Young Dentist Forum

Christina Radics is a dentist and former dental practice owner, international speaker, and leadership coach specializing in mental resilience, sustainable performance, and work–life harmony in dentistry. With more than 20 years of clinical and leadership experience in Sweden and Spain, she brings deep, first-hand insight into the realities of dental practice ownership, team leadership, and professional burnout.

After selling her practice, Christina transitioned into coaching and speaking, supporting dentists, teams, and organizations in building healthier, high-performing, and more human-centered workplaces. She is the creator of the 3+5 Work-Life Harmony framework, which challenges common misconceptions about balance and focuses on five foundational domains that drive long-term wellbeing, engagement, and professional fulfillment.

Work-Life Harmony Myths and Truths for a Balanced Life

Building resilience, clarity, and sustainable success in modern dentistry

Young dentists are trained to deliver clinical excellence - but almost never taught how to protect their own energy, focus, and wellbeing. The result? Rising stress, early burnout, and talented professionals questioning a career they once dreamed of. In this 45-minute session in Prague, leadership coach and former practice owner Christina Radics challenges the outdated idea of “work-life balance” and introduces a more realistic and sustainable approach: work-life harmony.

Blending personal experience, research, and practical tools, she uncovers the hidden myths that drive overwork, guilt, and exhaustion - and shares five powerful pillars that help dentists build resilience, clarity, and long-term performance. Participants will leave with simple, actionable strategies to set healthier boundaries, reduce stress, strengthen teamwork, and design a career that energizes rather than drains them.

Because dentistry shouldn’t be something you survive - it should be something you thrive in.

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Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn to recognize early signs of stress and burnout in dental careers, enabling timely prevention and support before problems escalate. They will also develop practical strategies to set healthy boundaries and strengthen decision-making under pressure, helping protect their energy, maintain focus, and sustain long-term performance, wellbeing, and professional satisfaction.


• Participants will challenge common myths around work-life balance that often lead to overwork, guilt, and unrealistic expectations. They will learn to apply five practical pillars that support sustainable performance and resilience, helping them create healthier routines, strengthen focus, and build a career that promotes both professional success and long-term personal wellbeing.


• Participants will learn how to build simple daily habits that consistently support personal wellbeing, strengthen teamwork, and improve communication. By creating small, sustainable routines, they can reduce stress, increase clarity, and foster a positive work culture, leading to greater engagement, stronger collaboration, and long-term career satisfaction.

Dr. Eunhyuk Lee is a board-certified specialist in Prosthodontics and Director of Seoul Simdo Dental Clinic in Seoul, South Korea. He earned his DDS and PhD from Seoul National University School of Dentistry. A distinguished clinician and researcher, he is the 2026 FDI Young Dentists Forum Speaker Contest winner. He previously received the 1st Place Hatton Award from the IADR Korean Division (2021) and the Yeosong New Scholar Award from the Korean Academy of Prosthodontics (2021). An active international lecturer, his clinical focus spans anterior implantology, periodontal plastic surgery, and esthetic anterior restorations - areas in which he regularly presents at national and international conferences. His research has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, reflecting his commitment to advancing evidence-based practice in esthetic and implant dentistry.

Strategies for Esthetic and Stable Anterior Implants: A Focus on Delayed Placement

Achieving predictable esthetics in the anterior maxilla is challenging in delayed placement due to ridge resorption and soft tissue alterations. This presentation proposes a three-phase workflow—surgical, conditioning, and prosthetic—to ensure long-term stability and esthetics.

In the surgical phase, accurate implant positioning and mucosal thickness are paramount. Improper positioning risks peri-implant soft tissue dehiscence. The session discusses using connective tissue grafts (CTG) to compensate for defects and secure adequate tissue thickness, essential for masking prosthetic components and ensuring marginal stability.

The conditioning phase uses provisional restorations to shape peri-implant tissues. By guiding the emergence profile and gingival line, clinicians achieve harmony with adjacent teeth through provisional adjustments.

In the final prosthetic phase, precise replication of the transmucosal area is crucial to transfer the established tissue relationship. To address color matching, this presentation introduces objective methods to minimize errors using spectrophotometry and AI-driven shade-matching techniques.

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Learning Objectives:

• Understand the critical importance of precise implant positioning and comprehend the surgical protocols for delayed implant placement combined with connective tissue grafting.


• Develop clinical strategies for peri-implant soft tissue conditioning and learn how to guide ideal emergence profiles using provisional restorations for esthetic gingival harmony.


• Comprehend the methodology for accurate replication of transmucosal area of implant prosthesis and review the role of objective shade matching in final restorations.

Early career dentistry can be overwhelming. This honest and practical panel focuses on how to stay in control-professionally and emotionally-while delivering great care, and how technology can be leveraged to support both.