{"id":21896,"date":"2023-08-14T16:41:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/team\/manuela-garces\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:44:42","slug":"manuela-garces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/team\/manuela-garces\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuela Garc\u00eas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21896\" class=\"elementor elementor-21896 elementor-2587\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adc95fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"adc95fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6182cc3\" data-id=\"6182cc3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4f8f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d4f8f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MANUELABERTOLO_PERFIL.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21284\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MANUELABERTOLO_PERFIL.webp 400w, https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MANUELABERTOLO_PERFIL-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MANUELABERTOLO_PERFIL-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34df821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34df821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Manuela Garc\u00eas<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914811f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"914811f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dental assistant<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1423b1\" data-id=\"d1423b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cbbc97 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"4cbbc97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tI have already done the silver wedding with this clinic \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-974e701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"974e701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" lang=\"PT-PT\" xml:lang=\"PT-PT\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Born in Mozambique, she has always been interested in the health field and works as a dental assistant at Cl\u00ednica Dr. Pedro Mota for 18 years. Since he already worked with the former owner, in the same role, there are about 12<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">,  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">makes a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">total 30 years<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\"> to collaborate<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">in the area of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\"> dentistry<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\"> in Vila Franca de Xira. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">When he started,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\"> still young,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\"> did everything a little <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">in the old<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">clinic<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\"> (Cl\u00ednica<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\"> medical and dental<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">Candeias<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">, from cleaning through reception and dental assistance. That\u2019s when he learned <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">a lot of what he knows. And he knows well, because the  <\/span>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. <\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW132023449 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":276}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b6a3ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b6a3ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8883d39\" data-id=\"8883d39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f5f50 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"45f5f50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tI feel like this clinic is a little bit of my own \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75fbb77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75fbb77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232200004 BCX0\" lang=\"PT-PT\" xml:lang=\"PT-PT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232200004 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">Since she left the office to devote herself only to the work of a dental assistant, she has received many complaints from patients&#8230; because they don\u2019t see her so much anymore! It\u2019s special the affection that patients have for Manuela, because as she says, when you love what you do, it\u2019s easy to &#8220;give ourselves&#8221; to others. So,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232200004 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">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 &#8211; &#8220;and the left, and the hands and legs!&#8221; , said by himself &#8211; 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<\/span>, if you\u2019re nearby, you\u2019ll go for a visit, because the clinic is a little bit yours, it\u2019s a little bit home.<\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW232200004 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":276}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f33b8e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f33b8e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de45bbc\" data-id=\"de45bbc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6853ac8 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"6853ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tI get emotional with ease \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d28f3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d28f3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW112762110 BCX0\" lang=\"PT-PT\" xml:lang=\"PT-PT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112762110 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">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.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112762110 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\"> What he likes to do outside the professional context, is divided between the clinic and household tasks<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112762110 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"normal\">at home. When he travels, he likes to visit Ferreira do Z\u00eazere, the land of his father. He would like to have time to walk or exercise, but he can\u2019t, because he leaves the house at dawn and enters already in the evening. It is worth saying that if Manuela\u2019s relationship with the clinic were a film, it would certainly be a love story!<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW112762110 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":276}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d07d17e\" data-id=\"d07d17e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f49bc1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f49bc1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manuela-rececao.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21894\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manuela-rececao.webp 800w, https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manuela-rececao-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manuela-rececao-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuela Garc\u00eas 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 Cl\u00ednica Dr. Pedro Mota for 18 years. Since he already worked with the former owner, in the same role, there are about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21895,"parent":21289,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21896","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21902,"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21896\/revisions\/21902"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aclinicadrpedromota.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}