He is the man who pioneered ‘Heavy Metal Football ‘ and champions the gegenpress at Anfield, doing so while sporting his own singular baseball-capped expect on the touchline .
Klopp is not antipathetic to personal makeovers either, admitting to getting a hair transplant in 2013 and anyone who has been paying attention will have noticed that his smile is bright since arriving on Merseyside.
so who is the originator behind the german coach’s inimitable smile ? Goal brings you all you need to know .
Who is Jurgen Klopp’s dentist?
Dr Robbie Hughes is Jurgen Klopp ‘s dentist and is responsible for the German ‘s new look. Dr Hughes owns the Dental Excellence rehearse, which is based in Liverpool .
In a 2019 interview with BBC Sport, Hughes said that Klopp got in touch with the Dental Excellence team after seeing the knead they had done with Roberto Firmino’s teeth .
“ Working with Jurgen Klopp came about because he saw Roberto ‘s new teeth and decided he wanted to do something, ” Hughes said .
“ When Jurgen came to see us, he basically equitable said he liked Roberto ‘s tooth, that he would n’t want to go quite as white, but he liked his tooth. ”
Klopp subsequently denied Hughes ‘ version of events, insisting that he had been having problems with his teeth which required antibiotics and sought to address the issues by getting a treatment .
“ It was not that I saw Bobby Firmino ‘s tooth and went ‘I want them ! ‘ ” the Liverpool boss insisted in an consultation with Soccer AM .
He added : “ It ‘s a long procedure and I had to go to the gutter. When I went I looked in the mirror and they ‘re very belittled – I realised, that ‘s the compass point of never going back, you have to do it now .
“ I mean I like them, but obviously it ‘s different. They feel comfortable, it ‘s all estimable. ”
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Hughes has been working with Liverpool players for a number of years and his inaugural participation with the club was with Martin Skrtel, who played at Anfield from 2008 to 2016 .
“ The Liverpool association started with a acquaintance of mine, who was looking after Martin Skrtel at the time, ” Hughes explained .
“ Martin had an incidental on the train peddle and he needed some dental work, so my acquaintance introduced me to Martin, we did some work and he was truly felicitous .
“ I think the future actor to come was Lucas [Leiva], then Lucas introduced me to the Brazilians and it all went from there in truth. ”
As noted, the player whose smile makeover is credibly most luminary is Roberto Firmino and the striker ‘s gleaming gnashers may well have inspired others on the team .
“ Roberto fair wanted a modern smile, as everybody can see. When we design smiles, it ‘s fully customised to the individual, ” said Hughes .
“ When it comes to colour we have a chart from four, three, two, one – one being the whitest. Roberto saw the graph, looked at one, which is the white and he asked for ‘maximo ‘ – beyond one ! ”
a well as Klopp and Firmino, Hughes and his dental business have worked with Sadio Mane, Philippe Coutinho and Mario Balotelli among others.
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It ‘s not just footballers either and UFC middleweight champion Darren Till is another one of Robbie ‘s clients, with the couple having crossed paths through common friends in Liverpool .
“ obviously, with his job, we asked ‘are you sure the fourth dimension is correct nowadays ? obviously you ‘re getting blows to the face and mouth all the clock time, are you happy with that ? ‘
“ Darren ‘s typical response was, ‘to be honest, Rob, it ‘ll make my steer bowel movement better ! ‘ ”