throwback macau meeting

It's been a year since last Macau Summit Meeting. Just realized that I hadn't post any pics yet...

 

 with my Thailand, China, and Indonesian colleagues. Great to see you all ! And glad to know you in person, Dr. Narandr ! Definitely will visit your clinic when I'm going to Thailand.

 

 

 



 with my Singaporean colleague : Dr. Ronnie ! Very inspiring dentist. Can't wait to see you and Jerry  if I'm visiting Singapore. His wife, Amanda took the pic for us. They're really-really the sweetest couple in earth ! Envy :p :p :p

 

 

 

With all Indonesian and Vietnam delegates. Seemed I'm the youngest one :p

 

 

 The most wonderful woman in this world : my Ma ! I extended my seminar trips to take her around Hongkong and Macau. And I had a really great time with her.

 

 

 My new friend from Jakarta, Fani ! Her mum is a dentist based in Jakarta, and she's just graduated at that time. So she joined her mum for symposium too. Keep the spirit !!

 

 

 

With my Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hongkong colleagues after case presentations. It was great to know all of you in persons !

 

 

Having case presentation. Enjoyed this session so much 

The meeting

Took my Ma also joined with other dentists from Indonesia, although she's not a dentist, lol. But I will always take her wherever I'm going :)  

Glad to see you again, Dr. Jerry ! Will visit you and Ronnie soon in Singapore !!!

RIP Nelson Mandela

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination

It always seems impossible, until it's done

Nelson Mandela

cuma sayang

This song is titled : Cuma Sayang by Nira Diana. Heard few times through radio and the melody is really-really nice.

Ingin aku berlari sejauh mungkin
Rasanya ku harus menghindarimu
Hanya sekedar menguji kesetiaan ini
Kalau memang terbukti akhirnya nanti
Aku tak pernah punya rasa rindu
Atau rasa benci dan rasa cemburu

Ah, jadi tanda tanya dalam hatiku
Apakah memang tak ada cinta

Kalau cuma kata sayang
Aku masih bisa mengatakan kepadamu
Namun aku tak mungkin memberikan kepadamu

Jangan salah mengerti atas sikapku
Bukan aku menolak cintamu
Namun aku minta waktu untuk berfikir

Walau cuma kata cinta
Aku masih takut mengatakan kepadamu
Karena selama ini aku
Cuma sayang padamu…

fracture post root canal treatment

Normally, I'm more to restoration than extraction. But today, this client came to my clinic with tooth fracture in her lower right second molar. Here it is....

 

This client came to me with a very surprising request : "Doc, my previous dentist suggested me to remove my wisdom tooth. But I was too afraid of surgery. Now, I'd felt pain keep coming lately when I chewed something. And also, the food impacted keeps happen like crazy. I was too afraid of surgery. But today, I guess I will go for surgery."

Ah, okay. But I saw the trouble comes from her second molar. Not the impacted one.

This is a fracture post RCT tooth. For fracture case, no other suggestion, only extraction. See what I got after extracted her tooth...

A complete fracture from mesial to distal. I did no separation at all, just removed it one by one. Started with lingual fracture, continued with the buccal one... Fortunately, no complicated fracture and I didn't find any difficulties at all. At first, she was very afraid of surgery. I told her that I will not do any wisdom tooth surgery, because the trouble comes from the second molar, not the third one, and I will not do any incision -because, it's no necessary at all, with also no separation. Already informed also that she will be treated very well under local aenesthesia. And I will do it smoothly, so she won't feel a pain even a little bit. Then, here we go with the extraction.

This is post-extraction socket. Already did curretage and suturing before she left. Spotted the white appearance from her impacted third molar's crown.

I didn't suggest for any surgery of wisdom tooth removal for this case. Not necessary at all, although it's impacted.

Sometimes, wrong diagnose came from very complicated way of thinking. Again, keep it simple. See what's in front of your eyes. Explored from what you can reach first. It's a simple way of thinking. But works a lot in my daily practice. See ? That the cause of problem was very simple. Why should make it complicated ?

pureness

Are you okay?
Is it cold out there? Dont forget your coat
Have you had breakfast already?
Lunch?
Dont skip dinner....
How is work?
Hard day at work?
Dont make yourself too tired...
Be careful driving...
Still cough?
Dont forget to take your medicine...
Tired?
Can i give massage for you?
Feeling better?
Dont say anything.... just let me rest in your arm...
...and listen to the nicest pounding sound in this world

.... its your heartbeat

i have died everytime waiting for you
darling dont be afraid i have loved you
for a thousand years...
i'll love you for a thousand more.....

zahnspangen day

Every Wednesday and Friday, I stay in my east clinic for zahnspangen day.

