During the usual after-dinner family chit chat
Mom : Oiii...you need to start practising your BM now. Or else, how are you going to communicate with your patients and colleagues??
Me : Like... how?
Mom : Speak to us in BM from now on.
Me : ...............
Mom : okay okay...at least, learn some dental terminology in BM. That should be helpful.
Me : There are so many jargons in dentistry.Where should i start?? ( excuse )
Mom : Pretending i'm your patient and I dun understand things like plaque, calculus, RCT etc How would you explain to me in BM??
Me : (pondering) haih.....plaque is plaq la, benda yg lembut dan putih/kuning tu, lekat pd gigi; then calculus is ...err...batu gigi?! Rct ..hmm...err..i dun think i'll be doing that in hospital.
Mom : Batu gigi???hahahahaha
Bro : OMG..this is the first time i've heard of that!!! Dr, apa lu cakap?Wa tak faham!
Me : batu gigi is calculus la! It's the calcified plaque on the teeth, hard like stone.
Bro : I know it's as hard as a rock but please, we don't translate it to BM so directly. We call it karang gigi, doink! See, i dun need to go to dental school to know this!
Me : (teeth clenching) since you're so smart, then tell me what is bridge, crown, overdenture, post and core, braces in BM?
Bro : Of coz, i dunno. Do you??
Me : ................
Bro : (shaking head) Ma, i think...drill her driving first lah. One at a time. It's ok to be dumb at work but she definitely needs to know how to get to the hospital in one piece.
Boohoooo!
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3 comments:
wah suddenly ur blog so activ.. actually u don't really need to talk much to patients since u only have 5-10mins each for them u just tell them what they need and it will come to u really quick when u r in the situation..
yap karies, karang gigi, rawatan akar.. and sakit ngiluuuuu
hahahaha the last paragraph is the best lah. " get you to the hosp in one piece!" weeheeeheee.
haha that's funny! wish u well in ur work now! :D
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