Affordable dental service at Lincoln University College, Petaling Jaya (part 1)

      This is going to be a looong detailed post so I divided them into two parts. This is part 1. I have a friend(Hakimi/Kimi) at Lincoln Uni College who is currently doing his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) there. On Instagram, he told me that Lincoln Uni College has a dental clinic which serves as a training place for their dental students as well as its way to give back to the society by giving affordable dental services publicly. He asked if I wanted to come and so I told myself maybe I'll give it a try someday. Hakimi was my classmate from 11 up until we were 15 and later he went to a boarding school. Frankly speaking, in those 5 years he was very shy during our adolescent years(especially toward girls) unlike me; very outspoken hahaha. My male classmates at the age of eleven to fifteen years young were either nerdy nice or nerdy naughty means anyhow they act, they are still pretty decent human beings and took studies seriously at the end of the day. Just kids being kids and Kimi was on the nerdy nice team lol. I finally agreed to the dates of appointment with Kimi and he managed it for me.

Hakimi, 2017.

Circa 2010(find me and Hakimi lol)

As far as I know, there are 3 Lincoln Uni College branches and the only one that delivers dental services is located in Petaling Jaya.  

Make your way to this sign of gate entrance.

The Lincoln University College’s dental clinic is exactly next to the reception counter of the building(shaky pics cuz I'm hungry, ya I get a little shaking when starving)

As you enter the dental clinic, go the counter where the girl stands and tell the staff that you're a new patient. If you're coming by appointments, you will have to state the name of the person who invited you but you may also walk-in with no appointments, except that I didn't know how are the procedures for walk-ins.

For a newbie, you will have to wait some time to set for appointments. Why appointments? Because there will be 2 appointments if you are a new patient. The 1st appointment is for the student to literally examine and diagnose you and your health condition whereas the 2nd appointment is where you undergo a dental treatment.

On the 1st appointment, you will need to fill in your details in a form including to sign this consent agreement because the treatments are carried out by students but fret not as I will explain more of that at the end of this post.

Submit the forms and make a fee payment of RM10 to register as a new patient. They will hand you an official receipt and a dental appointment card so the next time you come, you could just bring the card and every treatment made will be recorded.

Click the picture to read the service flowchart for new and ongoing patients clearly.

After you're done submitting the form and fee payment, enter the dental care.

At the dental care, you will need to wait for your turn at this hall.

My turn(yay)!!

Ended my 1st appointment with the right way to brush and floss my teeth(although we may have learned this before, give it a go, let the students feel they're completing the procedures well.

      End of treatment for my 1st appointment. From my experience, the location of Lincoln Uni College, Petaling Jaya was easy to be found because I travelled by LRT to CGC Glenmarie station which was only 5 mins away walking distance from Lincoln. Everything was smooth, from the counter service to the treatment provided. Hakimi was full of humor and I honestly don't know where did that come from because Kimi was such a shy boy in our childhood. The Lincoln University College, Petaling Jaya dental clinic is open every Monday to Friday, from 9.30am to 3.30pm and the public can walk in for screening and diagnosis. Only after the 1st appointment with a proper screening of health condition, the patient may continue further treatments such as scaling, extractions, removal of wisdom teeth, etc. The dental clinic charged a minimal cost so I don't think their aim was to make a profit but for their students to gain the best experience out of class. 

      Be known that the students there can do almost every treatment except for cleft surgeries and braces. Despite the treatment was carried out by my own friend who is still a dental student, there was definitely no reason to feel afraid as every single(littlest) act done by them need to get an approval from the dental specialists(also their lecturers) who were responsible to supervise them. Even after Kimi done diagnosing me, the specialist came to scrutinize my teeth afterward to check whether Kimi correctly described my teeth descriptions. However, if the dental treatment was too complex, the specialists will take over and do it for them while the students observe and digest. It was truly a memorable experience as it was done by my old friend. Part 2 about my treatment experience coming right up and to introduce his lab partner, Naja. Soon!