Name: Dr. Nibir Chakma (MedBound handle: @Nibirchakma)
Birth Place: CADC (Mizoram), India
Educational Qualification: BDS, Tamil Nadu Government Dental College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Graduation Year: 2019)
Languages you speak or write: Chakma, Hindi, English, Bengali, and Tamil
What do you do?
I am a Dentist.
What prompted you to choose this profession?
Dental needs of my home state.
What is the best part about being a dental student/professional?
Flexible working hours
How do you like spending your free time?
Travelling and Gym
Which is your favorite subject in dentistry and why?
Endodontics, because it is a great feeling when the patient is happy and relieved from pain.
Which is your least favorite subject in dentistry?
Oral Pathology
What are some studying tips you use to retain and understand things better?
Feynman technique and active recalling
Which dental procedure(s) do you enjoy/anticipate doing the most?
Root canals and restorations
What do you enjoy more, doing an RCT or extracting teeth?
RCT
What are some challenges you face in your professional field?
Not finding an organized platform for Continued Dental Education to upgrade our skills.
How would your friends describe you?
Outgoing person, empathetic, adventurous, and a party guy.
What has been the best/ most memorable moment in your dental school so far?
Performing my first dental extraction.
Has dentistry impacted your food choices? Like, do you consume less sugary and sticky food items?
Not really but I do take oral care more seriously.
As a dental health professional, what is your dental health care regime?
Brushing and mouthwash twice daily & flossing thrice a week.
If given a choice, what alternate career would you have opted for?
Maybe a software engineer
Where would you like to work in the future?
Guwahati, Assam, India
What is your dream travel destination?
Amsterdam
Tell us a secret talent(s) that the world does not know about you.
No secret talent :)
What are you not very good at?
I am a bad dancer.
A quote that resonates deeply with you?
If you align expectations with reality you will never be disappointed.
Any other point(s)/thought(s) you would like us to know about you? Please feel free to share with us.
I would be most disappointed if you gave up.