Name: Dr. Bharkhavy K V (MedBound handle: @Bharkhavy)
Birth Place: Srirangam, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Educational Qualification: Master of Dental Surgery (Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry) - Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (2019-2022)
Bachelor of Dental Surgery - RVS Dental College and Hospital, The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University (2012-2017)
Languages you speak or write: I can speak English, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada.
I can write in Tamil and English.
What do you do?
I am practising dentistry in Qatar.
What prompted you to choose this profession?
My interest is in Biology. Human Biology in particular.
What is the best part about being a dental student/professional?
Getting to give patients their smiles back
How do you like spending your free time?
Watching videos on veneers and reels. I find that very calming.
Which is your favorite subject in dentistry and why?
Pedodontics. Particularly pediatric endodontics.
Which is your least favorite subject in dentistry?
Prosthodontics
What are some studying tips you use to retain and understand things better?
Go through it two or three times and try explain it to a friend and we may understand better in the process. Secondly, using mnemonics, then revising to retain.
Which dental procedure(s) you enjoy/anticipate doing the most?
Extraction, Restoration, and RCT
What do you enjoy more, doing an RCT or extracting teeth?
RCT
What are some challenges you face in your professional field?
More demanding patients. Children of pre-cooperative age.
What has been the best/ most memorable moment in your dental school so far?
When my professor appreciated me for my work with a special child.
Has dentistry impacted your food choices? Like, do you consume less sugary and sticky food items?
Made me conscious of what I have and a little conscious too.
As a dental health professional, what is your dental health care regime?
Brushing twice to thrice a day and regular scaling schedules.
If given a choice, what alternate career would you have opted for?
Teacher
Where would you like to work in the future?
In my own clinic
What is your dream travel destination?
Japan
Tell us a secret talent(s) that the world does not know about you.
I can sing.
What are you not very good at?
Handwriting is not very good.
A quote that resonates deeply with you?
The quote from Alchemist says if we are really passionate about something, the whole universe will conspire to help achieve it.
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