Your smile is a reflection of your true self. Dr. Nader Bazzi understands the physical and psychological repercussions of unhealthy teeth, like no other, and he knows that a beautiful smile increases your likelihood of success in life. Dr. Bazzi has a passion to help even the most challenging patients, whose teeth cannot be "saved" by traditional means. Through the use of implant dentistry, a "modern day miracle," he can restore the original function of a lost tooth without negative impact to the rest of your mouth. Not surprisingly, patients who need implant dentistry are fearful of dentists (and are his favorite kind to work with). Dr. Bazzi has done over 1000 implants to date, and likes to educate his patients about the tremendous strides that have been made in dentistry and pain management. He enjoys teaching them that they can be helped--and that they can receive that help without judgment. But above all, I enjoy seeing the transformation these individuals undergo when we work together to resolve years of dental problems.

Winner, Body and Embodiment Award presented by the American Sociological Association Imagine yourself without a face—the task seems impossible. The face is a core feature of our physical identity. Our face is how others identify us and how we think of our ‘self’. Yet, human faces are also functionally essential as mechanisms for communication and as a means of eating, breathing, and seeing. For these reasons, facial disfigurement can endanger our fundamental notions of self and identity or even be life threatening, at worse. Precisely because it is so difficult to conceal our faces, the disfigured face compromises appearance, status, and, perhaps, our very way of being in the world. In Saving Face, sociologist Heather Laine Talley examines the cultural meaning and social significance of interventions aimed at repairing faces defined as disfigured. Using ethnography, participant-observation, content analysis, interviews, and autoethnography, Talley explores four sites in which a range of faces are “repaired:” face transplantation, facial feminization surgery, the reality show Extreme Makeover, and the international charitable organization Operation Smile,. Throughout, she considers how efforts focused on repair sometimes intensify the stigma associated with disfigurement. Drawing upon experiences volunteering at a camp for children with severe burns, Talley also considers alternative interventions and everyday practices that both challenge stigma and help those seen as disfigured negotiate outsider status. Talley delves into the promise and limits of facial surgery, continually examining how we might understand appearance as a facet of privilege and a dimension of inequality. Ultimately, she argues that facial work is not simply a conglomeration of reconstructive techniques aimed at the human face, but rather, that appearance interventions are increasingly treated as lifesaving work. Especially at a time when aesthetic technologies carrying greater risk are emerging and when discrimination based on appearance is rampant, this important book challenges us to think critically about how we see the human face.

Everyone wants a great smile, but many patients are reluctant to talk to their dentists about their needs. They may fear a high-pressure sales pitch for expensive dental work or their own lack of understanding about the cost and impact of cosmetic procedures. They may be frightened of having dental work done and unsure about the possibility of sedation or pain relief. Worst of all, patients may receive conflicting information from their own dentists that cause them anxiety in seeking cosmetic dental help. With so much conflicting information out there about cosmetic dentistry, where do you turn for the facts?The Million Dollar Smile: Changing Lives with Cosmetic Dentistry is a candid look at the cosmetic dentistry industry and offers insights from some of the leading experts in the field. The 12 professionals whose contributions make up this book were selected for their dedication and integrity in seeking the best dental solutions for their patients. These dentists offer factual and honest advice about cosmetic dentistry procedures and how they can benefit you.

Despite starting slowly with some academic jargon about altruism and people's motivations to donate organs, the book quickly takes a right turn and gets interesting. The authors sprinkle little informative tidbits along the way-Asian-Americans constituted only 3.4% of U.S. donors-and bring their points alive through little vignettes when examining the origins of altruism. The authors would make brilliant sales reps: they put forth a convincing argument about what a great humanitarian effort living donation is then patiently explain the evaluation process to reassure readers of the minimal costs. The few downsides are reviewed and discussed-for example, how to deal with family members who do not support the decision to donate or the devastation donors might experience when a recipient dies. Resources, bibliography, and index occupy a full 36 pages, yet for the most part this book escapes the drudgery of a research-laden study and instead reads as a fascinating story about a very human issue. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Practicing dentistry has a high burn-out rate for many reasons, but the Alliance for Integrity in Dentistry has a solution—one that can transform the daily burdens of practicing dentistry: Dental offices should remain dentist owned, not corporate owned. Dr. Ben Warnock, D.D.S. with Dr. Nader Bazzi D.M.D., created the Alliance for Preserving the Integrity in Dentistry. The Alliance is a group of dentists who have joined forces to help keep dental offices dentist owned and dentist run. The Alliance has become a revolutionary group in the dentistry field. With private practices being bought up by corporations, the solo practitioner and dentist owned group practices are in immediate danger. If the pace of infiltrating corporate dentistry doesn’t meet opposition, the integrity of dentistry and patient dental health are in jeopardy. The Independent Dentist teaches the Alliance Triple-Win, which provides a path to a better way for practicing dentistry so that dentists can minimize stress and optimize satisfaction. Dentists will be able to complete all administrative tasks, help their patients achieve optimal dental and overall health, and still have time to spend with family and friends, and pursue hobbies. These strategies will enrich the field of dentistry while preserving its integrity. The Independent Dentist is a guide for practitioners who want to fulfill the dreams that spurred them toward dentistry in the first place.

In this second edition of a work on improving the appearance of patients' teeth, there are new sections on bleaching, porcelain laminates, porcelain inlays/onlays, resin-bonded bridges and more.

Taking a lighthearted look at the astounding power of a positive attitude, puncher-turned-preacher Foreman shares inspiring insights and anecdotes about resilience, forgiveness, and achieving victory in the ring of life.

"When twenty-eight-year-old Gustavo Dudamel ascended the podium at the Hollywood Bowl for his inaugural concert as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he immediately captivated the hearts of his audience and the minds of critics, who designated him a modern-day Leonard Bernstein. In this beautifully woven narrative, the young maestro's story becomes the entry point to an equally captivating subject: El Sistema, the Venezuelan music education program that took Dudamel from child violinist to conductor extraordinaire."--Jacket.

Ty Walls (aka Ty the Art Guy) is a caricature artist, graphic recorder, and party Haiku poet based in Orlando, Florida (but able to travel anywhere) who uses his talents to "save the world one smile at a time." With more than 40 years of experience, Ty has drawn a crowd at thousands of private events, trade shows, and corporate events for some of the biggest clients in the world.In this small book, Ty has shared a partial collection of his adventures in becoming a world-known caricaturist. Ty has drawn a crowd of smiles from all over the world. He shares the struggles of being an artist. He shows us the joys of making smiles and laughter with people. Enjoy this glimpse of how Ty spreads happiness around the world one smile at a time.