Today well find out just what it takes to become a dentist and to keep those bright and beautiful teeth. Hi, im melody young. I have an appointment to see dr. Bradbury. Hes been expecting you. If youll have a seat, well be with you in just a few minutes. Thank you. Hi, melody. Im dr. Bradbury. You can call me tim or dr. Tim. Dr. Tim. Nice to meet you. How long have you been a dentist . About 15 years. It was eight years after high school. Do you have to like school if you want to become a dentist . Thats kind of hard to say. Theres a lot of things about school that i liked, but i didnt like all the studying that i had to do. But i knew i had to do it, so i kind of lived with it. The nickel is that one. What was your favorite class when you were in school . Recess and lunch was the answer we used to give. I liked history the best. This is your office . Can you show me around . Let me show you in my first operatory here where we do quite a bit of our dental work. Just various machines dentistrys changed a lot especially in the last 15 years that ive been a dentist. Did you always want to become a dentist . I wanted to be one maybe 20, 25 days ago. No, actually it was about my third year of college that i chose dentistry as a profession. When i was growing up, ow dr. Bradbury this is one of my favorite toys that i like to work with and play with. Its a neat, Little Machine that has a little minicamera here. Puts me in living color. Fortunately, i dont have any cavities today. But i can show the patient whats wrong with their tooth, and they can look at it. Is being a dentist easy . Dr. Bradbury most days its fairly easy. Some days are challenging. These are the dental drills some of the tools that we use. Maybe well hook one up here. We take it out of its sterilized package. And theres a little bit that goes on it, and it hooks up to the machine here. We just basically put it together. And then we hit a little foot pedal, and it makes the drill go round and round. And this is what we go in and we get the tooth decay out of the way. How long did it take you to use that with precision . I remember when i first drilled my first cavity, i was so nervous. And then the really fun part to learning dental school is sometimes you not only have to use a drill, you have to do it upside down and backward. Youre holding the mouth mirror, and you have to look in the mirror and be able to drill with the tooth. A lot of times i want to stand on my head, and i do sometimes. Whats a cavity . A cavity is tooth decay. Bacteria thats in the mouth mixes with sugars that get in the mouth, and it forms an acid. The acid gets in and it eats away the tooth. In other words, it makes part or all of it rotten. Those cavities eventually go to the nerve and start hurting. Thats why we want to take care of them very soon. This is my little xray view box. Im not going to be using it so much anymore, because i have a new, little toy over there to play with. My little view box over there. Well, on this one, its called computer digitalized radiography. You said a mouthful. Right. We can show them the big xray. We dont have to show them this tiny thing and make it to where they have to take our word for it. Do you have to take classes every few years to brush up . Yes. I only have to go to school about four to five days out of the year now. Most of the time, its on weekends. Sometimes its at nice places like ski resorts. They didnt teach it in dental school when i was there. How can i help my daughter with her reading . [beep] searching for help with dachshund breeding. Why do you not get me . [beep] i do. This is what it feels like for kids with learning and attention issues. Redirecting to understood. Org. Narrator join parents and experts at understood. Org. A free online resource about learning and attention issues to help your child thrive. So you want to be an airplane pilot. Dr. Bradbury computers are very important to dentistry now. When i was in dental school 15 years ago, i cant think of any reason that we used a computer, but now we use a computer with our business aspect. We use computers now for xrays. Do you have any of the old . Yeah, let me show you one, this kind of brings me back to my days when i was a little boy going to the dentist. This is the dental drill and apparatus machinery that my dentist used when i was a boy in the 1960s. This was an old electric motor with a little pulley system. Oh, cool. I remember my dentist would put a toy rabbit on. I would watch it go around and round as the hygienist was cleaning my teeth. So everythings pretty much the same principle. Isnt it hard to work in peoples mouths . It was very hard at first when i was learning, but as you get used to it, it becomes pretty easy. Have you ever run out of equipment and had to resort back to the old machine . No, but ill occasionally get a few patients in i say, this is what were going to be working on you with today how many patients do you treat a day . Somewhere between 15 and 20. I usually stay pretty busy. Do you have a patient here that you need to work on . Yes, i do. I have penny today. Do you need any help . Oh, sure. Come on in. Lets have some fun. What makes a person a good dentist . I think a person thats able to work with his hands and his mind at the same time. Ha ha ha ha. Also, if you can work under pressure, and those are something i wasnt born with. This is melody. Do you mind if she sits in here with us while we do a little work on you . This is my assistant lisa. Lisa, this is melody. Penny, i cant remember what were going to do. Were either going to do a fullmouth extraction and take all your teeth out, make you dentures, or were just going to polish those silver fillings. Do you remember which . Why dont we polish the fillings . Well polish them. We just like to keep