i from Canada and the USA. I read a lot of international publications related to the regulations and normalizations in the dental industry.
LEGEND: How did your grandmother inspire your career and how does her memory drive you today?
LYDIE: Well, I came into this field because of my grandmother. She loved crunchy peanuts, however, because she had only 2 canines left on her upper jaw, I remember seeing her kneeling on the floor, and blending roasted peanuts with our ancestral blender granite stone, to get peanut butter. One day, she begged my dentist sister to make her teeth, so she could enjoy chewing crunchy roasted peanut. My sister responded to her that, my family is sending me to France to learn how to make teeth. On June 27, 1987, we hugged each other so deeply! A year later, I received a phone call in the middle of the night, informing me that she had passed away. I was heartbroken! She was the legacy of our traditional culture; as late African Philosopher Senghor once said: “an old person who dies is a library that burns”. During my summer vacation in 1989, I pledged on her grave that because I wasn’t able to make her teeth as promised, I will make teeth to all people in the world to honor her. This was the starting point of my journey in finding the unique solution to solve missing teeth on earth which becomes my calling! Today, there is My Dental Wig Company, My Dental Wig Foundation with the mission to raise money to provide teeth to people who cannot afford them.
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20 employees and over 100 dentists. Even though my bosses, our dentist’s clients and some of my colleagues said that I was doing a very good job, I knew that I was brilliant and capable of doing more. I found out that working exclusively for dentists limited my potential. During my Masters studies, instead of focusing on the technical aspect, because I was technically talented, I decided to go with the regulation (laws and norms) aspect in the dental industry. I traveled to many countries and had many meeting with other dental lab owners to discuss the laws in their country. I got information
practically eliminates the need for dental implants. A procedure that is both expensive and painful.
We at LEGEND had the honor of interviewing Lydie in this months issue of the LEGEND Men's Magazine. Here is her inspiring interview.
LEGEND: What exactly is a Dental Wig?
LYDIE: Dental Wig is the patented and FDA approved, painless, elegant, long lasting, affordable, and convenient missing teeth replacement alternative to implants and bridges from the comfort of your home, sold exclusively by Dental Wig Company.
Our mission statement is to make premium products accessible to everyone.
Our vision is to solve missing teeth on Earth!
LEGEND: As a patented invention, what were some of the challenges you
experienced to develop your product and put it on the market?
LYDIE: First of all, it’s important to understand that an idea is patentable if and only if it can be translated into an object that can be sold on a big scale. So, I always had this big idea of serving many people with missing teeth.
As a dental technician working exclusively under dentists’ prescriptions, my initial motivation was my will to help more people. I was working in a dental lab with 20 employees and over 100 dentists. Even though my bosses, our dentist’s clients and some of my colleagues said that I was doing a very good job, I knew that I was brilliant and capable of doing more. I found out that working exclusively for dentists limited my potential. During my Master, instead of focusing on the technical aspect, because I was technically talented, I decided to go with the regulation (laws and norms) aspect in the dental industry. I traveled to many countries and had many meeting with other dental lab owners to discuss the laws in their country. I got information from Canada and USA. I read a lot of international publications related to the regulations and normalizations in the dental industry.