Pierre Fauchard: the 'Father of Modern Dentistry'

If a have to choose the biggest character of odontology immediately I think in the French Pierre 

Fauchard, the father of dentistry. I really knew of his existence recently but I think he is very important for the study and evolution of dentistry.

He was born in in Saint-Denis-de-Gastines, France, 1678. At the age of 15 he had his first contacts with dentistry in the French navy. Serving at sea, Fauchard observed many oral diseases; this motivated him in his next steps.

Three years later, Fauchard left the Navy and began working as a dentist, established his practice in the university town of Angers in Western France. For this he had to study handicrafts, techniques and instruments.

The standards of dental treatment were primitive in Fauchard's time; there were no formal training courses, almost nonexistent hygiene and no control.

In the hospital of the university Fauchard was considered a highly skilled surgeon, especially for made improvisations of dental instruments, adapting tools from watch makers, jewelers and even barbers, that he thought could be used in dentistry.

At that time existed a few books on the subject of dentistry so he made the decision to write a professional dentist's treatise based on his medical experience, Le Chirurgien Dentiste ("The Surgeon Dentist"), published in 1728. The book described basic oral anatomy and function, signs and symptoms of oral pathology.

With this Fauchard gave a new look to dentistry that last until our days.

I am a rare mix

The question about what is my favorite style of music is always difficult for me, for the simple reason that I like many different styles. Other people says I like rock or pop or cumbia, I usually say -I am a rare mix, but now I will try to explain this.

I love music since I can remember, spend hours and hours listening "cassettes" (that sounds very old hahha), singing and dancing, seeing too the TV channels of music videos. When I was 4 years appeared 31 minutes, I think this was my really own first favorite music, I knew all the songs that certainly still remember very well. Also I listened to the music that my parents listened, a Latin American style with exponents like Los Jaivas, Intillimani, Illapu, Congreso and others less known, I like this style of music, especially Chilean music, because represent our identity and the social message of our history like Chileans.

Other more trivial stages were pop (especially Justin Bieber, really loved that guy and I confess I still likes he a little bit (or more hahaha ). Other of my favorites actually is Ed Sheeran.

For long story I 'll name some artists of my varied playlist: Jack Johnson, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Birdy, Manuel Garcia, Amy Winehouse and A LOT MORE.

                                                             My favorite Photo

Choose my favorite photo is a difficult mission because I have a lot of pics, of landscapes, animals, family, friends etc. but now I don´t   have this pics with me, for this I choose one of my Facebook.

This photo was taken approximately in 2012 by my dad (he took me a lot of photos of my since I was a baby), in our vacations in Coñaripe, a town close to Villarrica, with a real natural connection beaches, thermal springs  and a low population. I remember one of these relaxed evenings where everything is read goods books, swim in the lake and eat delicious of the south.

Is one of my favorite photographs because the colors, the solitude, the pacific lake, the sun hiding give me a lot of peace, this photo transport me to this place and make me feel so good.

I hope come back there this summer and enjoy as usual with my family.

Mechoneo!!!

I heard a lot of times Wow! You are in the university of Chile is the worst mechoneo! I accept it I was a little bit afraid, especially because I´m not from Santiago and I don´t know the streets but the experience was not bad.

We wait for 2 weeks and one Monday the teacher says – Diagnostic test!! And in my mind sound a voice saying this is not truth, is MECHONEOOO!! In seconds a lot of classmates changing his clothes, doing some rarely things in the hair, putting double socks, totally chaos, is the day.

All the mechones tied in line dirtied (by the full of love partners of the second year) with paint, markers, legs of chicken, heads of fishes, sauces and more things what I don´t want remember we walk in the streets and then the worst part, the pool of rotten food and fish ( this smell stays for days)

We had to get $20000, I thought -this is impossible, but the most of the people was nice and quickly I obtained a lot of money and food, they give me watermelon, chocolate and a peach. Some Asiatic people filmed us and the newspaper takes us photos, this was so funny.

In the university I gave the money, with a hose some partners try to wash and untangle my hair (impossible) and with a classmate I went home, the last travel in metro without people squashing me.

At last was a fun experience!