Hey everyone.....just wondering - my mother was a hygeniest (sp?) when we were growing up and worked at a local practice about 0.25 miles from our house in a rural New England town....so I grew up very close to this practice and got to observe a lot of procedures as I would go there after school until my Mom got off work. The Dr. was a close friend of the family too, so that helped, and eventually in my junior high/HS years I would work after school with various activities (bookkeeping, cleaning, assisting in some procedures, etc. etc.)
My question is, I can "go through the motions" and shadow, but I'm wondering if this experience in my first 18 years counts or can be turned into a positive? How do you recommend I relate this into my personal statement as it helped shape my interest in a career in dentistry?