Lisbon, Portugal

Dental Medicine

Medicina Dentária

Integrated Master's degree
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Dental Medicine at Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon

Language: PortugueseStudies in Portuguese
Subject area: medicine, health care
Qualification: politécnico
University website: www.ipl.pt

Test: check whether Dental Medicine (Dentistry) is the right major for you!

Kierunek lekarsko-dentystyczny test dentysta

Test: check whether Dental Medicine (Dentistry) is the right major for you!

1. Are you interested in anatomy, physiology, and understanding how the human body (especially oral structures) functions?

2. Do you have or want to develop fine motor skills and precision for hands-on procedures?

3. Are you motivated by helping patients maintain or restore oral health and quality of life?

4. Can you stay calm and focused in situations that might be stressful or require quick, accurate decisions?

5. Are you comfortable communicating clearly and empathetically with patients who may be anxious or in pain?

6. Are you prepared to commit to many years of intensive study, clinical training, and continuous learning?

7. Do you approach ethical decisions with care, considering the well-being and autonomy of patients?

8. Are you detail-oriented and able to notice subtle signs that could affect diagnosis or treatment?

9. Do you enjoy collaborating with a healthcare team (assistants, hygienists, specialists) to coordinate patient care?

10. Are you curious about the latest dental techniques, materials, and research and willing to incorporate them?

Definitions and quotes

Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others.
Medicine
I do remember an apothecary,—
And hereabouts he dwells,—whom late I noted
In tatter'd weeds, with overwhelming brows,
Culling of simples; meagre were his looks,
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuff'd, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
A beggarly account of empty boxes,
Green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds,
Remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses,
Were thinly scatter'd to make up a show.
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597), Act V, scene 1, line 37.
Medicine
When taken
To be well shaken.
George Colman the Younger, Broad Grins, The Newcastle Apothecary, Stanza 12.
Medicine
This is the way that physicians mend or end us,
Secundum artem: but although we sneer
In health—when ill, we call them to attend us,
Without the least propensity to jeer.
Lord Byron, Don Juan (1818-24), Canto X, Stanza 42.
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