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| Clipping from this week's edition of the Sinar Harian, Kelantan Edition |
For the MACS 100 Coffee Table Book, and for the benefit of current and future MACSian students, he wrote: "I am doing my degree in Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Is dentistry course difficult? YES, but it depends on how you go about it. For me it is “No pain, no gain” or as the Malay proverb says “Bersusah-susah dahulu, bersenang-senang kemudian". Dentistry is not about extracting teeth all the time. It covers a wide spectrum such as orthodontics (alignment of teeth), prosthodontics(artificial teeth), pedodontics (children's teeth), periodontics (structures that support the teeth e.g. gums), oral maxillofacial surgery (surgery of the head, neck, face and jaw) and much more.
In
Malaysia, the ratio of dentists
to
patients is 1:12000 in 2008 and as for the current year, 1:9000. Clearly there
is a very high demand for more dentists. It is said you need half a million
ringgit to be a doctor or a dentist. Definitely not true! Just study hard, do
well in your exams and it will not be difficult to get a JPA scholarship for
your dream course”.
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| Choudhry doing pre-clinical dentistry on a dummy |
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| Choudhry (2nd from left) with fellow students in a USM poster |
SYABAS, Choudhry!
