Now 29 years old, I am a Saudi woman dentist born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Jordan, where I completed dental school. I hope to be selected by a DDS Program for International Dentists in the United States because of my extensive training and experience and, even more importantly, my dedication to helping the underserved. Since completing dental school in Jordan, I have worked for six years in dental clinics. For the first three years, I served in a clinic in an area with many refugees. To the extent I had the time, I met many on the street, singling out the ones most needed my attention, taking them to the clinic, and attending to their oral health needs, often paying for the materials out of my pocket. I enjoyed the extra practice and the unique challenges that many refugees presented, but the joy and reward I felt in my heart was the greatest return. I hope to excel professionally during training and subsequent practice in the USA and returning to the Middle East. I plan to devote large chunks of my time to helping refugees in the numerous refugee camps throughout the region, Jordan, Turkey, etc.
I earned my Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree in 2009 from the University of Jordan. Ever since I was a dental student, I have felt a unique attraction and calling to research children's dental needs, particularly those with other special health care needs. My other area of particular interest and professional development is Implantology and helping to improve the longevity of implant treatment; it is mainly in this area that I have continued to take CE courses: IMPLASA HOCHST GmbH course in Dental Implantology and Sinus Lifting (March 2012-12 credit hours); and the 7th annual Jordanian Course on Comprehensive Oral Implantology (January 2011-18 credit hours). I have also participated in several conferences in Implantology and General Dentistry in Jordan.
A hard-working person gifted with a high degree of manual dexterity and a passion for science, I am as dedicated to research in dentistry as I am to practice and look forward to a long professional lifetime continuing to perfect my clinical performance at the same time that I publish my research and contribute to my community as well as our advancement as a profession.
Throughout my time practicing dentistry in Jordan, every patient, and their family that we were able to help was a unique and incredibly positive experience for me that I will always treasure. Each time we were able to improve someone’s oral health and change their lives for the better, it was a great victory. I particularly enjoyed educating my patients and their families about preventive and restorative measures. Resolving the patient’s complaints and eliminating their pain made me feel a unique sense of joy, and I enjoyed very much the diversity of the patients that I have attended in Jordan, of all ages and social classes, many from other parts of the world, wildly distinct parts of the Middle East.
I could not be more excited about a lifetime of research ahead of me. I am determined to stay abreast of innovative technologies that facilitate our progress in dentistry. I look forward to developing innovations to improve our power to prevent oral decay and reverse its destructiveness. As a team player, I look forward to working as part of a team of oral health care professionals I can learn from, especially concerning the complex interdisciplinary character of dentistry. Working as part of oral health care teams in America will provide me with the opportunity to learn how state-of-the-art dentistry is practiced and the best ways to go about helping people from global perspectives in the Developing as well as the Developed World – always learning, sharing, and interchanging ideas with my colleagues from all over the world.
I seek to earn the respect and admiration of my patients, colleagues, and community because of my extreme dedication to my practice and long-term career goals. I hope to make a good salary and someday open my private practice so that I might achieve financial security - allowing me to progressively devote increasingly of my time to mission work as my career proceeds.
I love the opportunity for creativity that is an inherent part of dentistry, a blend of art and science that comes to fruition only for the highly dedicated dentist and only when they make their patients their number one priority. Providing for my community is deeply ingrained in my character, instilled in me since childhood. Every year throughout my life, along with my family, I have helped to deliver food supplies to needy families during our holy month. Nothing fulfills me more than the love involved in giving, and this is true of my professional practice on behalf of those in need and my charitable engagements.
I look forward to contributing to the diversity of your program as an Arab woman with a great passion for the entire Middle East region, especially the great need among migrants and refugees, particularly those displaced by the war in Syria and Iraq.
Thank you for considering my application.
Saudi Woman Dentist Helping Refugees