VLOG | Day in the Life of an Oral Surgery Resident - TMJ Surgeries

Welcome back to my channel! In this latest VLOG I take you along with me on a day of TMJ surgeries. I hope you enjoy and thank you so much for watching! Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe to my channel to stay up to date with the latest content. Hit the bell icon to be notified when my videos are posted.
This video is in no way supported by my institution or employer. Each hospital has different set up that may not be the same as my own hospital. This video is merely intended to show an example of a day in my life on pediatric anesthesia rotation. No duty hour violations were made in the making of this video. For patient safety and HIPAA regulations, no patient procedures or information was used or filmed in this video.
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Some of you may know me by my Instagram handle @Fifteenblades. My name is Dr. Rola Rabah. I am an Oral & maxillofacial resident completing my 6-year residency to become a dual MD DDS degree Oral surgeon. Follow my channel for videos covering a variety of topics including residency, fashion, and health.

[@kakarikiIck]

Your back! I’ve missed your videos. Thanks for you great content and this upload.

[@moonlightsky3928]

girl I love you videos, please do more vlogs of your day and what u do on different days. I'm in my forth year of dental school and im planning to do OMFS your videos are great and they give me and a lot of those people who want to pursue this path really good insight of how our days might be. so thank you for extra time you take to vlog 💓

[@mashael6756]

ربي يوفقك دكتورة بحب تابعك وافرح لنجاحاتك بنتمنى بشوفك بيوم ☺️💗💗💗 طالبه طب اسنان وبحلم كون متلك جراحة

[@jeanineperez9119]

Yay!! Your back! Thanks for the great video. I had my third double jaw surgery in April ( first 2 were over 30 years ago) and have been having a hard time opening so I recently had a lavage to try to get the joint moving. Didn't really help so I'll probably need a lil more invasive surgery like the one you described with the camera. PT is helping but can't get the joint from deflecting to the left. Thank you for all you amazing OMFS do!! :)

[@amplemedicallectures]

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[@hawkfishandy7584]

I had a total tmj joint replacement at Mass General a few years ago. It’s cool hearing about it from a different perspective!

[@krishnabhagat1769]

Welcome back I genuinely missed your medical vlogs. So good to see you👍🙏 Keep making vlogs more or less but just don't vanish for such a long time😊

[@ginnichadha2030]

Ma'am please keep us updated....it motivates me alot....I also want to do my pg in omfs ...love from India

[@Sunitxalxo-32]

Good luck! You are awesome. I hope I can become an TMJ surgeon like you one day :)

[@rachelbaker3882]

I love your stuff. You always talk about how great surgery is. What about the hard cases that might not make it? Losing patients. Do you experience this a lot and how do you deal? thank you!!

[@DonzellLampkins]

Generally speaking, OMFS has a low mortality rate. Also, Job satisfaction is high amongst OMF surgeons. In one survey, approximately 84% reported satisfaction with their career and 77% reported they would choose a career in OMFS again.

[@Nicholas-ze5vv]

@@DonzellLampkins Which is kind of crazy considering almost 50%-75% of students switch their intended specialty in medical school, and OMF surgeons don't usually have that same ability, particularly when taking the sole dental degree route.

[@mikespazz]

Thank you for helping people. People like me need people like you.

[@esha6605]

Lots of love from a fellow Maxillofacial resident of India.Yes Tmj is fun!! Best of luck for your gap arthoplasty and arthocentesis !!

[@a.s.a6614]

you are amazing, i think your team is grateful that you are with them

[@morrislevine9591]

I have TMj and had surgery for TMJ 8 surgeries and it didn't work

[@hala6456]

Question : as a resident do you study or that is just practical thing . Also do you get paid ?

