Dental Shadowing in Greece

Hi, my name is Ella Growney and I am from Michigan. And I chose this summer to come to Greece for a pre dental internship. I really enjoyed my time here and I got to experience a lot of dental practices, get to watch different surgeries and things like that. It’s been a really great experience here in Greece and I loved being able to see all the cultural changes and I guess just adventure around Athens. Throughout my time here I’ve had the chance to meet some really fun girls. I would really recommend joining the Facebook group and getting to know some people before you come, so that you can make some connections and things like that. So that, since I lived alone and some of my friends in a different apartment, we’ve been able to connect. I’ve been here now for six weeks and this is my second to last day, so I’m almost done. It’s been really fun. I’ve had the opportunity to meet some really awesome people. I do think the coordination here has gone pretty well. It’s given me the opportunity to see different types of dentist practices and I’ve also been able to see things I didn’t before.

Hi, I am Ingrid, I am from North Carolina. I go to school in California and I chose to go on a dental internship because I wanted to gain the experience especially in Greece and also get to explore the dental industry in more detail. I’ve had a great experience. I got to see all the different specialties, shadow a lot of procedures and the dentists have all been really nice and welcoming and would answer a lot of questions. Exploring Athens has also been really great. It’s a great city so I definitely would choose to come here again if I had the option.

Hi, I am Yogyana Santana-Salais, I am from Texas, and I did the dental internship in Athens. I chose this internship because there’s not really many options to do this internship throughout the world and that was a great opportunity and was in Greece. So, throughout my internship I was able to see a lot of dental procedures I learnt a lot from the dentists I shadowed, and I was able to see a few other specialties. See more in depth of the different specialties that are in dentistry. It was good to have Samantha to communicate with, if we had any issues with the apartment or if we had any questions throughout our internship. Cerca Abroad was very helpful and fast with dealing with any problems. I had a great time in Athens. I loved the chance to visit a few islands. Greece is just an amazing country to visit. So, yes.

Hi, I am Brieanne from Canada and I just finished a three week dental internship at the Yoda O.D.C. Clinic in Athens, Greece. I previously graduated with two undergraduate bachelor degrees, one in chemistry and one in my science. My University is Memorial University in Ontario. I am extremely glad that I did decide to do this internship. I did it to get a chance to study abroad and experience the day to day of a dentist before I begin to enter school. This has been an amazing experience; from the beginning the coordinators have been extremely helpful, even before my arrival. Every information was provided even before me asking and that had made me feel comfortable and safe. The nurses and doctors here at Yoda were very helpful from the beginning. Thy felt more than happy to answer to any questions that I had. It was especially interesting to watch the various procedures that I saw, because my dentist was actually a surgeon specialist. During this internship in Greece was just a bonus that the clinic is situated downtown, so I had the chance to explore the city. Do various tourist activities and then even get the chance to see some Greek islands. So, if there’s anyone considering of doing this internship with Cerca Abroad, they offer a very wide range of things. I recommend it.

Hello, my name is Naomi Shah and I am from America. I study biology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. I chose to do this internship because I thought that it would be a great opportunity to get a lot of hands on experience. Especially since dentistry interests me and I wanted to pursue my passion for it. I was able to see a lot of new techniques and surgeries and luckily I had the opportunity to shadow a pediatric dentist as well as a general dentist. So, at my time with the pediatric dentist I was able to see how treatment with surgery with children is really different to with adults. Specifically things that the dentist paid attention to and there was something that I really enjoyed, especially considering the fact that I am doing my md in pediatric dentistry; it was really a great experience. And then, with my time with Dr Costas here I was able to see many interesting treatments like root canals, implants, how to take impressions, cyst removal, a lot of cool things and he was able to teach me a lot of terminology and the tools he uses. So he was showing everything as he treated the person, which was very informational and helpful for me. I am overall so happy with my experience with Cerca Abroad. I would totally recommend it to anyone that is considering it. I had a very seamless transition and the managers were willing to help me the whole time. Before I came here they gave me a lot of information. Once I got here they were always willing to help, so I am really glad I got to do this. Overall I am even happier I got to do it in Athens, since the city is so lovely, the people are so nice, there’s so much to do, the food is great, so definitely enjoyed the program. Thank you.

