Dentistry Diaries

To give back! “And at the end, when he said thank you, Dr. Chen, I said thank you for helping me in the past. I tried to give my best to honor the moment.” I am in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, just finished my lecture for the dentists at the Saudi Arabia Medical Hospital in Riyadh. I’m in the VIP hall at Turkish Airlines, waiting for my flight to Istanbul, and then, from Istanbul, going home. I was just reminding myself of the case we did on Thursday. Dr. A. was one of the mo

“A clinical story told slowly, the same way I’d tell it to a student walking with me in the corridor.” The Art of Implantology Good morning to everyone, I hope you are OK. This is December… not really December, it’s more the end of November, and it’s cold in Lisbon, 10°. And it’s one day before we go to the United States, to New York, to present in the alumni. It’s gonna be a great week, but before we go, I just wanted to share a case with you. It was a full-mouth upper and l

“When life hits you without warning, it’s the memory of your scars that teaches you the right answer.” I never understood why, in some cases, things go wrong for no apparent reason.I mean… you didn’t change, the world didn’t change, you apparently didn’t do anything awkward or wrong, and bang — you’re suddenly hit by a train in flames. Right in your face. That’s life… and that’s dentistry. This Thursday, I found myself not on the railway of the hell train, but in a situation