Pediatric Dental Resident
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, NJ
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
My name is Hanan Alagl, I graduated from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Currently, I am a second-year Pediatric Dental Resident at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. What attracts me to pursue Pediatric Dentistry, besides enjoying working with children, I developed beliefs that the psychology of a child can be permanently damaged by a previous bad dental experience. Children need a special approach to make the experience less frightening and as pain-free as possible. Moreover, preventive dentistry and educating the parents seems to make a huge difference in children’s lives and improve the awareness of society about the importance of baby teeth as well as good oral hygiene.