Hi, my name is Monica Coleman, I am a senior biology engineering student hailing from South Carolina but I attend school at the North Carolina A&T State University. I chose this internship in dentistry because I am highly interested in the dental field. With being a student it’s really hard to shadow with student hours and I thought this internship would have helped me in to get a more in depth view with dentistry. There are plenty of highlights. I got to see lots of fascinating cases. Every day was different. I learnt so much. My doctor was very in depth and explained a lot of things that were not clear for me before. So, I think I am leaving this internship with knowing a lot that I didn’t know before and I think it’s going to be very helpful in the coming years. The coordination was great, everyone’s super supportive, you would always get help from your Cerca Abroad team, your doctor, the other interns, and everyone has been super supportive. Even in Athens itself everyone is super nice like- you’ll be fine. The biggest highlight of Athens for me would be the food, like, everything is great. I have discovered souvlaki- it’s so good. If you come to Athens try the food, try the bakeries, there are coffee shops everywhere. That is so great. Everything about Athens is great. Its small, everything you need will be within distance, it’s a great city.

Hi there, my name is Ava and I am from Canada and I am winding down on my two week experience here in Athens through Cerca Abroad. So, for the past two weeks I have experienced a variety of different procedures, materials in a different way and just techniques to be good at expanding in four different degrees of cases as well as a variety of outstanding cases and sometimes very jaw dropping cases. Besides that, my experiences here have been phenomenal, the dentist and the entire staff here have had a lovely sense of humor, they’ve been extremely polite and I was encouraged to pose many questions. And the patients have always been coming in and out with big smiles on their faces and they’ve been very polite and very welcoming. So, outside of the program, I’ve had the opportunity to experience coffee shops, as well as some breathtaking views from roof tops and sometimes even the other students were also too, so it’s all been a lovely experience. From start to finish you feel extremely welcome, you are well taken care of, it’s very smooth, fluent, and if anybody has any interest at all in the program I would definitely recommend it from start to finish it’s been a phenomenal experience. I’m hoping to pursue a career in dentistry as well, it’s been my first chance to actually sit for a long period of time to shadow one dentist and it’s been a phenomenal experience. I would recommend it to anybody. If you are a little bit shyer this is definitely a really good place to start. Overall this has really heightened my experience and my ambition to pursue dentistry. And so, again, I would recommend the program to anybody.

Hi everyone, my name is Isabelle Joffe. I’ve currently just finished my last year at Adelphi University and I’m starting dental school in July. I decided to do his program to just get a better understanding of dentistry before I start my dental school journey. I’ve loved working with the doctor here. He was amazing and extremely educated in his craft. He showed me so many things I haven’t seen before. He even let me drill on a real tooth. He showed me how to prep a crown and do a routine and all that staff- it was so awesome. The Cerca Abroad staff was amazing. On Whatsapp, someone is always there. You can text them any second and they will respond as soon as possible. I also loved Athens, it’s so beautiful here, the people are amazing, the food is amazing, the metro system is really clean and accessible and I just loved my whole experience here. I would recommend it to anyone.

Hi, I’m Summer Traub and I am going to the University of Iowa. I did the dental internship here in Athens for three weeks. I got to work with an amazing dentist. He explained what he was doing as he was working with patients, which was very helpful to my learning. I got to see a variety of things from basic cleanings to extractions and I also got to observe the different techniques that the dentist got to use. Here in Athens I loved getting to make personal connections with the dentist and the patients who I got to see who had multiple cases through my time here. Outside of the internship I loved getting to explore a new culture and the city and the islands that I got to travel at the weekends. The city is amazing, there’s so much to do. It’s a very safe place. If you plan into interning abroad I definitely recommend going through Cerca. They have great accommodations even from the airport pickup to the apartment I was staying at and even to getting me used to the metro and the tram helping me to find my way to the clinic on the first day.