Spotlight
Scottish Dental Awards’ Dentist of the Year Bert Hay of Inspire Dental in Kingussie talks about his artistic side and chilling out in the Cairngorms
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What do you love most about your job? One of the best rewards is the look patients have after treatment – when they smile back at you after years of being self-conscious and covering their mouth. In general I like creating solutions to clinical problems and dreaming up new business ideas, but most of all I just love the banter with patients and my amazing team.
If you weren’t a dentist, what would you be? I love to draw as an escape and the life of an artist has great appeal. I’m a people person though, and find great reward from teaching and motivating others. To encourage confidence in those yet to find their belief in themselves – that would be very fulfilling... a life coach maybe?
Best piece of technology you own (dental or otherwise)? iPhone – for punching in ideas on the go so I don’t wear out my brain trying to remember anything. Love my Kindle Paperwhite too though.
Best piece of advice you’ve ever been given? “When you die that’s it, you die, so do whatever you like.” After he gave up trying to turn me into a game- keeper, my dad inadvertently seeded a deep belief in me, that anything you really want is possible.
On a day off, what would we find you doing out of the surgery? Since becoming considerably less fitness obsessed, on a perfect chill- out day I’ll be making the most of our beautiful Cairngorms, out walking with my other half and our two (highly spoiled) Boxer doggies. Or at home reading with a glass of wine to hand, charcoal drawing or maybe doing a wee song on my guitar. And, dare I say it, life/goal planning (well, that’s just me!).
Who’s your hero (dentistry or otherwise)? I draw inspiration from many, but I have to mention my VT trainer Bill Bennie, as he helped so much to set my path in dentistry. James Goolnik springs to mind as well, and his book “Brush” is excellent. My heroes though – well for providing inspiration and proof that anything is possible, no matter what life throws at you – Stephen Hawking and Nelson Mandela.
If you could relocate your prac- tice to any time or place, where would it be? I love summer in Scotland, but I’d ditch the short winter days here in a second. Everyone says New Zealand is nice, so maybe a second summer Down Under would be cool.
“My dad seeded a deep belief in me that anything you really want is possible”
Favourite film (doesn’t have to relate to dentistry..!) I love film in general, but they are very dependent on my mood at the time. I like most Tarantino flicks. Pulp Fiction and R
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Dogs (great soundtrack) are fantastic, but I think Inglourious Baster
ds is even better. Philadel-
phia is brilliantly moving, while I love a good musical like Moulin R
is amazing on so many levels and I could watch it over and over – that’s my fav!
Favourite tipple of an evening? Love my wine. Crisp white in summer, a full bodied Shiraz (with some cheese) in winter. Never say no to a nice cocktail too, so long as there’s no coke or tequila in it.
Favourite food? I love my grub, but a favourite style is hard for me to pin down. French cuisine is king,
but I also love Indian, Japanese and Thai food. I adore quality sea- food and we’re spoiled for that in Scotland. My food heaven would have to be soft- shell crab. Dee-Lish!
ouge or Les Mis. But, The Matrix
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