Toothful Tales, Our Sensational Dental Adventure

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Afterwards, I then spent the next two years working, paying off my student loan, completed an NVQ level 3 in dental nursing and applied to all three London schools for dental hygiene and therapy.

Asmeen Hossenboccus and Moniba Khan explain the story behind their book, Sam’s Dental Adventure, and how they hope it will be a key tool for parents, guardians and teachers. Please tell us about you and your journey into dentistry Our book will be a great tool to help parents, guardians and teachers to educate children about visiting the dentist and dental hygienist. We’re catching up on the phone and wanted to do an exciting rewarding project. We both have kids and thought a kids book would be great. We want the book to be accessible to and benefit every child. Therefore, we are working hard to get it out there on a national and international level. Any plans for the future? When I journeyed into college I had to now decide what it is i wanted to do with my life – I had no idea. All I knew was that I loved art, I loved science, and I loved helping people.I then threw myself right into my studies as a young kid. When I reflect on my own kid-self I had so much drive, motivation and passion to succeed and it was a long and hard journey towards dentistry. It will prepare children for what they’ll encounter on their first dental adventure…including the fun chair, bright lights and shiny tools! I honestly love the profession and I love what I can offer to patients not just in the UK but also out of the UK ie charity work. I feel blessed to be part of such a wonderful and growing profession and the journey in dentistry never stops as science and education/technology is always changing. Sam’s Dental Adventure – what’s the story behind this? I was offered places at all three dental schools and decided to go for Eastman Dental Institute (UCL) due to its reputation as the world-leading dental institute. For our future plans, we would also love to visit refugee camps to promote OHI as well as provide more emergency dental care and use our book as a resource for the children.

I first typed up the script, then came across a great publishing company and illustrator, then soon enough we were underway. I qualified in 2013 with a diploma in dental hygiene and a diploma in dental therapy from the Royal College of Surgeons and have since been working as a dental hygienist and therapist in two private practices in London. We were very pleased to hear that the government and Ofsted are making oral health compulsory for the EYFS curriculum for early years learning so we are in talks to see how our book can be used as an educational resource for nurseries/schools.Asmeen: I’ve always been a high achiever and extremely ambitious. At school I was head girl for five years, set up a charity and got straight As in my GCSEs.