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Non-clinical to clinical transition

BDJ Student volume 26, pages 32–33 (2019)Cite this article

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Damian and Shivani share their experiences of the journey from a non-clinical to a clinical student from the perspective of a recent graduate currently completing dental foundation training and a third year dental student in the clinical stage of their career.

You have done your weeks of work experience, you have observed qualified dentists, you have assisted senior students, now it is finally your turn. Exciting! All the time you have spent studying endless anatomy, physiology, histology and microbiology, you now have a real-life patient in front of you. You have prepped and filled multiple cavities on plastic teeth to equip yourselves for this very moment. However, now you have real soft tissues and a frustrating tongue that keeps getting in the way, making your life more difficult.

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  1. General Dental Council. Standards for the Dental Team. 2018. Online information available at www.gdc-uk.org/professionals/standards (Accessed December 2018).

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  1. Foundation Dentist, Dental Art, 168 Evington Rd, LE2 1HL, Leicester, UK

    Damian Panchal

  2. Third Year Dental Student, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Dental Hospital, 5 Mill Pool Way, B5 7EG, Birmingham, UK

    Shivani Sedani

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Panchal, D., Sedani, S. Non-clinical to clinical transition. BDJ Student 26, 32–33 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41406-019-0013-5

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