An interview with Lincoln Issamu Nojima

Abstract

Those who do not know Lincoln Issamu Nojima may have the impression that he is a sedate professor of Orthodontics. However, this great professional has struggled and endured a difficult journey to become the orthodontist that he is today. In the beginning of his career, as he had no dependable advisor, he attended several short-duration courses. He took his first course on typodont in 1989. However, unsatisfied with his learning up to that time, he sought to improve his education by taking other courses to achieve the goal of being a good orthodontist. He even took a course at the Tweed Foundation in 1994. Until one day, his friend Geraldo Queiroz suggested that he should take the Orthodontics course at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), which he did. He went on to take a Master'