Dr. Suzana Varga, D.M.D., M.Sc.

   
 
Dr. Suzana Varga was born in Zagreb, Croatia, where she completed her graduate and postgraduate education. She graduated from the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Zagreb in 1989 and received her Master of Science degree in 1995 in the field of periodontology and orthodontics. She has completed over 500 hours of continuing education courses and has participated in many national and internation conferences. She is a member of the Croatian Dental Society, Croatian Chamber of Dentistry, Croatian Periodontology Society and the Croatian Dental Traumatology Society. She is the owner of the Varga Dental Office and has been in full-time practice since 1990. She is married and the mother of two children.



Dr. Sin Varga, D.M.D., board certified specialist prosthodontist

When you mention esthetic prosthetic dentistry in Croatia, the first dentist that comes to mind is Dr. Siniša Varga. He is widely recognized as one of the country's leading dentists and is responsible for creating beautiful smiles, from children born with malformations to some of Croatia's best known celebrities and public figures. The innovative and accomplished Dr. Varga is also renowned in his field as a healthcare manager and former deputy minister of health, responsible for the Dentistry Act of 2003. He has been consulted extensively for numerous television and magazine interviews, including an appearance on Helga Vlahović's "Govorimo o zdravlju" hit TV show. He was also included in the Croatian national weekly magazine Globus's list of Croatia's elite medical professionals, one of only 4 dentists on the list.

Dr. Varga graduated and received his dental degree in 1983 from the University of Zagreb, where he was honored twice with the prestigious University of Zagreb Rector's Award in 1986 and 1988. Upon graduation he completed his internship at the Sister's of Mercy Hospital in Zagreb in 1991, afterwhich he volunteed as a member of mobile surgical units of the Main Medical Headquarters during the homeland war in Croatia. From 1993 through 1997 he completed residency training at the Dental Clinic of the University Hospital Center in Zagreb, recieving the title of prosthodntics specialist. A part of his residency he spent in Gothenburg Sweden in 1995 where he was the first Croatian to be trained in dental implantology at the Branemark Implantology Clinic. From 1993 he has headed the Maxillofacial Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Oral nad Maxillofacial Surgery Dubrava University Hospital. As the only center of this kind in Croatia, he has since then returned smiles to thousands of extremely grateful patients with difficult malformation cases such as cleft lip and palate as well as cancer and trauma cases. The Unit also does TMJ bite therapy and extraoral prosthesis of the eyes, nose and ears as well. He is highly regarded by his peers in the field of presurgical prosthetic planning of implant cases, especially in unique anatomic settings. Many dentistry and dental technology students and prosthodontic residents cross Dr. Varga's path during their quest for knowledge.

Satisfying the academic professional setting, Dr. Varga also spends many hours weekly with patients together with his wife Suzana who has been in private dental practice since 1992. Here Dr. Varga utilizes his expertice in esthetics for creating beautiful smiles through cosmetic dentistry, from Zoom whitenening and porcelain veneers to advanced computer-milled zirconium crowns and bridges. With over hundreds of placed implants, Dr. Varga has managed to relieve many patients from the burden of mobile dentures. Both Dr. Varga nad his wife pride themselves in taking the time to precisely listening to what their patients wish to accomplish with cosmetic dental procedures so that each patient is provided with detailed, individualized information to help them make an informed, intelligent decision about the future of their oral health.

With a great interest in general and healthcare management issues, Dr. Varga has been internationally certified by the European Organization for Quality as a quality manager in the ISO 9001:2000 standard. In the past decade he has become a world-renowned lecturer and author on general and healthcare management issues. From 2000 through 2002 he was a consultant on a World Bank project for healthcare reform in Croatia, and from 2002 until 2004 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Health in charge of the Professional Medical Division of the Ministry of Health. Since 2004 to present he heads the Healthcare Resource Management Courses Section of the world-reknowned Leadership and Managament of Health and Science post graduate studies of the Andrija Štampar School of Public Health in Zagreb. In 2004, Dr. Varga founded the company Prosphera, today well known in quality circles for it's unique consultancy style for introducing quality management standards in both new and established companies. Although the company is still only in its first stages of development, it has also expanded into the fields of publishing and expert medical witness testimony. Dr. Varga was the editor of the Croatian Healthcare Directory, published by his company Prosphera.

Dr. Varga is a member of the Croatian Dental Chamber, the Croatian Dental Society where he was secretary general for two full 4-year terms, member of Croatian Society of Quality Managers and he is also a member of the Croatian Standards Association in two technical committies: dentistry and quality management. In addition Dr. Varga is a world-renowned lecturer and author of chapters in two university textbooks: Fundamentals of Dental Implantology and Legal Experisis in Dentistry. He has lectured and attended many international conferences in Washington, Orlando. Montreal, Budapest, Prague, Vienna, Ljubljana, Amsterdam, Groningen, Paris, London, Schenzen, Mexico City and many others. Every year he holds several lectures in Croatia to teach practicing dentists state of the art esthetic prosthetic dentistry.

Throughout his accomplished career, Dr. Varga has been committed to educating the public about the world of dentistry. As a member in good standing of the Rotary Club Zagreb Centar, he has held lectures to rotarians on many occassions. Through his service activites in Rotary International, he has donated both money and time for many of Rotary International's project, the most prominent being the irradication of polio worldwide. In the local community Dr. Varga participated in projects ranging from building a kindergarten playground to equiping the Sick Children's Hospital in Zagreb with audiovisual equipement.

When away from his busy office, Dr. Varga enjoys spending time with his daughter and son. Additionally, he loves to alpine ski and also enjoys photography, videography and computers.

 

Please feel free to contact the office for more information about quality dental care or any other matters concerning the health of your smile.

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