Manuela Garcês
Dental assistant
I have already done the silver wedding with this clinic
Born in Mozambique, she has always been interested in the health field and works as a dental assistant at Clínica Dr. Pedro Mota for 18 years. Since he already worked with the former owner, in the same role, there are about 12, makes a total 30 years to collaboratein the area of dentistry, in Vila Franca de Xira. When he started, still young, did everything a little in the oldclinic (Clínica medical and dentalCandeias), from cleaning through reception and dental assistance. That’s when he learned a lot of what he knows. And he knows well, because the levels of demand, both in the past and in the present, have always been high, so she is considered a full-fledged professional. She finished high school as a working-student and feels very proud of her achievement. Currently, she is responsible for the receptionists of the clinic and follows the same line of requirement, to which she was accustomed.
I feel like this clinic is a little bit of my own
Since she left the office to devote herself only to the work of a dental assistant, she has received many complaints from patients… because they don’t see her so much anymore! It’s special the affection that patients have for Manuela, because as she says, when you love what you do, it’s easy to “give ourselves” to others. So, whenever he has the opportunity, he goes to the offices to greet the patients and, from time to time, calls to kill the longing. considered the right arm of Dr. Pedro Mota – “and the left, and the hands and legs!” , said by himself – he predisposed himself to supervise the works of the new clinic, and even suggested that they make him a little room, for some emergency. The family, in a way, is also part of the clinic. The daughter, when she was little, did her homework there and the husband is sometimes called to give a hand in some necessary maintenance. Even at the holidays, if you’re nearby, you’ll go for a visit, because the clinic is a little bit yours, it’s a little bit home.
I get emotional with ease
Regarding one of the striking cases that has passed through his hands, a completely toothless patient who resisted implants, Manuela will not forget the day when you finally accepted and, as he was moved by the result, witnessed that he could finally go to a restaurant with his grandchildren, eat burgers without having any problem. What he likes to do outside the professional context, is divided between the clinic and household tasks at home. When he travels, he likes to visit Ferreira do Zêzere, the land of his father. He would like to have time to walk or exercise, but he can’t, because he leaves the house at dawn and enters already in the evening. It is worth saying that if Manuela’s relationship with the clinic were a film, it would certainly be a love story!