everything sterilized because we dont want any germs to spread, were going to get penny to lean back a little bit. Were going to have our big flashlight set over here. This is a real soft polishing drill bit. Nobody really likes the sound of this. Hit our button here. Im going to polish here, and lisas got a suction tip to keep the patient from getting too much water. I havent drowned anybody yet, and ive come close, but i dont want to start now. Have you ever had to pull teeth . Oh, yeah, i have to do it probably several times a day. A tooth, for many reasons, sometimes it gets so badly decayed. And sometimes a tooth may be a perfect tooth, but the gums just get so much inflammation and gum disease, theres nothing else we can do than take the tooth out. What does it feel like to rip it out . Actually, its not like that at all. We just lift it out. It isnt hurting, is it . Youre not just saying that, are you . That will kill any germ. And that goes along with wearing gloves and a mask. These days, in dentistry especially, thats just very, very important. That is one big toothbrush yeah, i made that. My hygienist just finished cleaning a patients teeth, and i need to do the examination now. Patty. Oh, patty. You need to floss. Have you ever worked on an animals teeth . No, ive been tempted from time to time, leave that to the veterinarians. Why dont you give us a kiss . Give us a kiss. Thats why we wear masks. I know you were polishing fillings. Do you buy fillings or do you make them yourself . We kind of buy them ready to be made. Its mixing the mercury and the silver together. When you mix mercury with silver, it becomes very safe what we call inert. Its real soft right now. Its going to harden in about five minutes or so. Ld . Yes, i have used real gold to fill cavities. Mostly i use it to totally cover the teeth, not just fill into it. I learned how to make the gold crowns when i was in dental school. It took a long time to learn. I did enjoy that class. I made bullwinkle here. Wow i kind of like rocky and bullwinkle. Heres rocky. I made him. Its more fun to make these now than the crowns. I think the most important skill is being able to stick with something. Get some cases or youre going to get some classes that you dont like. You just go through, and you just take the attitude like im sticking it out. Im staying with it no matter what. I think, after that, you can be anything you want to be as long as you want to be it bad enough. Stay in school, and go as far as you can. Dr. Tim, we had such a great time learning what its like to be a dentist. Thank you, melody. I enjoyed having you out here. Whats wrong . I think you might want to check with getting braces sometime. Boy this is the story of a boy who didnt talk for a long time. The boy liked things to always be the same. Any changes would scare and upset him. The unknown was an unfriendly place. The boy was very sensitive to lights and sounds. So he built secret hiding places where they couldnt get in. The boy didnt like looking people in the eye. He wasnt trying to be mean, it just made him feel uncomfortable. Sometimes he would flap his arms again and again. Second boy one day, i found out i had something called autism. S i could live with it better. Announcer Early Intervention can make a lifetime of difference. Learn the signs at autismspeaks. Org. So, you want to be a cowboy . How about a cowgirl . Did you know that theres only two kind of cowboys left . Theres the kind that raise cattle on a ranch, and then theres rodeo cowboys. Today were going to meet a reallife rodeo cowboy. In fact, were going to meet a worldchampion bull rider. I guess this is your kitty cat. How you doin, scott . Scott, were you scared the first time you got on one of these guys . A little. How old were you . My first bull, i was 14. 14 years old. Wait, hold on. You didnt just jump onto a bull. You had to start somewhere else, right . When i was about 5 or 6 years old, we grew up on a horse ranch in california. Thing a little smaller than this, but it was fun. How much does the bull weigh . They weigh about 1,500 pounds to 2,000 pounds or anywhere from 700 to 1,000 kilograms. Do you ride horses, as well . I actually use riding horses bareback, lunging them in a circle for an exercise that helps me with my bull riding. What is the difference between riding a bull and riding a horse . A big difference. A horse probably wouldnt try to come after you when you were done riding him like a bull would. More exciting for you the danger element . I think so. There is an adrenaline rush. Anytime youre dealing with animals, youre going to experience that because they are so much bigger and stronger. How many times have you been thrown off . Mendes a lot, but ive developed my skills good enough to ride more than i get thrown off. Thats what makes you a champion. This is actually buckey. Hes a 3yearold gelding. Hes a good, little horse. You mentioned riding bareback on a horse. Does that mean just without a saddle . Exactly. The rodeo, theres so many different angles to it. You have to be in top shape and conduct yourself as a businessman. Are there only rodeos in america . Actually, theyre in other countries. Countries that i know for sure are canada, mexico, brazil, and even australia. Understand you come from a rodeo family. Can you tell us a little about what your family did . I think it originated with my grandfather in the early 40s. He rodeoed with great rodeo legends jim shoulders, casey tibbs. He was a founder to the association i ride for. Back then, they were called the cowboy turtles. They werent riding turtles, were they . No. They were pretty much slow to organize, and they stuck their necks out in doing so. Riding horse and biking and weight lifting. Playing basketball really helps me stay on top of my game. Do you have to be very strong . You have to be able to control and handle your own body weight. And youre physically fit. You keep your air up by jogging. Bull riding is not a physical sport. Probably 80 mental to 20 physical. Do you have any special devices that helps you train for the bullriding competition . I have a bucking simulator. So, you want to be a bull rider . 