{"id":24039,"date":"2024-05-03T00:04:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T00:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/the-dental-patient-population-is-becoming-more-diverse-with-time-share-your-experience-working-with-diverse-groups-of-people\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T00:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T00:04:43","slug":"the-dental-patient-population-is-becoming-more-diverse-with-time-share-your-experience-working-with-diverse-groups-of-people","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/the-dental-patient-population-is-becoming-more-diverse-with-time-share-your-experience-working-with-diverse-groups-of-people\/","title":{"rendered":"the dental patient population is becoming more diverse with time. Share your experience working with diverse groups of people"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As patient diversity increases daily, dentists with different cultures also increase. There is a consensus that increasing racial diversity among dentists and the dental workforce is essential to reduce barriers to good oral health and improve outcomes effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Experience:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">1) When a southern Asian patient visited the clinic, despite not being fluent in English, he could discuss his problem. With the dentist&#8217;s help, we<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">discussed&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">treatment plan and rendered a treatment without any issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2) Another instance was with a Hispanic patient who had limited English proficiency. In such cases, non-verbal communication becomes crucial in making the patient feel comfortable and reassured. I even took the initiative to learn some basic Spanish phrases like &#8216;seavre &#8216;,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">pakito&nbsp; &#8216;, and &#8216;gracias&#8217; to aid in the procedures. The use of Google Translate also proved to be a valuable tool in understanding the patient&#8217;s needs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As patient diversity increases daily, dentists with different cultures also increase. There is a consensus that increasing racial diversity among dentists and the dental workforce is essential to reduce barriers to good oral health and improve outcomes effectively. Experience: 1) When a southern Asian patient visited the clinic, despite not being fluent in English, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[131],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/24039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/24039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=24039"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=24039"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=24039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}