It is my east clinic.

Mostly, orthodontic clients are teenagers. And because for controlling their wire will not take long time, I talk a lot with them. About their study, about their boyfriend / girlfriend, about their parents, about their hobbies, and also... future.

Many of them don't wanna be a dentist. Or doctor. Why ?

Funny answers from them sometimes makes me smile.

"Doc, because I'm afraid of blood"
or "Doc, because I guess I'm not discipline enough to manage my time for study"

I will give a clue. I don't see much blood in my daily practice. Except, accident cases, or surgery cases. If not, normally I only see gum, and teeth. No blood. I can guarantee for this. Sometimes I even forget my clients' names... or their faces. I only recognize when they open their mouth and I saw their teeth. That's why if I get extra time during each appointment of my clients, I prefer to talk with them. To recognize their faces too.

And you don't need to be top of class to have a successful dental practice. I ever failed in some exams too. Even I had studied 1 month before exam, but I'm not good at all at.... Oral Medicine. Oh God, give me another subjects, but please not this one. And I'm happily passed with C and didn't intend to retake the major again. But even I got only C for oral med, it didn't bother me at all during my daily practice.

I love being a dentist in my own company, because I didn't need to depend or demand from anybody. I can make my own business. I can manage my own schedule whatever I like. Although some of colleagues broadcasted that dentist is a high risk job, second place for jobs which most damaging to your health, but still I love it. And nothing will beat something or someone you love easily.

heart attack

Funny thing was happened in clinic last night. So, this patient came from Borneo. 1 day only in Surabaya. And the next day, he has to fly back to Borneo.

He has missing almost all of his teeth in upper arch. Only upper left and right canines, and upper two front teeth remaining. He considered for new denture -later, after his next visit to Surabaya.

FYI, his old denture was broken, his oral hygiene was not really good, his remaining teeth were not in good condition also, especially the two front teeth. They were very mobile, 4" mobility, perharps more, so I suggested to take them out, later -not now. Because he'll go home tomorrow, and I can't let him leave my office without 2 front teeth

Very first thing to do, I'll clean 'em up. Clean all the remaining teeth before taking an initial impression. I was cleaning the upper right canine when suddenly....

1 tooth fell down.

IT WAS SUDDENLY FELL DOWN

OMG, and I haven't touched it yet.

Panic ? Of course ! You don't intend to pull a tooth, but that tooth was falling down itself. Who now got a jawdropped or heart attack ? The dentist. Yes, of course ! I thought, my heart stopped beating for seconds when I saw 1 of his front tooth was falling.

Me : "Waduh Pak, Pak, giginya copot nih Pak..." - "Sir, sir, your tooth pulled out..."
Patient : "Iya dok, memang sudah lepas" - "Yes doc, it's pulled out already."
Me : "Sorry ?"
Patient : "Cuma saya tancepin lagi." - "But I positioned it back."
Me : "Bapak .... lem ?" - "You... glued it ?"
Patient : "Pake UHU dok." - "With UHU (the glue), doc."

And yes, I saw the real glue in the socket, I thought he tried very hard to make the tooth attached to the gum. With glue !

I know sometimes -SOMETIMES !- patients were sooo desperate with their chipped tooth, and just glued it. But, it's my first time since my career as a dentist, seeing an EXTRACTED tooth was glued to the gum.

surprise dans le 1 août

Une carte postale est venu à mon cabinet ce matin

 

Ohlala... Il est de la famille de Follet
:) :) :)

C'était une très bonne surprise qu'ils m'ont envoyé une carte postale de Singapour. Ils avaient vacances là-bas après Surabaya-vacances.

Oh mon Dieu, je les manques .... T___________T

(cette carte postale a été envoyée le 11 juin. Et tout est arrivé aujourd'hui, août 1st. Wow, prendre un certain temps à arriver)

Hé, je pense que c'est un bon signe. Début de Août, et je reçois une belle surprise. Vous ne pouvez pas arrêter de sourire à mon cabinet. Merci cher Follet de famille, je vous aime tous!

:)

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voyage d'affaires à Jakarta

Je suis allé à Jakarta hier pour dentaire-business (comme toujours). 3 jours voyage d'affaires, et le vol a été grande. Je n'ai pas pris de mauvaises vols, ne pas entrer dans une salle d'attente mauvaises, ne pas dupé par les chauffeurs de taxi, et j'ai eu un hôtel modernisé chambre, c'était censé être chambre "standard", mais ils m'ont mis à jour en chambre "de luxe". Ce voyage d'affaires était très très bon.

