Students Section by Kishan Sheth

Fellow colleagues, friends, ladies and gentlemen: I was deeply and truly honoured when I was appointed as the student honorary associate editor for DentalTownUK.

The Dentaltown community has empowered dentists around the world and provided a beneficial learning tool for students, so I was excited to hear that it was expanding to the UK.

I hope that I’ll fulfill the expectations of my peers and ensure the student section of the magazine includes a wealth of material to read and learn from. Together and united, students have a voice and a method in which we can share our thoughts and ideas about the profession with senior colleagues.

The primary goal of the student section is to empower undergraduate dental students to write about topics they’re passionate about and to share their experiences with fellow dental students in the UK. Whatever empowers the profession and begins discussion should be shared for everyone’s benefit, and I especially encourage the discussion of ideas that will help us raise our standards and become more effective providers.

This edition of DentaltownUK is packed with insightful content from students and professionally qualified colleagues. Here’s a quick look at some of the pieces you’ll read over the next few pages:

• A day in the life of Avijit Banerjee, head of minimally invasive and conservative dentistry at King’s College London. Banerjee, one of my mentors, has supported me with extracurricular ventures and public speaking opportunities so it’s a great pleasure and honour having him feature in this month’s edition.
• A personal essay by Yihan Miao, discussing his life as a fourth-year dental student at King’s College London.
• Advice about mastering dental core training and dental foundation training.
• Information about understanding and effectively reducing and managing stress and burnout.

I’d like to congratulate the authors of these articles for their insightful writeups. I hope you enjoy this edition of DentaltownUK, and I’m confident that it will continue to engage dental professionals and students all throughout the country—and indeed, the world!