An interview with Jorge Faber

David NORMANDO, David TURPIN, Frederico SALLES, José Nelson MUCHA, Leopoldino CAPELOZZA FILHO, Telma Martins de ARAÚJO

Normally, we lose ourselves among the many things we have to do. In dentistry, I know few professionals who can skillfully combine scientific research, teaching and clinical activity. Professor Jorge Faber is one of them. In fact, he goes far beyond, gives much of his time to deal with the arduous and delightful task of serving as editor of a journal. In this interview, Faber goes through all these activities he performs easily in face of all his intelligence, perfectionism, creativity and organizational pattern. In statistics, a strange taste I share with him, we would say that Jorge is an outlier, for sure he is not normal and the mouth seems too small for this Brasiliense. One of these days, however, I was surprised when he anticipated a flight to arrive earlier in Brasília— his homeland—in order to study with his daughter. I realized then that Jorge is a caring father, trying to balance the father with the teacher, researcher, publisher, inventor and clinician. There is no social responsibility that does not begin in our own home. Home which he shares with Ana Paula and two children, Pedro and Carolina. Ana Paula, his wife, is Jorge’s multidisciplinary support. They got married and had children still young and the little contact I had with him will not allow me even to imagine the major barriers they faced to form a beautiful family allied to professional careers this successful. This is not all. Jorge, gentle in words and gestures, is a black belt in Karate and, although not so religious, he is a fan of Pope Benedict XVI. In the interview, it is apparent that his great masters now have him as an idol. Those who work with him, also. Those who know him, as well. Of course he has faults. Friends say it would be massive suicide to invite him to play a soccer match, he is really bad on it. He was left then, to study. Jorge, who graduated at University of Brasília (UnB), got his masters degree in orthodontics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, his PhD in biology from the UnB, where he is, now, an adjunct professor. After five years working as the editor-in-chief of the Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, he recently assumed the post of editor-in-chief of the Journal of the World Federation of Orthodontists, after a selection process which involved 18 other teachers around the world—an honor for orthodontics of a third world country. Thankfully, not all good Brazilians become soccer players. For Achilles, the heel, for Jorge, the feet. That’s good. David Normando

How to cite: Faber J. Entrevista. Dental Press J Orthod. 2012 Jan-Feb;17(1):31-43.

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