[@danielahaight3383]

My mom was diagnosed with tmq disorder years ago. We live in the Seattle area and have been looking into getting surgery because its debilitating her everyday life. We havnt found any surgeon that would take her case. Do you have any recommendations on how to go about finding doctors in other states? They are trying to sell her into getting these mouth guards that are in the thousands of dollars. Anyone who knows that when you are dealing with a debilitating disease you would do anything. But, im not convinced a mouth guard will do anything that will help. We have already tried other ones. Any info would be appreciated. 🙏

[@CandyisAwesome86]

Dr. Rabah! I hope you will be back to posting more content again. I wish you could do a TMJ surgery for me. Mine is getting so bad. Lol.

[@xy6465]

Welcome back! You are so inspirational my last year of my Master programm started too wish you luck

[@norwoodtiffany]

Yay your back, so good to see you!

[@davis07ful]

I’d love to assist you Dr 🥰 your patients are very lucky

[@sriharilakshmirathi6215]

Oh my gosh !! Your back .. thank you for posting a video!! Much love ❤️

[@najlabasheer2]

U just look like Amelia in Grey's anatomy 😅

[@ryana8232]

Why aren’t you allowed to show all the surgery real time or atleast recorded without mentioning patient face or name this is more knowledgeable and really needed for students in most remote and underserved countries ….

[@DonzellLampkins]

It goes against HIPPA guidelines + patients must consent prior to any video being posted. And her institution would need to approve, too. It’s a blessing that her hospital approved her vlogging all that she has already. Many hospitals would not approve.

[@delaney6904]

I loved this!! Thank you for posting! You’re an inspiration.

[@JillKmusic]

Thank you for sharing. I had to give up my promising singing career because of TMJ problems and after patiently waiting through several years of splints that didn’t work, I am finally looking at getting my damaged discs replaced with fat grafts. Dr. Robah, I am having a hard time finding any videos or animations of how exactly this fat graft surgery works. I would really appreciate if you made one. Thank you.

[@samskidaddle5699]

How many hours of lectures is in residency ? Is it like undergrad where there is 250 slides of bs material again?

[@WesTheGreat]

Amazing video

[@marimbn2967]

you inspire me WOMAN💪 and I found your channel exactly when i needed a sign in my career path more than ever💫

[@emmabarber680]

So happy you’re back!! I love your videos, keep being awesome :)

[@anthony64632]

Have you reached the finals ? I like watching your KZbin as you are an amazing person

[@jalakamanusha542]

Hi mam how about oral medicine and radiology in boston.. I have completed my MDS in the aboumve mentioned dept in India..

[@eatmintsblowdro24]

I'm having problems with my jaw locking closed. Most of the time it only lasts about 20-30 mins but it's super scary. I'm supposed to be seeing an oral surgeon on the 29th so hopefully they can help me out. Do you have any tips? I'm really nervous about finding the right people to help me

[@annaeinfeld7283]

I have to have jaw surgery and get my tmj joints out back in place since they are both dislocated

[@mostafatarek5771]

Dear doctor love you. You look like my dream girl. I am from Dhaka Bangladesh.

[@faline1273]

so beautiful

[@mohammad_irfanekbal27]

After so long time ❤️

[@indranilthedentist]

As a dentist I dream of doing these surgeries one day ❤

[@emeksb4823]

Nice Dr

[@Nicholas-ze5vv]

I need some advice. I'm a 20 y/o who chose a different career path before realizing this is what I wanted to do. I haven't felt passion for a career quite this strong before. I wouldn't consider myself especially smart in most ways, but I've proven to myself that I can work hard. I have specifically wanted to get an M.D./D.D.S. dual for a while now, but haven't even taken the SAT yet. Realistically, it feels too late to decide to become an OMFS, and I don't even know where to start; I don't want to give up on it though. But, 3 years out of high school, I don't even know how to take my first step.

[@bruhhmomentumm]

Unless you're ~50+, it's never too late. There's plenty of people starting dental school at age 30. I even know a resident at a 6 year OMFS program (the MD/DDS) who started at 31. He'll be 37 by the time he's done.

[@ziliyahw2272]

what did you major in undergrad? ;)

[@des4993]

thanks for the new video! A bit unrelated and not sure if you answered, but did you have time to practice as a dentist while in medical school?

