Answer 2

1. What is your EQ?
• "What are the best ways for a dentist to ease a patient's anxiety?"
2. What is your first answer?
• One of the best ways for a dentist to ease a patient's anxiety is through proper education to reduce anxiety and increase confidence in oral health.
3. What is your second answer?
• One of the best ways for a dentist to ease a patient's anxiety is to be a dentist of good quality. (I will define good quality by what people look for and want in a dentist.)
4. List three reasons that your answer is true with a real world application for each.
• People want a reliable and empathetic dentist they can trust. Before choosing a dentist many people will often meet with the doctor to get a feel of their personality.
• A good dentist will be able to put more patients at ease because they will have all the good qualities a patient wants. I have read several articles about what qualities many people look for in a dentist.
• Anxiety can be eased by a supportive and calming attitude. Many people with anxiety go to a therapist to receive help. A supportive and calming dentist will ease a patient better than a cold and unsupportive dentist.
5. What printed source best supports your answer?
• Source #28
6. What other source supports your answer?
• Source #12
• Source #21
• Source #29
7. Tie this together with a concluding thought?
• My second answer is basically saying that a dentist will be able to ease a patient's anxiety as long as they encompass all the qualities that work best for making a patients feel comfortable. 

Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

Jennifer Chang, DDS

1. What is the most important thing I learned from this interview?
• The most important thing I learned from this interview is that many patient's do have dental anxiety. I was able to hear from Dr. Chang about real life scenarios and ways that she, as a dentist, is able to help these patients. I was also able to hear some of the advice that Dr. Chang had to offer me regarding my project.
2. How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?
• My approach to interviewing has changed in a way where I am able to ask more specific questions. I am also more comfortable with interviewing than I was towards the beginning of senior project. 

Link to Interview 3 is posted in Senior Project Links.

Independent Component 2 Approval

1. For my 30 hours of Independent Component 2, I would actually like to do what I had originally planned to do for my Independent Component 1. I would like to build a model of a human mouth out of paper mache, clay, etc. 
2. I will meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence by taking pictures of my progress and keeping an hour log. 
3. This will help me to be able to demonstrate the part of my answer about demonstrating proper oral hygiene. For example, how to brush and floss properly and what plaque looks like on the teeth. I would like to display this at my final presentation. This will help me make my explanations throughout my presentation more interactive and hopefully more interesting in my final presentation. 
4. Link Posted

Independent Component 1

• Literal
• "I, Cheyenne Medina, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work."
• My mentor, Chris Chen, DDS, and dental assistant, Julia Gaytan, at Puente Hills Dentistry helped me complete my independent component. 
• Senior Project Hour Log
• For my 30 hours for Independent Component I completed more hours at Puente Hills Dentistry, where I did my mentorship. I thought this would be a good way to spend my 30 hours, because my essential question has a lot to do with doctor-patient-interaction. The office was the best place for me to observe this.
• Interpretive 

• For the most part I was doing the things that I would normally do during my mentorship like watch most dental procedures and interact with the dentists and patients. This was significant to my project because it helped me to be able to further study and find answers for my essential question, "What are the best ways for a dentist to ease a patient's anxiety?".
• Applied
• This helped me understand the foundation of my topic by allowing me to watch doctor-patient-interaction. In my topic, I am focusing on a patient and how the dentist can best ease his or her anxiety. Many patients do feel anxious when going to the dentist and it is noticeable with many patients that I see that go into the office. Even the dentists tell me that they deal with anxious patients on a daily basis. This is so common and it is important to see what a dentist can do to help ease the patient and what methods work best and which ones don't.

Lesson 2 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why? 
• I am most proud of myself for meeting the time requirements and being able to talk about all of the information that I wanted to present. I am proud of this because I was really nervous before presenting that I would either talk to fast or too slow and either not meet the time requirement or be cut-off for talking too slow. 
2. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation? Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component project?
• AP
• I think I deserve an AP. I think I met most of the requirements for a P, however I think that I showed concern with a effective and engaging introduction. I think I could have engaged my audience more at the beginning of my presentation. Also, I think I had a little bit of a struggle with my activity as far as making sure that things flowed smoothly.
3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
• I think what worked well for me was the amount of information I had within my slides. I think that I was able to pack enough informtation into my presentation without it being too overwhelming. 
4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
• I think I needed to pick an activity that is more engaging and something that requires the students to work with their hands more. Also, I needed to be a lot more organized as far as the activity went. I was really disappointed with my activity and the conclusion of my presentation. 
5. What do you think your Answer 2 is going to be?
• "One of the best ways for a Dentist to ease a patient's dental anxiety is by being a 'good' Dentist.'"

Third Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview? What is this person's area of expertise? 
• I plan to interview Dr. Jennifer Chang, the other dentist in the office where I do my mentorship. Dr. Jennifer Chang had received her bachelors degree in psychology and biology from UCLA. She has also received her dental doctrine degree from Columbia University School of Dental Medicine. Her area of expertise is general dentistry and implant treatments. 
2. Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview?
• I have an interview scheduled for February 4th @ 5pm.
3. Phrase an open ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.
• "As a dentist, how do you make sure you make your patients feel the most comfortable?"
4. Phrase an open ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ.
• "What is it important to practice in order to be able to be a 'good' dentist?"
5. Phrase two open ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.
• "You see a lot of anxious patients throughout your time being a dentist. Have you ever helped a patient with their dental anxiety?"
• "How do you relay the importance of proper oral hygiene to your patients in a way that they will  actually listen to the advice?'

Blog 13 - 10 Hour Mentorship Check-in

1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
• I am still doing my mentorship with the Puente Hills Dental group located in Hacienda Heights.
2. Who is your contact? What makes this person an expert?
• Chris Chen, DDS 
• Achieved degrees in biology and chemistry, achieved a doctorate degree at Colombia School of Dental Medicine, established a career in dentistry with the Center of Esthetic Dentistry at UCLA. 
3. How many hours have you done during the school year? 
• So far I have completed 63 hours with my mentor.
4. Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together and how you plan to complete the remaining hours?
• Usually when I arrive at mentorship I sit and discuss with the receptionist how the day has gone, what type of appointments the doctor has had, and what appointments will be going on while I am there. Then, I usually put on some gloves and a mask and watch Dr. Chen work. Occasionally I will hand him one thing or another or retrieve files. I like to speak with patients whenever I can to see how they feel about being at the dentist and what they think of Dr. Chen. I usually do three hours at once. My mentor is really nice and is always willing to help me and teach me new things that could help me with my senior project. I plan to 30-40 more hours.