Et j'ai rencontré mes meilleurs amis de lycée aussi! Nous avons eu une grande réunion et le dîner

C'était un moment de bonheur ... rencontrer un expert-comptable, avocat, pharmacien et cette nuit. Eddie-l'avocat, a travaillé à Oman, et il était toujours aussi drôle que dans le lycée-même plus drôle. Mon amie, Evai-le pharmacien, a travaillé dans la plus grande entreprise de pharmacie à Jakarta. Elle a été mon premier amie qui m'a dit bonjour le premier jour, nous entrons dans le lycée. Et de nouvelles Inggrid-comptable, elle va se marier l'année prochaine! C'est une très bonne nouvelles. Et elle va se marier à notre camarade de classe aussi. N'est-ce pas beau? :) :) :)

La formation elle-même était très grande. J'ai rencontré mon "papa'' encore là ... Et devinez quoi ... nous avons eu le maillot de match de trop! C'est agréable de vous revoir, papa
:) :) :)

 

Hey, on portait le costume jaune avec le manteau noir. Par coïncidence. Un lien fort "papa-fille? hahaha ...

Joyeux anniversaire, Storm !

Joyeux 5ème anniversaire, STORM !!!
C'est un grand garçon maintenant. Mais toujours très mignon!

Étreintes, baisers, et ouaf ouaf,
:)

Mon premier blog en français

Mon premier blog en français !!! Yay me !!!

Merci beaucoup pour mon précepteur en français, Madame Andrée Follet. Si ce n'est pas parce que je skype en français tous les jours avec vous, mon vocabulaire français sera seulement: singe et merci :) :) :)

Comment allez vous ?

Mes nouvelles est ... Je suis toujours à pratiquer en tant que dentiste, et je vois dents plus que les gens, tous les jours. Et j'aime mon travail (encore).

Mais, en disant la vérité, un jour, je veux aller voir le monde.

(Cet affichage est toujours supporté par Google Translate. Mais je vous promets sera de plus en plus de réduire l'utiliser)

If...

If I love him, but he loves me not...

Should I choose someone who loves and adores me - unless I don't love him that much
OR
Should I fight for love ?

Familiar and confusing with this ?

Me too ! 

I miss them !

spécial pour la famille de Follet: Je ne m'ennuie et je t'aime tellement

May 22nd 2013, I will never forget... My special patient was asking for favor to set the pick-up for his family, because he was on business trip. And for the first time, I met Follet's family. They're coming from France for holiday. Actually, I can't speak French. At all ! And they can't speak English. My driver will completely lost in translation if he picked up alone, so I try to re-schedule all of my patients those afternoon, and leaving office to pick them up.... equipped with french dictionary and google translator.

I invited them for dinner the next day, after they're recovered from jetlag, in a nice resto near my west office... How can we communicate ? Good question !! Wifi in resto was not working and I had to wait damn long to use my google translator. So, we wrote ! Using the mini oxford french dictionary and some of body languages. Describing all the menus was challenging. And I tried very very hard to make them understand. In the other hand, they were also very keen to talk to me, but lost in translation. So if we didn't know each other, we'll end up smiling to each other, hahahaha...

See ? Smile is the universal language... Smile means people are welcoming you. That's why I love to make people smile with their beautiful white straight teeth, LOL... And since I worked as a dentist, my favourite thing to do is... making people smile. Of course !

Just now Mrs. Andree sent me the pictures. I miss them all now... 2 memorable weeks with them. And for me, they're equal to my own family. Guess what, finally I can communicate with them. Slowly. Words by words. 

I'm not good at tour guiding. But for sure, I enjoy every single moments with them. I'm so lucky for knowing you Follet's family. Be my guest anytime !  

cheesy one

WHEN

WAS

THE

LAST

TIME

YOU

FELL

IN

LOVE

?

 

Sounds cheesy, I know... *Korean-drama's effect*

 

Once upon in my life, long time ago before I knew there're a hell in this world named dental faculty, I was a young naive high school girl who dreamed about...

 

PRINCE CHARMING

 

*LOL*

 

Oh come oooonnn.... I tell you guys, every girls normally have their criterias about their Mr. Prince Charming.

Mine ? Physically, I'll fall for a guy with a white straight teeth, no cavities, and has a fresh breath. Hihihi.... Falling in love is a best gift ever. I love to love and to be loved. Have you ever found an attractive guy... and suddenly you can't stop thinking of him, feeling butterflies inside your stomach whenever near him or !!! Even waiting from him texting you back has already makes you unconsciously staring at your cellphone.

Ah, love...

I was being hurt many MANY times with you guys. So, I'd already known all the tricky parts from you, guys. Better be careful with me ;)

 

 

 

Dentist. Doesn't That Scary.

