Howard sat down with father and son

dentists Dr. Nic van Rheede van Oudtshoorn and Dr. Sybrand vanRheede van Oudtshoorn. Their discussion covered the status ofdentistry in South Africa from water fluoridation, to dentaltechnologies, 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 adental practice in Pietersburg. Elected to the executive committeeof DASA (Dental Association of South Africa), Northern Province in1985, he has since 1987 been President (Chairman) of SADA’s (SouthAfrican Dental Association) Limpopo Branch. Elected to the Board ofDirectors of Limpopo Medi-Clinic in 2002, he still holds theposition, as well as President of South African Academy ofComputerized Dentistry (SAACD). He is also an exco member of theInternational Society of Computerized Dentistry (ISCD). In 2008 heopened a high-tech dental practice, The Dental Studio, equippedwith 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 inDentistry - Oral surgery) in Pretoria and in 2010 obtained a PDD(Postgraduate diploma in Dentistry – Endodontics in Pretoria. Hewas in private practice from 2006 - 2012 in Polokwane and from 2008- 2012 has been an ISCD (certified CEREC trainer).