{"id":1565,"date":"2016-08-20T15:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T20:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2016-08-27T15:26:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T20:26:35","slug":"i-enjoy-explaining-and-educating-my-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/i-enjoy-explaining-and-educating-my-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"I enjoy explaining and educating my patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Dean&#8217;s Faculty, Clinical Assistant Professor in The Advanced General Dentistry Department at The University of Maryland School of Dentistry, I am used to teaching and educating residents and senior dental students. I am always happy to answer questions and show patients exactly what I am doing and explain why.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1566\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/x-ray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1566 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/x-ray-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"x-ray\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/x-ray-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/x-ray.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">X-ray of the patient&#8217;s upper left teeth on the monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1567\" style=\"width: 253px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1567 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image2-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image2-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image2.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Showing the patient her cavity and explaining what I am doing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1568\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1568 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/image.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After photo demonstrating her tooth restored with a ceramic composite restoration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1593\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1593 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"cavity1\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Showing this patient his cavity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1594\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1594 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cavity2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity2.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cavity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1595\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1595 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cavity3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity3.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">decay removed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1596\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1596 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cavity4\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity4.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">restored with ceramic composite restoration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1597\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1597 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity5-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"cavity5\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity5-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cavity5.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">happy (and numb) patient<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Dean&#8217;s Faculty, Clinical Assistant Professor in The Advanced General Dentistry Department at The University of Maryland School of Dentistry, I am used to teaching and educating residents and senior dental students. I am always happy to answer questions and show patients exactly what I am doing and explain why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[11,32,29,31,10,52,12,71,15,17,16],"class_list":["post-1565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cavities","category-uncategorized","tag-arlington","tag-caries","tag-cavities","tag-decay","tag-dentist","tag-digital-dentistry","tag-dr-gentry","tag-dr-philip-gentry","tag-northern-virginia","tag-philip-gentry","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1598,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}