Help for motivation letter for PhD in Oral Sciences in Germany

I have written a motivation letter for PhD in Oral Sciences for Germany. I want suggestions for improvement in this letter.

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Respected Sir / Madam,
I am very happy to be awarded an opportunity to apply for PhD programme in Oral Sciences at Ludwig’s Maximillian University, Munich, Germany.
I hope that in this motivation letter, I can express my genuine interest in the field of Oral Sciences and prove that PhD in Oral Sciences will help me to further shape and strengthen my research skills, and thus will be helpful in shaping my career as an oral health researcher.
I was privileged to be born in a family of two doctors – mother gynecologist and father general physician. So, from the very young age I perceived healthcare as a noble profession, and had no doubts about my future career in medicine. I also feel privileged to the fact that my parents, especially my mother had instilled the habit of community service which taught me humility and empathy towards the people, especially among the poors.
Being about ten years old, I noticed how much pain and suffering gum diseases caused to my grandmother and decided that it was my obligation to help her. Since that time, I made my final choice about the area I want to work in future. This episode had played a vital role in choosing a career in dentistry.
My graduate training was from a dental school which was situated in a rural area of northern part of India, where illiteracy, poverty and social inequalities were rampant. During my graduate training, I realized that tooth decay and periodontal problems were the most common problems among the patients, and majority of the patients were undergone dental restorations, root canal treatment and periodontal treatment. But, this was also a fact that those patients who were not able to afford restorations, root canal treatment undergone extraction. I was really amazed by the shear variety of cases in these two departments in my dental college and this gave me an incredible opportunity to gain practical experience in these two departments. Due to this, I developed special interest for conservative dentistry and endodontics, and periodontology.
But, one question always triggered to my mind that when we were treating so many patients every day, then why the number of patients were still increasing in these departments. At that time, I realized that dental diseases is a public health problem, and are rampant in India.
I also realized that majority of the dental diseases are dependent upon the life-style of the people and is dependent upon the behaviour the person.
During that time, I also feel that treating patients on individual basis was not the right approach. Instead of that, we must find a strategy by which we can modify or change the behavior of the people on a mass scale to prevent dental diseases.
I was confused at that time that how this can be achieved and what set of skills I should have, so as to reduce the burden of oral diseases in my community.
I discussed this matter with many professors and academicians. They advised me that if I really want to make a difference in the society in terms of reducing oral diseases, I should opt for dental public health for my post-graduate dental training.
I was really in a dilemma at that time. I thought that on one side, I had great interest in endodontics and periodontology and want to pursue my further training either of these branches,but on the other side, there was branch of dentistry in which I had very less experience.
I thought if I really want to make a difference in peoples’ life, I should opt for dental public health for further training.
So, after much deliberate thought process, I made up my mind to pursuemy post-graduate dental training in dental public health because I believe that it was the only way by which I can achieve my goal and was able reduce the burden of oral diseases on a mass scale.
During my three years of post-graduate training in dental public health, I realized the importance of this branch in developing my skills, especially the research skills. I used to work in community dental clinic which was run by my department and treated patients on regular basis at this clinic. I also completed two short term studies and a thesis during my post-graduate training.
My first research project was a cross-sectional study, in which I had to find out the prevalence of dental caries in children aged 6-8 years old, in government schools of a small area where mycollege was situated. First time, I experienced the real life problems associated with data collection and the importance of meticulous planning in research. I also realized the importance of good communication skills during this project.
My second research was in-vitro study in which I had to evaluate the antimicrobial effectiveness of chlorhexidine and Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) powder, an Indian medicinal herb. In this project, I learnt about the importance of inter-departmental coordination in completing a research project.
After having experience of two small research projects, I started working on my thesis in which I had to find oral health status and treatment needs among sugar factory workers in the sugar city of South India. I firmly believe that the previous experience of two research projects helped me a lot in completing this project on time.
Although, our department was involved in many other oral health research projects like in endodontics and periodontology. But, I felt that there was lack of inter-departmental coordination and because of this, our research standards were not matched international standards.
During this time, I was also interested to pursue research in other fields of dentistry like endodontics and periodontology and want to use my research skills in those branches.
I firmly believe that those three years of post-graduate training has helped me to develop my critical thinking skills and helped me to become better researcher in my field.
I also realized that training in the general principles of public health is very important to gain wider knowledge ofpublic health including dental public health. This motivated me to pursue one more master’s in general public health. But, I found that public health training is in nascent stages in India and I have to go outside India to pursue my training in public health.
So, after completing my post-graduate training in dental public health, I started working as senior lecturer in the department of dental public health in a dental school. In the meantime, I also started searching for a country from where I can get excellent training in public health.
I found that European countries have one of the best public health training institutes in the world and decided to choose University of Birmingham, United Kingdom to pursue my Master of Public Health (MPH) degree.
I believe that this was one of the best decisions of my life. The practical nature of the training such as group discussions, assignments and STATA sessions helped me immensely to further develop my critical thinking skills and broaden my knowledge regarding general principles of public health. It also gave me a chance to understand how the principles of principles of public health can be applied to dental public health.
I firmly believe that MPH experience from University of Birmingham made me now a better dental public health researcher as well as practitioner. I also realized the differences in the research patterns of UK and India.
During my MPH tenure in UK, I also got a chance to meet manyPhD students from College of Medical and Dental Sciences at University of Birmingham. The project regarding the increase of life expectancy up to ten years in cases of breast cancer drug excited me a lot and motivated me to pursue to PhD inoral sciences.
I also discussed this matter with my thesis supervisor, Miranda Pallan and she also advised me to pursue PhD in oral healthsciences.
After completing MPH, I came back to India and again started working as a senior lecturer in dental public health, andstarted searching for a country who had great reputation in the field of oral health research to pursue PhD.
I found that German universities had great reputation in the field of oral sciences and decided to pursue PhD from a German university. After searching on internet and discussions with friends and professors, I decided to pursue my PhD from Ludwig-Maximilians University at Munich.
I found that PhD programme in Oral Sciences at LMU is one of the best programme in Europe. The research facilities at the dental school of LMU is world class and thestructured and interdisciplinary nature of the programme, among different departments like conservative, prosthodontic, orthodontic, paediatric dentistry and oral-maxillo-facial surgery has motivated me to apply for this programme. Also, the faculties at the dental school of LMU are world famous and are experts in their respected fields.
I do hope that my academic background and personal characteristics as well as my aspirations will be of interest to the Selection Committee when selecting candidates for PhD in Oral Sciences at LMU.

Yours faithfully,
Bhaskar Gupta