Hi there … How u doing ?
My self Dr.Deb .
Your friendly neighborhood dentist & the reclusive editor at Dentalorg.Com
Umm … As it goes am still a student. Doing my MDS 
getting my daily dose of kicks and bumps from the college. Today specially was very tough … Or you can say epic with epic proportion of good old college dose … Phew !!!
I started my journey in dentistry in the year 2004. Fresh out of 12th and raring to make a place in this world. All pumped up and ready to fight for my turf in this big world.
When you are eighteen, just out of school,fresh in to a professional college … there are a millions of hopes and dreams in heart.
Simply put, most of us are just shielded from all the hard ships of life by our parents till now. And in dental college we are finally exposed to many aspects of life that shape us emotionally.
BDS it self was a roller coaster ride. It starts slowly. And starts getting faster n faster. We make friends, have our share of fights, some fall in love, gather in canteen after college. Then there are exams, clinical quotas, assignments … list is endless.
Of many such instances, I can confess few things that makes my lips smile on thinking 
Faking signatures on records & oral path records. He he … I know it’s not a correct thing to do , but all of us have done it at some point. And I can still remember the chill I felt on my back when I was showing my OP record to mam and I had forged 5 signs. Perfect foolishness. But escaped. Lol … Not a correct thing but some how it has become a fond memory.
Most common nostalgic moments for any BDS student :
•Finishing anatomy slides and then oral path slides.
•Making drugs in mortar & pestle
•Running around to finish the preclinical quotas, teeth setting … Phew and that too in summer.
•Final year hopping to all departments to complete the work in all the 7 departments.
•Fighting with friends for instruments,cases.
•Taking part in college annual functions, sports, dance, fashion show & my personal favorite live music shows.
And so many more moments. Moments that seemed trivial that time but as time passes they become memories.
Frankly speaking days of BDS are fast and create lot of happy memories. All of us pick some hobbies during that time. I took to guitar and web designing.
The honeymoon gets disturbed usually in the last phase of internship. That’s the time when we see our friends who are in the engineering stream getting campus placements with a starting package of 30 K. And that’s the time many of us are working in a seniors clinic for a sum of 1000 bucks. And that’s the time we start getting tension for our future. That sense of urgency comes. What’s next ? How many more years before a stable job.
I think that’s the time, around when many of us start saying ” BDS KARKE PHANS GAYA ” Every thing just starts looking negative.
But fact is every problem has a solution.If your problem is “What after BDS” ?Then you can see this article WHAT AFTER BDS ?
Any ways there is no reason to get disheartened. Talk with people you are close to. After discussions with parents some solution will come out . For example I decided to prepare for MDS exams , few of my other friends joined pharm companies, some started preparing for civil service exams. Luckily for me and my set of friends things fell in place. I got through MDS exams. Two of my friends have moved ahead in the company management. The one who prepared for state civil service got through exams and now is class I income tax officer.
So things always work out for career in some way. As for me I started my MDS session and believe me it’s not even half fun as BDS days.
Thing to understand here is that … In all the years of studying dentistry BDS & MDS we should not start thinking dentistry as life itself. Life
is about so much more. It’s a journey with so much more to do.
Been a journey from BDS to MDS. And am thankful to God for all the opportunities & experience. Now am in the final year of my MDS … Fighting through case quotas, seminars , big heart break , pain , making music . And life rolls on.
I know it’s a random abstract piece of article. And here am not telling you how you should prepare for exams or how you should study. Every body has their own way. I just want to say , if you consider life as a whole , then BDS / MDS is just a small part of it. Explore the life in all aspects. Don’t worry too much about exams, MDS, dental career etc . Just move with the flow. Fill your heart with all the love and respect for every one and every body in your life . Thank god for all you have and also for all that you are going to have. Say thanks for the special people who have given you love and time, even if they are not in your life anymore. Acceptance, love, understanding will bring peace. And then you can set forth for the journey of life and god bless all.
I guess I should get back to my books … Mind moves to some one special who has gone far … Heart pains … But have things to do …
And all my dental friends & students, please stop worrying too much about dentistry, MDS, exams, NEET… There’s lot more to life. Just believe that God will shower with all the happiness.
Well it’s time for me to get back to my study desk. Back to reading Carranza :/
And my dear friends ” Hakuna Matata” …