Posted by Ling on October 23, 2010
What the…? Yes indeed. This is an extreme close-up of my smile. What do you think? Do I have the million dollar smile? Today, a sudden emotional shock came over me. I miss dentistry. I miss “doing” teeth. I miss doing the smile makeovers. I miss transforming a person who rarely smiles because they are [...]
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Posted by Ling on June 16, 2010
Dear Dental Diary I remember when I was a child and I went to the Dentist’s and they always rewarded me with a sticker? I loved those stickers. So, one of my dental nurses – Mrs Active – brought in a hot pink rosette badge which says “BRIDE TO BE” and a pink tiara AND a pink feather boa for me [...]
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Posted by Ling on June 9, 2010
Dear Dental Diary Yeah, so I’m at work. And I have one more patient to go…or so I thought. My senior dentist colleague just asked me to do a filling on his upper wisdom tooth after work today. I smiled and said “Yeah, sure!” But in my head, I was like, “Erm..why me?” It’s quite [...]
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Posted by Ling on May 8, 2010
I have many medic friends and they always moan about their long working hours and they often say to me, “You’re so lucky being a dentist! You don’t have to work crazy hours like us and you get paid loads!” I have an automated response which goes something like this, “Oh yeah, poor you!” Yes, [...]
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Posted by Ling on April 29, 2010
There have been lack of updates recently because of 2 reasons:- 1. I moved to a new place without internet – Housemate #2, I’m sorry but I had to get away from Dragon Lady!! 2. I started work last week in a Melbourne dental government clinic. In this dental clinic, I am known as “Doctor [...]
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Posted by Ling on February 18, 2010
Morning breath is defined as offensive odour of the mouth upon awakening Before the boyfriend, My Dorky, leaves for work in the morning, he comes into my room to give me a kiss. This morning, I refused him. Why? Because my breath reeked like no tomorrow. I, Ling Tung, aged 20-something, had morning breath! I [...]
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