back to dental stuffs

I have done some magics to this 17 yrs old young boy. So this client came to my office 3 months ago, and here's the result in only 3 months.I will do some midline corrections when he come back from Holland to study. Client was definitely satisfied with the result since he had a very severe crowding before.

This another one is my case of today. Big cavities in both tooth number 1.5 and 1.6.

Tradaaaaa.....

I'm so lucky that most of my clients are very very nice. They don't underestimate of young dentist at all. And guess what, this morning a lady came to my office just to drop by her homemade dish for me. She was very satisfied with my cleaning + root planing treatment, so her bad breath has gone away.

If you love to make people put smile in their faces, be a dentist. I'm sure you will get amazed with very nice smiles you'd created from your own hand.

And I love that.

Got a picture from Dr. Lily from Jakarta seminar. It was during the lunch session. We had a small study group here. The waitress who took the picture for us was quite okay, fortunately her hands were not tremor at that time, so we can have a steady and no-blur photo. It was an awesome seminar since we shared a lot of clients cases there. Me, as usual, the youngest one... but gave a lot of speechs. Got also an award. But since I was going alone and nobody was familiar with my lumia, so nobody took pictures of me. But I hope the documentation committee has some pics of me and they can send it later. Actually I wanted to wear my blazer at that time, but the blazer couldn't fit in anymore :'( 

This one is from Ogilvy meeting. They trained me to speak in media, newspaper and TV about invisalign compared to traditional braces. I was so nervous, since the other dentists are much older than me and they can speak very very well. They interviewed me without any scripts. Oh my God, very shy if they broadcasted me live. I do public speaking in mostly speechs, but not for taping on TV. So this will be a very good training for me then.

mini wok noodle

Saya kasih tahu dulu ya....

Kalau ini bener-bener enak !

Wah, ini sih kalo orang Singapore bilang, "die-die must try lah"
Orang Hokkien bilangnya.... "Haujek sencinping"

Mini wok noodle ini emang masakan favorit saya. Sampe bela-belain saya cari resepnya, yang ternyata sangat gampanggg.... Saya emang suka masakan tipe gini, praktis, enak, nggak ribet, gampang bikinnya. Tapi bukan fast food. Dan bukan indomie.

Tapi kalo bikinan saya sih masih nggak seenak punya foodcourt Lucky Plaza. Jadi belum pantes bikin lapak. Sementara, lapaknya ya dental clinic dulu aja deh ya...

volunteer

Sayaaaaaaaaaa..... barusan ngadopsi seekor bayi orangutan, ikutan program WWF. Sayangnya si Googoo enggak boleh dibawa pulang, dan saya cuman dikirimi fotonya. Well, be safe there Googoo in deep forest of Borneo. Bukaaaan, ini emang bukan program miss universe, tapi boleh deh kalo mau mengkandidatkan saya sebagai calon *gak inget umur* *middle-age syndrome*

Nggak tahu nih kenapa blogger lagi ngadat buat upload foto. Padahal banyak banget foto yang mau saya share. soon ya readers...

Tahun ini, ditawari ikutan jadi dokter relawan buat smile operation, operasi bibir sumbing dan cacat wajah di kamboja. I think i will go and become one of volunteer there. we'll see how.

Ada yang mau ujian proposal tesis besok. Semangat ya mas ! Semoga sukses dan lancar meraih gelar Sp.KG. *siap-siap kebaya* *salahfokus* *yangdisumpahsiapa,yangsiapsiapsiapa*

surprise surprise

Jadi ceritanya, semalem saya pulang praktek jam 11 malam. Clients kept coming and I was too busy without realizing that it was almost midnite when i had done with all clients. Saya cuma pengen dan butuh tidur, secara besok paginya saya harus back to clinic jam 7 pagi.

So, this was it. Udah deh, saya langsung nggletak tidur sampai pagi, sampai nggak kerasa kalo gunung Kelud meletus. Gila, udah capek banget seharian mata ngeliatin gigi pasien... saya udah pasang alarm jam 6 pagi biar nggak telat ke praktekan pagi ini. Parahnya, saya kebangun jam 5.41. Pagi. Gara-gara prank calls dari entah siapa. Ya ampuuuun.... maaf2 aja ya kalau sengaja saya reject. Habis gimana lagi, saya ngerasa nggak kenal dan nomernya juga ajaib banget. Whoever you are, tolong ya pak... dokter juga manusia. And lately, i am easily tired. Jadi tolong kalau udah direject, mbok ya tahu diri...

And in the end, i was widely awake and can't sleep again. Well, goodbye my beauty sleep. Until now, i am still avoiding coffee, so i intended to have shower and prepare to go to clinic. Dan tradaa... di luar rumah udah full abu. Tebel pula. Even the sky showered some ashes.

Baru kali ini ngeliat hujan abu in real. Dulu2 waktu kena kiriman abu gunung Bromo, kayaknya nggak sampe ngeliat abu berjatuhan dari langit. Sekilas sih mirip hujan salju, cuma sejalanan warnanya abu-abu, that's all. Well, kind of big issue for Indonesia, surprise valentine gift from God.

Ngomong2 soal surprise, when i reached clinic this morning, there were surprise flowers from no-name (again!). Actually these were not my favourite flowers. I love sunflowers and i love yellow. But this surprise bouquet contained shocking pink and blue roses. Well, whoever you are, thank you for your kind thought to me. Oh, and also a box of chocolate ! Actually i don't eat chocolate because i don't like chocolate. But hey, i appreciate this gift. Thank you to whoever you are who had kindly sent this to me. I shared the chocolates with all my nurses and assistants. And i will put the flowers in my clinic desk. Terima kasih banget pokoknya.

Surprise letter also come from maman Andree !!! Merci bcp, maman. I love the card. Jauh-jauh belain kirim kartu dari Perancis, highly appreciate :)


Today, I have a little client named EVELYN. Wouah, she is a cute girl with a very beautiful name. She wear a shirt with big heart for me :) thank you sweetie. After finish with her treatment, i asked her to give me her big smile. And here she is...
can't wait for my own Evelyn soon :))

warm christmas greeting from Gigi Sehat Dental

Thanks to D***, my patient who wanted to look 'festive' for christmas. So I put nice christmas colours for her. Rot und gruen :)

 

Ooopsie... it was my gruen handschuh showed up in picture....

Now, looked better :)

 

She was my class II division 1 client. Severe protrusion. I remember her when she came to my clinic for the first time. D*** was an unique client. Some dentists had already given up with her case, and also some suggested her to do 4 first bicuspids extractions. She asked me for second opinion, and she was totally keen on my treatment plan.

 

But when I told her my price, she was crying hopelessly. In front of me ! And she told me that she will pay me in settlements, because for her, it's too expensive. Oh God, as long as the client is very cooperative, I don't mind even they don't pay me not in full price. Because the treatment will work better on cooperative clients. It's much way better than clients who didn't appreciate my treatment and always try to postpone every appointments, and in the end never show up in several months. 

For this client, I have to give her 4 thumbs up for her cooperative-ness. She lives outside Surabaya where it's a very remote area. She only has motorbike, and she will need 2 hours to go + 2 hours to back everytime she goes to my clinic. And she's never missed even single appointments, and always shows up in schedule every 3 weeks. Even today is raining very hard, she's still showed up to clinic. Oh God, I'm so touched with her effort !!!
 

I treated her since last August, and within these 4 months, I think the result is quite good ! You are deserved to the best result for your cooperative, D*** !!!! I'm so proud of you 

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,
:)