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Why did you choose this
field of medicine?
I have always been artistic and
at the same time enjoying biol-
ogy and chemistry, and in den-
tistry, this beautifully combines.
I‘m still doing medicine, while
also being able to „improve“ the
patient from an aesthetic point
of view.
Do you remember your
first patient, and what
treatments did you per-
form?
The first patient, of course, was
still at the university during
practice. It was my roommate
and colleague dentist. We start-
ed, as usual, with a preventive
checkup and dental hygiene
instructions. It began to be re-
ally interesting when we were
learning, on each other, how to
give anaesthesia or take blood!
Carolina was a bit scared of the
needles. So the first thing she
has done, she fainted. That was
some adrenaline man!
What do you enjoy most
about your work?
I like the most if a patient who
initially panics in the door
leaves with a smile and says he
would look forward to the next
treatment. Then I say to myself,
that I am in the right place and
my work makes sense. Or, when
I give a mirror to the patient af-
ter his/her treatment to see the
treated tooth, and he or she
cannot find a new filling. I really
enjoy that!
You have a lot of satisfied
patients. How do you try
to be unique in approach
to the patient and dental
care?
I treat patients the way I want
my doctor to treat me. I try to
include the patient in the pro-
cess of creating a treatment
plan, to explain how things
work in the mouth and what
are the advantages and disad-
vantages of the individual treat-
ments. Only the informed pa-
tient is the cooperating patient
and only then the treatment
has long-term durability.
Would you tell us what do
you think are the biggest
challenges in the role of a
dentist or for you person-
ally?
Hm... That‘s a hard question,
maybe keeping a positive mind.
Occupation of a dentist has one
of the highest suicide rates (*NI-
OSH) . It‘s often a fruitless job. I fix
a tooth from one side, the pa-
tient does not clean, and the
tooth is damaged again. And
I keep fixing all over again. On
the other hand, I have patients
who are so energetic and clean
fantastically, that it compen-
sates for all the chronic non-
cleaners :-).
What do you think is the
most interesting thing
about being a dentist?
Probably
everything!
Oth-
erwise, I would not do it!
What is the most impor-
tant advice you would
give our readers?
and follow the recommenda-
tions of your dentist. Use the
recommended aids. Once, I
had a patient who was sorry to
spend money on the interden-
tal brushes so he cleaned the
teeth with the plastic bags left-
overs. And he was terribly sur-
prised that his teeth were black
and corroded. The colleague’s
patient made toothpicks from
a Fairy liquid or the softener
bottles! It is admirable how in-
ventive some patients are!
How do you spend free
time after work and what
do you enjoy doing?
As has already been said, I
am up for any “badness”. I like
adrenaline activities. I am go-
ing to fly in a balloon and in an
aerobatic plane any time soon.
I also started to learn to ride a
horse recently. I really enjoy trav-
elling. I’m also enjoying learning
something new and trying out
new unusual things.
Since we are publishing a
summer magazine issue,
do you have a personal
recipe on how to boost
and wake the body up to
life or detoxify it after win-
ter?
I am not a detox fan so I will not
give sophisticated advice that
I don’t follow myself. For me
personally, a guaranteed awak-
ening is a morning walk with a
dog in Riegerovy sady, where
everything is blooming and
smelling nicely now. Or riding a
horse in the woods.
Clean, Clean, Clean! Attend the
preventive checkups regularly
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