Rendi Pfannenstiel

Dr. Rendi Pfannenstiel ni umuganga w'amenyo muri Jordan Valley Health, aho yishimira kuba yita ku barwayi kuva mu 2008. Yahoraga azi ko ashaka gukora mu rwego rw'ubuzima, kandi ubuvuzi bw'amenyo bwamunyuze ku mutima kubera ko busaba cyane gukoresha amaboko. Igihe yari muri kaminuza, Rendi yakoze nk'umukorerabushake muri Ronald McDonald Tooth Truck, maze ni ho yavumbuye ko akunda ubuvuzi bw'amenyo butangirwa mu ivuriro rigendanwa n'ubuzima rusange. Akunda by'umwihariko kuvura abana abasanga aho basanzwe baba. Rendi yabonye impamyabumenyi mu binyabuzima n'ubutabire muri Southwest Missouri State University, mbere yo kubona impamyabumenyi y'ubuganga bwo kuvura no kubaga amenyo (DDS) muri University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry.

Rendi asobanukiwe ko ubuvuzi bw'amenyo bushobora gutera ubwoba abarwayi bamwe, bityo akita kuri buri wese abigiranye ubwitonzi n'impuhwe, agafata n'umwanya wo kubafasha guhangana n'ubwoba ubwo ari bwo bwose bashobora kuba bafite. Ashyiraho umwete kugira ngo abana bishimire igihe baje kwivuza, bityo ntibazigere babona aho bavurira amenyo nk'ahantu hateye ubwoba. Mu gutegura uburyo bwo kuvura, Rendi yirinda ubuvuzi burenze ubukenewe, buri gihe akazirikana ibyifuzo bya buri murwayi kandi akibaza ati: "Ni iki nakwifuza iyo riba ari iryinyo ryanjye cyangwa iry'umwana wanjye?"

Rendi aterwa ishema no gukomeza kwita ku barwayi be binyuze muri gahunda ya Jordan Valley Health y'ubuvuzi bw'amenyo butangirwa mu ivuriro rigendanwa, ageza ubuvuzi bw'amenyo bufite ireme ku babukeneye kurusha abandi, abasanze aho bari.