Ten Questions: Dr Biju Krishnan

DR BIJU KRISHNAN, 39, is co-founder and MD of Lubiju Dental Practice. He lives in Newhaven

1 What is your earliest memory of Edinburgh? Coming here as a student, my friend was studying medicine here and fell in love with the city.

2 What are your memories of school? School was interesting, Dens Road Primary then Morgan Academy in Dundee. Thoroughly enjoyed my time but was very much into sports rather than academia.

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3 Where is your favourite place in Edinburgh and why? Arthur's Seat. I walk, and attempt to run around it regularly.

4 What are the best things about Edinburgh? The people, the food, the opportunities and now the dentistry!

5 What would you change about the city? The trams. Don't get me wrong, I think once the system is in place we'll look back and be glad that it's there, but at the moment it's nothing but an absolute nuisance.

6 Describe a perfect Edinburgh day/night out. Wake up early, run, have a champagne breakfast with my partner Deborah, walk around Arthur's Seat, east/west fusion massage at Lubiju, light tom yum soup for lunch at Dusit, take Deborah shopping in Harvey Nics. After that, perhaps some dinner at the Kitchin.

7 Which sports interest you? Squash, badminton, rugby, cricket - all to play not to watch, though.

8 What was your most embarrassing moment? One of my first clients in Edinburgh was a transsexual who had nearly completed all the work going from male to female. However they were still wearing a wig and while they were in for denture treatment, I kept knocking the wig about and messing it up – and every attempt I had at fixing it, just made it worse.

9 What is your greatest achievement? I think it's seeing the changes we can make to people's lives. Changing someone's teeth may seem like a small thing but it can genuinely transform a person's world – it can make them more confident, more attractive, have people interact with them more. It's also a source of pride for me that Lubiju also has its own dedicated massage and complementary therapy treatment room.

10 Sum up Edinburgh in three words. Edinburgh smiles better.

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