of research, a patent with some outside interest of licensing, published, and the other shadowing and volunteering so I don't think I am completely crazy or wishfully thinking about getting into dental school, just gotta prep for the DAT and score well.
I didn't mean for my post to get this long, but again thank you all for any input.
First thank you for your time, you must be busy, so I sincerely value it.
I graduated college with my BS in Microbiology spring 2014 and after teaching middle/high science and doing missionary work plus some soul searching I've come to the point where I know dental school is what would satisfy my thirst for learning and helping others, in other words I could really see myself doing it for the long run. But to be more specific not only am I attracted to dentistry but more so than anything OMFS, so that's the end goal. Now with that being said, I kinda wanted to get an idea of how much of the arsenal of procedures OMFS performs REQUIRE you to be standing? Or can pretty much all surgeries and procedures that are referred be performed sitting down? The reason I ask is because I have some lower back problems, I'm talking about more than 30min standing without a break and my back starts aching, and the longer I stand the more it hurts. I could probably tolerate up to 1.5hr before I HAVE to sit and take a break. Due to the nature of the profession which is all facial can an OMFS realistically perform all surgeries/procedures sitting or there are some that are just not practical acceptable to do other than standing? Does that mean then that I would have to just pick and choose the cases that allow to operate sitting down? What is the average length for a procedure that requires an OMFS to operate on their feet?
I'd prefer if maybe we don't go into suggesting ways to fix my back problem instead cause honestly it's just something I've had to live with (making the lines at Universal Studios was the worst) and never impeded me from playing sports, being athletic and in good health, so I don't sweat it. Also I understand the competition and hard work ahead to OMFS, and that it's early for me to even be thinking or asking about this because I am not even accepted into dental school, but fact is I'm going for it so it's just a matter of time. I believe my credentials are good so far, GPA>3.7, honors college, 2 years of research, a patent with some outside interest of licensing, published, and the other shadowing and volunteering so I don't think I am completely crazy or wishfully thinking about getting into dental school, just gotta prep for the DAT and score well.
I didn't mean for my post to get this long, but again thank you all for any input.