Chronology,
history, my statistical data, analisys, Dr. Boban Fidanoski, RDT, RDH, DMD |
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| Chapter One Period from April 15-th 1995 to July 28-th 2004: Working as Dental Technician in Macedonia |
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I started working as a Dental Technician on the 15-th of April 1995 at my uncle`s Dental office and laboratory "Duki Lek" After graduating from Medical School of Dental Technology in June 1992 in Skopje, I continued my studies at the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, Macedonia. I was in the middle of my Dentistry studies at the University when one day, my uncle, Dr. Dusan Velkoski desperately needed a Dental Technician to fabricate three unit golden bridge. So, he called me and asked me if I can do the work. I still remember the amount of fear and sweat I had while working on that bridge !! My first bridge - and made of gold !! When I finished with that bridge my Uncle was very satisfied . He offered me to be his Dental technician. I said Yes....and the history began to be written .... |
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Before I start telling my story about being Dental Technician, I would like to draw a
line and separate two types of Dental Technicians in the dental industry: 2.Old fashioned "One man show" Dental Technicians On
the other side there are I would say, "old fashioned" dental
technicians who are fabricating dentures, crowns, bridges and other
appliances in the principles of " One man doing all the stages of
the appliance's fabrication, from pouring the model to polishing" or long
story short: "One man show". I was one of them for years. All
the dentures, crowns and bridges that I have fabricated were made from the start
till the end solely by myself . |
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Chromasit
Shade Combination Charts
that I have used in my practice
1995-2004
My own Cost Benefit study from April, 2002
Why
Macedonian Dental Technicians
have switched from high noble
alloy Palador® to non-precious Nickel-Chromium alloys for composite
crowns and bridges - Chromasit® ?
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Analysis
of my Dental Tech work in Macedonia |
| Year
of 1995 |
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| Patients : |
087 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
358 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
021 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
009 |
| Year
of 1996 |
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| Patients : |
077 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
337 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
011 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
009 |
| Year
of 1997 |
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| Patients : |
094 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
494 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
016 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
015 |
| Year
of 1998 |
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| Patients : |
143 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
632 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
030 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
023 |
| Year
of 1999 |
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| Patients : |
150 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
658 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
017 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
014 |
| Year
of 2000 |
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| Patients : |
083 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
298 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
009 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
007 |
| Year
of 2001 |
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| Patients : |
070 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
347 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
022 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
007 |
| Year
of 2002 |
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| Patients : |
088 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
386 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
034 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
010 |
| Year
of 2003 |
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| Patients : |
096 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
402 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
056 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
022 |
| Half
of the Year of 2004 |
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| Patients : |
044 |
| Crowns or units
of a bridge : |
189 |
| Complete or Partial
acrylic Dentures : |
020 |
| Cast Partial Dentures
: |
016 |
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Total for
Ten Years
1995-2004 |
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Patients :
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932 |
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Crowns or units of a bridge :
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4101 |
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Complete or Partial acrylic Dentures :
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236 |
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Cast Partial Dentures :
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132 |
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Number of
crowns or units of a bridge fabricated from April 1995 to June
2004
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4.101
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One of my prides and satisfactions is number
of crowns
that I have made as well as their quality. |
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Chapter Two
Period from August 10-th 2004 to December 24-th 2006: Working as Dental Technician in Canada
| On the 28-th of July 2004 I moved to Canada
and just a week later I found a Dental Tech job at the denture department at the Accu Plus Dental
Laboratories in Mississauga, Ontario. I became a link of the chain system in dental technology.
I was in charge of one or few stages in fabrication of a dentures
or crowns, mostly finishing dentures, denture repairs, and fabrication of nightguards. I stayed there untill September 15th 2006 when I had to quit the job and start my full time Dental Hygiene College studies. Those two years of my work in this lab were the toughest in my professional life, involving constant stress during the hours of hard work. I have handled on average 10 dentures per day, so I can confidently say that in my two years of work I was partially involved in fabrication of aproximatelly four and a half thousand dentures. Afterwards, from September untill December that year I worked part time in the evenings after school as dental Technician in Burlington, Ontario. |
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| Photographs from my work at the Accu-Plus Dental Laboratory in Mississauga, Ontario (August 2004 - September 2006) | |
The End of an Era
December 24-th, 2006
December
24,2006 was my official last day working as Dental Technician. Since then I have focused on my career as Dental Hygienist and Dentist. I surely do miss being a Dental Technician. |
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These Twelve years of hard work would not have been possible without the support of people close to me. |
