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Orthodontics in Your Practice, Doctor!  -- Part II: Ortho and Me

9/24/2018

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Orthodontics and me
Here are my answers to these questions:

Why would you be interested in orthodontics? 
Why would you want to read about it? 
Why would you think of possibly adding it to your practice?  


My interest in orthodontics came from an interest in seeing my child patients have the most gorgeous smile as soon as possible, and for as long as possible.  It came from seeing children who felt like (and were often called) names like 'Bugs Bunny' (protrusive upper incisors). 

It came from seeing children who felt (or were thought of as) “a bully” (Class III mandibular protrusive profile with the resultant “tough” look). 

It came from seeing children who felt like they had (and/or were told they had) “fangs” (high, horrid-looking canine eruption). 

It came from seeing children who felt as if their teeth were horridly “ugly” (severely crowded or spaced anterior teeth.)  It came from seeing children who needed four-bicuspid extractions which in my mind, often decreased the beauty of their profiles and faces. 

It came from realizing children with airway difficulties often had lower IQ’s, bedwetting, ADHD, open-bites, and that some of these sequelae would never be different, even when later their “teeth were different” (orthodontically treated).  

​And, it came from seeing teenagers and young adults who covered their smile (or didn’t have one) so no one could see their teeth.


It came from within. 
It was a passion that would not be silenced. 

After pediatric dental residency, I had the grand opportunities of first, a fellowship in the orthodontic department at UConn. And then, of working under the tutelage of the great Dr. Walter A. Doyle. 

The passion still burns, calls, and my learning never ceases, in making these things better for children, and their parents who love them so dearly.  And then, I had to get out there and teach it! 

The calling to widen the reach, through you and other dentists who are called like I was, is everything to me.  Transforming your life and many other lives through you.

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