Exit Interview

1. What is your essential question, and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why?
• EQ: What are the best ways for a dentist to ease a patient's anxiety?
• Answer #1: A dentist can help ease an anxious patient by educating the patient about proper oral health and procedures so that they feel confident about going to the dentist.
• Answer #2: A dentist can help ease an anxious patient by being a dentist that has the qualities to make a patient comfortable.
• Answer #3: A dentist can help ease an anxious patient by utilizing less invasive, digital dentistry and referencing techniques that the patient can use to be more comfortable at the dentist. (Best Answer) 
2. What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
• I did a lot of research to arrive at my best answer. There was a lot of research backing up this answer so I thought my Answer #3 should be my best answer. 
3. What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?
• With my other two answers, it was difficult to find  really credible research. Those answers are based mostly off of my experience around patients and at mentorship. 
• I went more in depth when searching the internet. It was super hard to find any books at the library that related to my topic, most likely because my topic is very specific.
4. What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question? Why?
• Interview #1 and #2 with Dr. Chris Chen
• This interview helped me decided what I wanted to focus my senior project on and actually led me to some of my answers later on in the process. It specifically helped me come up with my Answer #2.
• The Internet 
• Specifically access to websites like American Dental Association, Mayo Clinic, and Colgate. Most of those sources helped me to come up with my Answer #3, which is my best answer.