Oral Health and Dental Management

Entrepreneurship in dentistry

11^th Asia Pacific Congress on Dental and Oral Health

July 25-27, 2016 Bangkok, Thailand

Billy Choong Bing Liang

International Medical University, Malaysia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Entrepreneurship is not a job. It is a spirit that drives us to overcome our limits. And, entrepreneurship can only be maintained with passion. We study dentistry because we want to be a dentist. However, as we go through the years in dental university, very often we find that the life of a dentist is not the same as what we thought it would be. Then, some decide to leave the school, some dropped out, but most of us carry ourselves through the course despite the uncertainties. When we finally completed our degree, we face the biggest question in our life: �??What now?�?� I was lucky that I�??ve been mentored actively by multiple world-class international mentors from various faculties (dentistry, business, finance, procurement, marketing, IT and public relation) since I was in my 3rd year of dental school. Those mentors include Dr. Peter Tay (Singapore), Mr. Bernhard Schutte (Chairman of EBM group), Tan Sri Rainer Althoff (Independent Director of Top Glove) and Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz (Chairman of AirAsia X). They helped me to define my passions and incorporate them into dentistry. As a younger person in the dental industry, I would like to encourage the young generation to find their initial entrepreneurial passion, and incorporate that in their daily life as a dentist or dental student. Because I believe, we are the future of the industry.

Biography :

Email: billy@dentalspecialist.my