The practical component, allowed scholars to practice on dummy’s before performing treatment procedures on actual people and this gave us an opportunity to educate others on the importance of oral hygiene to ones health. Other than completed treatments, there was always a joy in witnessing a person smile, after having a filling, the senior citizens looking younger with their newly made dentures, and a child laughing and smiling with his perfectly aligned teeth after years of braces. Dentistry isn’t just about extraction but also about restoration. Learning was not always confined to the borders of the University rather it extended into the public hospitals and health centres, where students were allowed to do attachments. On occasions, there would be opportunities to go to rural areas for dental outreach. This all contributed to the professional development of a student. However, the focus wasn’t always ones teeth because we were taught to ‘Treat the person and not the teeth’.