Saya sadar 1000persen kalau profesi saya ini menakutkan bagi sebagian besar orang padahal saya bukan mak lampir. Juga bukan kuntilanak. Sampe ada istilah dentophobia atau ketakutan terhadap dokter gigi.
 

My workplace. I think, it doesn't seem that scary. Agree ?

Sebenernya ke dokter gigi, nggak se-seram yang dibayangkan. Jaman dulu, dokter gigi emang nggak kayak sekarang.

 Oke, ini emang lebih mirip kursi penyiksaan di film-film horor

Saya setuju kalo dokter gigi jadul dan segala perangkatnya emang bikin bulu kaki merinding. Belum lagi kalo si dokter dengan tampang seram dan suara menggelegar bersabda : "AYO MANGAAAAP. YANG BESAAAAAR."

Huah ! Mana tahan... Kalo anak-anak udah nangis duluan, orang dewasa udah pingsan duluan. Kali.

Sekali lagi saya tekankan, itu jaman dulu.

Jaman sekarang, ya kalo masih adapun dokter gigi yang model begitu, barangkali juga hampir punah. Yang ada ya dokter gigi gaul nan necis kayak saya. Dengan ruangan yang tentunya membuat pasien nyaman, mau leyeh-leyeh juga bisa, bahkan saking nyamannya, pasien-pasien saya betah nongkrong disini, ngerawat gigi sambil ngopi-ngopi. Serius. Mungkin dimasa yang akan datang, klinik gigi bisa merangkap hotel. Jadi jangankan nongkrong, nginep-pun oke. Atau lebih ekstrim lagi, tiap rumah punya dental unit sendiri. Dokternya tinggal dipanggil ke rumah. Ahoy! Godain Panggil saya doooooong....

Sebenernya ngepost ini di sela-sela kesibukan praktek bukan niatan marketing terselubung *haha!* Cuman saya ingin meluruskan asumsi pasien yang selama ini selalu mencap kami-kami ini menyeramkan, mahal, menyakitkan. Sampai ada ungkapan mending sakit hati daripada sakit gigi. Hiksssssss.... itu tega sekali, kawan. Bayangkan kalo anda punya toko dan ada customer yang bilang : "Wah Pak, mending saya sakit hati daripada belanja di toko bapak." Trust me, it sucks ! Kalo bahasa nonik-nonik Atom sih : Itu mbencekno pol. Hahaha...

Kalo masalah menyeramkan, sekali lagi itu tergantung dari Yang Maha Kuasa. Nggak semua dokter gigi emang dilahirkan dengan tampang kayak Park Si Hoo atau Song Hae Kyo.

Busyeeeeeettttt....

Nggak usah kecewa sama tampang kami kalo nggak sesuai harapan anda, karena sebenernya skill lebih krusial dibanding tampang. Kami masih bisa menyamarkannya dengan masker separuh wajah atau masker penyemprot anti flu burung kalau anda merasa kurang nyaman dengan tampang kami. Kalo kami ganteng-ganteng dan cantik-cantik parah, kami pasti udah dikontrak produser buat maen sinetron stripping 300 episode dan nggak bakal sempat praktek doooooong.

Kalau soal mahal, nah itu merujuk ke sila pertama pancasila kepuasan anda masing-masing sebagai pasien. IMHO, mahal itu maksudnya kalau pelayanan yang didapat nggak sesuai dengan duit yang udah dikeluarin. Tolak ukurnya kan kepuasan anda. Kalo di praktekan saya sih, saya menerapkan sistem nggak usah bayar kalo nggak puas :p :p :p

Kalau gigi anda ditangani dengan tuntas, tepat, cermat, dalam sekali kunjungan, nggak menyakitkan, steril, nyaman, belum lagi kalo bonus dokternya cantik, dapet servis pijet kaki plus meni-pedi, welcome drink, sekalian bisa pilih menu, dan doorprize tur ke luar angkasa untuk pasien yang beruntung, masa ya nggak memuaskan namanya ? Kalo puas, ya nggak ada kata mahal kan ya...

Herannya, saya lebih banyak nemuin pasien yang dateng ke praktek kalo udah sakit gigi dibandingin yang iseng-iseng kontrol. Secara rutin, harusnya pasien kontrol gigi 6 bulan sekali. Tapi kenyataannya, pasien baru kontrol kalo sakit gigi, dan bahkan saya pernah ketemu sama orang yang dengan ekstrimnya ngaku nggak pernah ke dokter gigi. Fiuh...

Analoginya begini, anda takut ga sama sakit jantung ? Stroke ? Penyempitan pembuluh dompet ? Ahahahaha...
Sakit gigi juga sama gawatnya dengan penyakit-penyakit itu lho. Ayo, jangan tunggu sampe sakit baru ke dokter gigi ya :) :) :)