Howard sat down with father and son
dentists Dr. Nic van Rheede van Oudtshoorn and Dr. Sybrand van
Rheede van Oudtshoorn. Their discussion covered the status of
dentistry in South Africa from water fluoridation, to dental
technologies, to how apartheid affected the profession.
 
Dr. Nic van Rheede van
Oudtshoorn:
As a Dux student at the University
of Pretoria, he obtained his B.Ch.D in 1977, before starting a
dental practice in Pietersburg. Elected to the executive committee
of DASA (Dental Association of South Africa), Northern Province in
1985, he has since 1987 been President (Chairman) of SADA’s (South
African Dental Association) Limpopo Branch. Elected to the Board of
Directors of Limpopo Medi-Clinic in 2002, he still holds the
position, as well as President of South African Academy of
Computerized Dentistry (SAACD). He is also an exco member of the
International Society of Computerized Dentistry (ISCD). In 2008 he
opened a high-tech dental practice, The Dental Studio, equipped
with lecturing and training facilities.
 
Dr. Sybrand van Rheede van
Oudtshoorn:
In 2000, he obtained his B.Sc
(Psychology and Physiology) Stellenbosch and BDS (MEDUNSA) in 2005.
In 2008, Sybrand did his DipOdont (Postgraduate diploma in
Dentistry - Oral surgery) in Pretoria and in 2010 obtained a PDD
(Postgraduate diploma in Dentistry – Endodontics in Pretoria. He
was in private practice from 2006 - 2012 in Polokwane and from 2008
- 2012 has been an ISCD (certified CEREC trainer).
 
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