Alfredo Apip, a master of preventive dentistry

Alfredo Apip

Alfredo Apip, is a dentist from The University of Chile, that has 65 years of practicing the profession.  Of Turkish origin, this man has a romantic story with dentistry, because he studied dentistry thanks to falling in love with a girl that studied the same, he relates that he changed his career for her. 

Alfredo Apip is very important to dentistry because he strongly promotes preventive dentistry, as a dentist It cannot be all about restoring cavities and repairing damage, a true dentist has the capacity of teaching  children so they know what we must do to take care of our oral health, and this prevent diseases that can leave us even without teeth.

Its role in dental school has been very important, he has a CFG of poetry where he teaches students to express themselves, and to have more creativity.

A  typical phrase from teacher Apip is “Preventing is worth one, repair thousands”

Because of this, we the role, as future dentists, of teaching our patients to take care of their mouth and give them as many tools as possible. And not rely only on making money.