The Digital Dental Surgeon

You’re a dental surgeon and you do have to do on calls. MVA (Motor Vehicle Accidents), domestic violence and even freak accidents with head and neck injuries will be tended by you. Most of the time you would deal with laceration wounds which would of course need toilet and suturing (T&S) but if you’re lucky (or unlucky, depends on how you see it) you also would have fractures of the jaws (the maxilla and the mandible) and you may need to do some intermaxillary fixation with wires. When I was a FYDO I had a very young infant with a laceration wound on the floor of the mouth (~1cm), alleged due to fall). Bleeding was mildly severe and needed transfusion. The paediatric surgeon called for an emergency OT and I sutured up the poor lil baby under general anaesthesia. So on calls can be intimidating yet fun at the same time. Good luck.

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