[@Ayla40902]

Is she a dentist or what? Extremely confused if she is dentist then why is she always doing surgeries?

[@bluethunder9102]

Dentist do surgery for example wisdom teeth, implants, gum resections etc. Their degree is literally DDS doctor of dental surgery or DMD. However, she is a dual degree trained oral surgeon so she is kind of a mix of a physician and dentist even though some oral surgeons only have a dental degree

[@drkartiksinghrana]

Missseeeeedddd youuuu alottt plssss dont stop uploading vlogssssss plsssss kindly

[@A-List-Avenue.]

Post more videos please 🙏🙏

[@manzoorvlog1045]

Tell me about anesthesia tec job in ur country please .

[@yanapin7106]

Super cool! I’m having a bilateral tmj replacement

[@healthone3120]

In enjoy your videos. Thank you for shared your journey.

[@shree7098]

Yayyy you are finally back... waited for you along time

[@LieingCostsYourSoulTellElders]

All rules are flying out the window

[@mehak8827]

Argh . Thought i could see the surgery

[@mehak8827]

Thought i could see the surgery :/

[@Dr.NadimHaiderShawon]

Have been waiting for your video for a year

[@annika9146]

you give me cheerful meredith grey vibes sometimes

[@devendrashimpi8671]

You are soooo much beautiful ❤️😭

[@francinebrundage8173]

you inspred to persue a pathway to omfs

[@cedesday8859]

Finally back yay!!! Day in the life vlog 🤞🏾

[@ahmadsalim2024]

Where are you from doctor?

[@AjanaeP]

I miss your videos.

[@RashidKhan-vh9pc]

We want more vlogs like this

[@harkiratcheema]

You are always so positive and inspiring

[@successadeniji2270]

Missed your videos so badly

[@apexkilla]

How are you not exhausted carrying around those giant bags under your eyes all day?

[@marioalmaraz1721]

More videos please!!!

[@natalietran1997]

Số beautiful

[@padambala]

you are really inspiring👍👍

[@hibaalsiyabi7098]

Yayyyy a new video finally ✨

[@jill9405]

Glad you're back!!

[@airraidband]

Glad you’re back!

[@danywael1288]

Hello nice back

[@David-nu8gx]

❤

[@krysiakeefe6014]

Gg

[@mrsNetty34]

Cool video

[@missliz85]

🤍 🏥

[@zainabalii5623]

Are you Arbic

[@queensc9325]

She is Persian.

[@tichtran664]

No she said she was born in Syria. Her family came from Syria. So yes she is Arab. At least culturally.

[@jahangiranwar3525]

Where were you for so long baby?

[@DonzellLampkins]

With her husband enjoying life 😅

[@xcalabur18]

No offense, but any physician- much less, a resident- who introduces themselves on a YT video as 'Dr.' has a superiority complex. Just my opinion.

[@bookmaniac7992]

If someone calling themselves doctor makes you feel inferior, I think you have to look inward.

[@xcalabur18]

@@bookmaniac7992 haha yeah. Ok.

[@Nitbreaout]

Huge nose! Might I suggest nose surgery? It’s so distracting

[@bookmaniac7992]

If her nose distracts you, don't watch then. Such a shameful comment

[@nmr3647]

Tell that demon inside of you to be quiet. Making you into be a horrible human. God bless you.

[@anothergoldilocks1077]

I received a 6.5 hour long left side TMJ Replacement in 2017. I had severe bleeding during surgery which was finally stopped by applying pressure. However, while attempting to stop the uncontrollable bleeding the Vegus Nerve was pressed putting me into cardiac arrest x 2. The attending Physician was a lady, the head of the OMFS School at the State’s # 1 teaching medical school, who told me there were 6 Anesthesiologists assembled as my surgery progressed. Note: After that surgery I was diagnosed with a bleeding diathesis, which I was born with, and which is now treated by giving me “Factor” in my IV before, during and, if necessary afterwards. 🫤