Jacksonville Orthodontics Personal Statement

“Not like that!” My sister Hana used to yell at me every time I paused the video tape of a cartoon show. I would stand over the TV screen with my paper on the screen and pencil in my hand, copying my favorite characters. “I told you to draw, not to copy” she would add. “I want it to be perfect!” was my reply. At a very young age, I developed a passion for drawing. My sister used to challenge me to draw some of our favorite cartoon characters. From these humble beginnings I started to develop into a skilled painter. When my father recognized my talent, he bought me several drawing books. Although I have always enjoyed creating different types of art, portraits (drawing a person’s facial features), captured my interest the most. Portraits require
Faiza AlOtaibi, a Jacksonville University Orthodontics alumna. Dr. Faiza talked to me about how great the environment was in the department in many different aspects. In addition to being academically strong, Dr. Faiza told me how supportive and collegial they were to each other. Thus, I am looking forward to becoming a part of this devoted clinician. In addition, as I am approaching to earn my Master’s degree in clinical research, my next step is to concentrate on the clinical part of the specialty that I chose. Joining a program that concentrates on the clinical aspect through the extensive seminars and exposing the resident to the various procedures will serve to accomplish my goal.
My ultimate goal after I pursue orthodontics, is to unite my passion in orthodontic and clinical research. Orthodontics lacks clinical research and a lot of procedures done is either due to patient’s preference or to the dentist’s best knowledge and experience. My goal is to not limit the benefit to the individual patients when treating them, but to expand it to the whole field through conducting research to help provide best evidence based