Nicola and Tatiana
“For us, the human being comes first,” reads the website of
Linea. “We offer a friendly environment where people can walk in, have a
consultation, be well-treated and get detailed aftercare. That is the key,”
explains Italian Nicola Porro, who, together with Russian dentist Tatiana
Melnichenko, runs Linea, Auroville’s second dental clinic-cum-laboratory, in
the former Aurelec premises.
Linea has a long history. In 1991 Nicola, then a fledgling
Newcomer from Italy with a degree as a dental technician, started Auroville’s
first dental laboratory as part of the Auroville Dental Centre. In 1998 it
became a separate unit, Linea. Nicola’s work widened. Apart from lab work for
the Auroville Dental Centre and for dentists in Pondicherry, Chennai and
Bangalore, he started giving training to dental technicians, travelling the
length and breadth of India.
But over the years, travelling around grew less
satisfactory. When the Auroville Dental Centre increasing...
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