How do you feel, if a doctor walks up to you, when you are sick, lying down on the bed. She oped her mouth: "What brings you here to the hospital?" You almost fainted with the stench of an unmanaged teeth.
This reminds me of a colleague of mine. Whenever he is post-call, he never care to brush teeth. He will carry on with the next day job. While this may be good as responsibility towards his job is high, it doesn't help in term of his personal image as a doctor. When he speaks, I stood 3 feet away.
Halitosis, or commonly known as bad breath, is a under-addressed issue. It doesn't affect only doctors, but people from all walks of life that doesn't find it necessary to brush their teeth. It is as bad as having a body odour.
Being in this field, talking sometimes play a therapeutic role. Having a bad breath does not help the situation at all. Not to mention the yellowish stained teeth and what it can do to the doctor's image. So a reminder to myself and my friends: Take good care of your oral hygiene.
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