Dr. Kocho Cumandra
Scarborough Dentist, B.Sc., D.D.S., F.A.G.D., F.I.C.O.I.
2023 was the 40th anniversary of my career as a dentist. From the age of 4, I still have memories of accompanying my mother who worked in a hospital as a dental technician and meeting all the other technicians and dentists.
I was nicknamed “the little dentist.” When people asked me what I was going to be when I grew up, my answer was always “a dentist”. Well, except my teenage years, when I wanted to be a philosopher.
I can’t say it was easy becoming a dentist. I studied in three different languages, Macedonian (Bitola – my hometown), French (Paris), and English (Toronto) and three vastly different cultures. My daughter joined me in 2015 and has revitalized the practice and allowed me to take more time to focus on health, more extensive treatment and even greater time to mentor our team.
Of course, without my great staff and my wonderful family of patients who have also supported my journey, (many of them for decades!), I would never have gotten to where I am today.
