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Grace Gutierrez Alcantara R. N., D. M. D.

Philippine
amputationappendectomyassisting the doctors during their roundsassisting the doctors in the surgical procedures like debridementdeliveries etc.denturesfixed bridgesGeneral dental procedures such as extractionnursing dutiesrestorations or fillingungeictomy

I’m Grace G. Alcantara, 49 years old,separated, with a 22 years old son now living in San Francisco U. S. A. I’m a dentist and a nurse by profession and now presently working as a dentist in a government hospital here in the Philippines. Where I also worked as a psychiatric nurse for more than 10 years before I transfered to the dental service where I am in a Dentist II position. I am working in National Center for Mental Health a government and a national hospital for phychiatrict patients with 2000 bed capacity. As a dentist, I see to it that we take care of the oral health of our psychiatric patients by giving them oral prophylaxis  restorations, gum treatment and dental education. I was also a licensed nurse and was assigned at the surgery ward of the hospital infirmary taking care of the surgically compromised psychiatric patients. Where we have orthopedic, surgical treatment such as appendectomy, cesarean section, normal spontaneous deliveries, amputations, etc. I was also assigned to the different wards in the same hospital such as the medical, emergency and icu ward.

Education

June 1985 to June 1991 Doctor of Dental Medicine at Centro Escolar University
June 2003 to June 2005 Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Dr. Carlos S. Lanting College