[Entrevista com] José Scarso Filho

Era abril de 1996, na cidade de Campinas, em Sao Paulo. Dizia-se que aquele era o primeiro curso de especializacao em Implantodontia do Brasil u na epoca, coordenado pelos Profs. Vicente de Souza Pinto e Carlos Alberto Dotto. A turma estava repleta de colegas dos quatro cantos do pais, todos radiantes com a oportunidade de termos sido aprovados em uma selecao com mais de 80 candidatos para 12 vagas. Tinhamos um objetivo comum: desvendaros misterios da nova especialidade que ora se apresentava. Viviamos em um tempo no qual a cirurgia, em osseointegracao, ainda nao conhecia os principios do planejamento protetico, e o aumento osseo alveolar era um procedimento distante. A literatura sobre o assunto, ainda com caracteristica embrionaria e incipiente, forcava-nos a conceber o manual Clinical decision making and treatment planning in osseointegration (Engelman MJ, 1996) comoaebest-sellerAE internacional. Esse grupo tinha um colega especial: Jose Scarso Filho. Especial,porque ele era especial: discreto e educado, parecia entender a ansiedade e as insegurancas dos companheiros. Era jovem mas comportava-se como uma pessoa vivida. Preferia nao estar em evidencia u por timidez, talvez u, mas nao conseguia. Tinha carisma, inteligencia e uma habilidade manual descomunal. Era um cirurgiao bucomaxilofacial refinado e experiente, mas gostava de conversar sobre resinas compostas e preparos proteticos. Nao podia ver instrumentais cirurgicos de qualidade, e nao fazia contas nem economia ao adquiri-los. Na verdade, nao podia ver nada bom que, imediatamente, queria usar, fosse na fotografia, informatica ou na Odontologia. Tinha sede de conhecimento e parecia nao ter limite em oquerer aprendero. Autodidata, parecia humildemente otudo sabero. O resultado foi que, em bem...(AU) April, 1996, Campinas, Sao Paulo. The first specialization course on Implantodontics tookplace in Brazil under the coordination of Profs. Vicente de Souza and Carlos Alberto Dotto.The class was made up of students coming from all over the country, all of which were over joyed for being approved in a selection process involving more than 80 applicants applying for 12 vacancies. All of us shared a common objective: Solve the mysteries of the new specialty. At that time, osseointegration surgery had not met the principles of prosthetic planning, and alveolar bone augmentation was a remote procedure. The literature was germinal and incipient, forcing us to conceive the oClinical decision making and treatment planning in osseointegrationo(Engelman MJ, 1996) as the international best-seller. This group had a special guest: Jose Scarso Filho. And he was indeed special: discreet and polite, he seemed to understand the feelings of anxiety and insecurity shared by his colleagues. He was young, but behavedas an experienced man. He would rather not be in the spotlight, perhaps for being shy, buthe could not help it. He was charismatic and intelligent, and had extraordinary manual dexterity.At that time, he was an accurate and experienced oral and maxillofacial surgeon whoenjoyed talking about composite resin and prosthetic preparation. He was eager to acquirehigh-quality surgical instruments and made no savings when doing so. In fact, as soon as hewas introduced to an innovation, be it in photography, information technology or Dentistry,he was keen to use it. He had a thirst for knowledge and had no limits in learning. A selftaughtperson, he humbly seemed to know everything. The end result was that, in no time, he...(AU)