Brazilian Dentist Attracts International Attention
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Ipanema based orthodontist, Dr. Gustavo Kreuzig Bastos, last week welcomed the first two of a dozen visiting dental students on research trips from the UK. Yusef Gadiwalla and Chirag Patel, both final year students from Kings College London, arrived last Thursday. A research trip abroad is a compulsory part of the dentistry program at Kings College London, one of the UK’s leading dentistry schools. “All undergraduate students are encouraged to take an elective during their final year and partnerships with schools around the world help to facilitate this”, says Professor Stephen Challacombe, Director of External Strategy for the Kings College Dental Institute. Patel and Gadiwalla chose Rio because of its world class...