Dr. Victoria Rose Veytsman trained as an artist before becoming a cosmetic dentist, seeing smile design as a canvas where her creative skills meet healthcare. She describes the work as deeply rewarding, watching patients' lives transform through their new smiles, and credits staying open to uncertainty for leading her to this unexpected career path.
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Cosmetic dentistry was just the perfect blend of those two disciplines, the art and the science. That is a great question. I think that I've always wanted to be in the healthcare field. I always wanted to be part of people's health journeys, and that naturally led me to obviously dental school. But I think a big part of it was I went to art school growing up. I'm an artist at heart. I think I have a very creative side, and cosmetic dentistry was just the perfect blend of those two disciplines, the art and the science. And then seeing people through these transformations and seeing how their lives change has been super fascinating and super rewarding. And starting out, I don't know that cosmetic dentistry was my primary goal or choice, but it's just a testament to show you that every step you take, the next few steps just become clearer. It's often difficult, if not impossible, to know what your journey will look like. So I think it's really important to be open to possibilities and I really believe that all the possibilities exist in the unknown and the uncertainty. So it's okay to get started and not really know fully exactly where you'll land, but really just make the next step.