Dr Robert Nedelcu Dr Robert Nedelcu is looking forward to getting to know the WA dental community after making the move from Sweden last year and accepting a position as a Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at UWA Dental School. Like many in the profession, Dr Robert Nedelcu’s early interest in dentistry stemmed from admiration of his own dentist. “When I was six- or seven-years-old, I was riding on my bicycle and I had quite a bad fall and hit my mouth and teeth,” he recalls. “My dentist was very kind. She was extremely empathetic and understanding and she turned the incident into something less traumatic.” Later, while in high school, a techsavvy Robert spent some time helping a dentist (who was a colleague of Robert’s father) with his computers. “I worked there (at the practice) in the summer, and I got to see the other side of dentistry almost as a fly on the wall,” he says. “I saw the interaction between patients and the dentists, the nurses and reception, and I enjoyed it; it was a great experience. “I think I disappointed my father, who comes from a long line of engineers. Everyone thought I would go into computer science. I chose dentistry because it felt right. I knew I wanted to
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