Hi everyone!
I'm very excited today because about a week ago I have to read the tesis of an incredible (and not very famous) chilean man called Waldo Vila. Who the hell is he? You'll ask; well, Waldo was a dental surgeon and a painter born in 1894. He was known mostly as an artist, member of the Bellas Artes Academy, but he also was passionate about the dentistry, career that he studied at the University of Chile, place where he graduated with the investigation of "Dentistry and its social significance".
Although that he is not alive or made substantial changes in dentistry, I feel that I admire him because he thought beyond of its time. He though that promotion and prevention of oral health cavity was as important as treatment that we can provide. Also he gives a great importance to dental care for workers, prisioners, children and the lower classes in general because they were the ones who were always marginalized. Additionally, strongly he criticized students of the faculty of dentistry for the minimum motivation for work (prevention, promotion and restoration of health) outside their academic schedule, for the love for the profession and altruism (he said that in the career, egotism prevails).
All these points are very interesting for me, considering that his thesis was written on 1922 and many of the situations described still occur.
Well, if you have the opportunity to read his thesis, I recommend a lot, you will see a lot of passion in his words.
So that's all!! See you next week :)
All these points are very interesting for me, considering that his thesis was written on 1922 and many of the situations described still occur.
Well, if you have the opportunity to read his thesis, I recommend a lot, you will see a lot of passion in his words.
So that's all!! See you next week :)
Thank you, now I am very interested to read his thesis and his work.
ResponderEliminarI also read the thesis Waldo Vila and found it very interesting! It is recommended for all people studying dentistry jaja
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