Executive Director
Dr. Carina Mendes
Dr. Ana Carina Cardoso Mendes is a dentist graduated from CESPU and co-founder of Foramen Dental Education. With extensive experience in Orthodontics, Oral Rehabilitation, and Implant Prosthodontics, she has completed multiple national and international postgraduate programs, including clinical residencies in Barcelona.
She has combined clinical practice with advanced training, contributing to the creation of high-quality educational programs.
Currently, she divides her time between directing Clínica Mendes Moura and developing projects that bring together scientific rigor, empathy, and innovation in Dentistry.
Committed to Your Success
At Foramen we are fully committed to taking care of you and the success of your career.
We stand for the highest quality and our passion is to continuously shape our portfolio offering with innovative products and services that simplify your workflows and increase your efficiency.
The school
Foramen Dental Education is a modern dental training centre located at Oporto’s downtown area.
We are focused on long term educational projects such as clinical residencies, working with very small students groups through large periods of time.
We also routinely invite some of the best speakers for hands on courses, or over the shoulder experiences.
We will book your trip!
Coming from abroad? Customized training? Dedicated support!
Whether you need a special training program or want to customize yours, we can help. In fact some of our foreign students come in groups to attend special training programs created for them.
Need help with your trip, or hotel? We can help with that too, just leave us a message!
O Porto
Porto is exceptional in more ways than one.
Elected Best European Destination in 2022 by the european citizens, Porto, the “Cidade Invicta” (unvanquished city) is history, is architecture, culture, gastronomy, trade, encounters and discoveries Porto has all the charm of towns which happily cohabit with their river.
You can stroll along the River Douro (river of gold) in the Ribeira, fly over it by helicopter or discover Porto ‘s architecture, its amazing landscapes and magnificent bridges by taking a cruise on this majestic river.
Porto is also a sea city and in the briefest of time a tram will bring you to Foz do Douro’s gentle beaches face to face with the Atlantic.
Porto knows how to make you feel welcome; very likely it will conquer your heart and leave a long-lasting impression.
You will find it hard to leave.
Facilities
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Our clinic has 11 operatories, operating theatres, cbct scan, laboratories, studio, lecture and training rooms, plus everything you would expect from a modern clinic/training centre.