1888. This is that bucking simulator i was telling you about. This is the rope youre going to use on the bull . Why is this special . It just has a certain tie to it . Yeah. Its got a doublelooped rope this side, you run your loop through. You have an area where you place your rosin. What does the rosin do . Rosin gives the rope a sticky base. Rosin just sticks to the glove. You dont have a saddle when you ride a bull . No saddle. No need. I guess the next step is to get on. Get my protective eyewear on. This is a lefthanded rope, so i guess ive got to use my left hand. Exactly. This is the area that we call the block, where youre gonna put your hand up against tight. You really get tied in there. The reason that we go behind our hand is so that we can create a bind, which will help you from having that rope get jerked out of your hand. Does this hurt the bull at all . No. Its pretty hard to hurt those guys. Do you ever get discouraged when you get bucked off . Mendes its just like life. You got to pick yourself up, be tough, i always see clowns out there. Theyre not out there blowing up balloons, are they . No. Theres actually two types of clown theres a rodeo clown hes a funny guy. Hes out in the barrel like a barrel man. And the bullfighter the cowboy saver hes out there to distract the animal away from the fallen rider. Okay, well, im all strapped in. I guess its time to throw me off. As the bulls front end comes up, you lean forward. Arent you going to hit your face . Yes. Yes. Thats what i said. Angles and physics. Jeez. Exactly right. You got to do your homework. Is school important if you want to be a bull rider . Its very important. I would encourage everybody to stay in school. This is the good body position that you need to be in. Its a lot easier to practice on this ays just reach and arch. They twist and move and all kinds of things. Whoa stop the bull can girls be rodeo riders . They have an association now, the womens professional rodeo association, and they have all of the events that men do. A hangup is when you get stuck on the bull . Exactly. If youve ever seen a rodeo and seen a guy hung up you have to be aware of why its happening, and when it is happening to you, you cant panic. Aaah aaah it is dangerous and scary, but you got to relax. Whoohoo all right were here at the practice facility. Can you run through some of the gear that you use to ride a bull . Do you wear any kind of protective equipment . Yeah, i wear a protective vest, which helps with being hit around with the horns and even getting stepped on, you can feel it. Its not real heavy like it looks. Theres some of the same material in this vest that is in a bulletproof vest. Secondly, what we have here is a pair of rodeo chaps. Gloves. Why do you need gloves . If you were to ride a bull without a glove on, its going to tear the hide off your hand. Thats a real important reason. Secondly, as you can see, this stuff here that looks like tree sap this is called rosin. The sticky stuff is whats going to help the rider hold on. How long does it take you to get ready . I like to give myself anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes. Once ive gotten the equipment ready and the stretching, hey, im ready to ride. I just relax and wait for them to load my bull. What is the biggest crowd youve had to ride in front of . Without a doubt, houston astrodome. They can seat, i think, around 55,000 people. Ive ridden there when its been sold out. A little bit, but i think thats when a guy has to be a champion and use that adrenaline and a little bit of that antsiness towards what hes going to do in the arena. You started riding when you were 4. Did you miss any school because of it . You cant get anything in life by skipping out. Youve got to work hard and be determined and really listen to the adults around you because they love you and they want the best for you. What should i do if i ever want to become a bull rider . Mendes set goals and work hard and find a place you can practice. F you dont live near animals . Mendes its going to be a little bit harder, but one of the things you can do is contact some of the National Junior rodeo or Little Britches rodeos association and find out where theyre holding seminars and or rodeos, and just go and participate. Its going to take some hard work, goalsetting, and determination along with a good education. Make sure you. My bullrididi shades. Wheres the bull . 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Its really a lot of hard work. Man, it hurtrt i think i broke my jaw. Well, you know, jeff. With all the knowledge i gained at the dentists office, i think i may be able to help p u. Really . Because i hold still no, no, no oh, w i love that pcociousnancy drew. Oh, well, hello, there, my little wordsmiths, and welcomee to another exciting edition of fancy book learning. Im your host, nathan wynne, and today we have someone with us from television, from the exciting tv show, so you want a thing, ung. Its melody young, and its so you want to be. Whatever. Now, maloda, wouldnt you agree with me that books feed the soul, whereas television robs the mind . It depends on the show. Take so you want to be. Its a very posititi, educational show. Today im interviewing a park ranger. Jeffrey, this is weird. Uh, yes, i do like chicken. Thank you very much. We hope you had a wonderful time, my name is nathan. 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