Name: Dr. Jacob Thomas
Birth Place: Angamaly, Kerala, India
Educational Qualification: BDS, Sharavathi Dental College, Shimoga, Karnataka, India (Admission year: 2005)
Languages you speak or write: Malayalam, English, Hindi, Kannada
What do you do?
I am a practicing dentist and the owner of Queen Mary Dental Clinic in Kerala.
What prompted you to choose this profession?
My parents guided me toward this profession.
What is the best part about being a dental student/professional?
Dentistry, combined with entrepreneurship as a dental clinic owner, ensures that you are always learning and evolving. It is like an ocean—there is always more to explore.
How do you like spending your free time?
I enjoy traveling, shopping, and social media.
Which is your favorite subject in dentistry and why?
Prosthodontics. I love the subject because I struggled with it during my college days, but I took as a challenge in rest of my dental career.
Which is your least favorite subject in dentistry?
Orthodontics
What are some studying tips you use to retain and understand things better?
I recollect what I have studied during my free time to reinforce my learning.
Which dental procedure(s) you enjoy/anticipate doing the most?
Composite restorations
What do you enjoy more, doing an RCT or extracting teeth?
Extraction
What are some challenges you face in your professional field?
The purchase and maintenance of dental equipment, supplies, and armamentarium in a dental practice is a real challenge.
How would your friends describe you?
Introvert
What has been the best/most memorable moment in your dental school so far?
When I confidently pulled out a firm molar tooth during my final oral surgery exam.
Has dentistry impacted your food choices? Like, do you consume less sugary and sticky food items?
Dentistry has no impact on my food habits.
As a dental health professional, what is your dental health care regime?
Brushing my teeth in the morning and night daily.
If given a choice, what alternate career would you have opted for?
A Catholic Priest
Where would you like to work in the future?
I would like to continue working in my own dental clinic until retirement.
What is your dream travel destination?
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Tell us a secret talent(s) that the world does not know about you.
I can write in five languages.
What are you not very good at?
I am good at memorizing things.
A quote that resonates with you?
Nothing is permanent in this world.
(DentiSight/Dr. Jacob Thomas/TL)