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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Be strong you never know who you are inspiring

BDJ Student volume 28, pages 6–7 (2021)Cite this article

Sir, I think we can all recall the horror of that day in March. I remember a few days prior to the dreaded day, I was booking my patient in for an 11 (UR1) tooth extraction due to his failing post and crown that kept falling out. Inevitably, resulting in a consequent poor prognosis. The plan was to adjust his existing partial denture to fit the gap left by his 11. I felt empathetic for my patient because losing a front tooth is no easy thing to do. And on top of that adjusting to this newly added component is no easy task to bear. But in the end, all that mattered is that this treatment option would solve my patient's disease, comfort, self-esteem and allow him to eat. I never thought this plan would be delayed because of a global pandemic, which would inevitably shut down society as we know it.

When lockdown began that was all I could think about… my poor patient struggling with his failing post and crown.

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Ahmed, A. Be strong you never know who you are inspiring. BDJ Student 28, 6–7 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41406-021-0217-3

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