b'ABP Diplomate InterviewThe American Board of Periodontology is pleased to introduce a new periodic feature in conjunction with Periospectives. From time to time, the Board will feature an interview with a Diplomate toArthur M. Yagudayev, DDS, MSDprovide insights into the path to board certification and how board certification influences a periodontal practice. Our first interview features Arthur M. Yagudayev, DDS, MSD, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, who was board certified in 2019. I met my wife at the dental school. Tell us about your life before dental schoolShe became an orthodontist. She I was raised in a medical family, and I did not think of any other career than something in medicine. In Moscow, where I grew up, there areis a third-generation dentist and four medical schools. One of the schools had a yearlong, free of charge, course for high school students interested in medicine, runalways wanted to be one. Because by medical school faculty and students. As a student, you would have to choose what medical specialty you were interested in and attendof immigration regulations, I had classes pertaining to that specialty. You would go to hospitals, ERs, anatomy labs, physiology coursesall super exciting things for a kid. Ito leave her in Russia for almost wanted to go into Pediatric Maxillo-Facial Surgery, but they didnt have it. I was surprised to find out that I must go to dental school insteadseven years before she was able to of a medical school to learn the profession. I was even more surprisedjoin me in America. that in the second year of dental school, they started teaching us how to prep teeth for fillings. I remember coming home saying that it was a mistake, I dont want to do fillings, I want to do surgeries.AAP Periospectives| 42'