office visit What can you not practice without? My team! I believe that staff is the lifeline of any practice and the most important piece of the puzzle. I am blessed to be surrounded by people who genuinely view the practice as their own and always seek to see it grow and prosper. Describe the most successful or rewarding experience in your professional life. Helping young patients with their self-confidence during the most crucial years of their adolescent life is truly the greatest blessing of being an orthodontist. One case that comes to mind was during the time I worked as an associate in a multispecialty practice. A young girl with amelogenesis imperfecta and maxillary retrusion refused to smile because she was embarrassed about how her teeth looked. The prosthodontist could not restore her front teeth because of her edge-to-edge anterior bite. After Phase I treatment with a rapid palatal expander/face mask, we could establish enough overjet to build up her anterior teeth before starting comprehensive treatment with braces. The look on her and her parents' faces was priceless when they saw her new smile for the first time. Working together in a true multidisciplinary fashion to achieve a result that was certainly life altering for the young lady is what made the experience so rewarding. ■ orthotown.com \\ SEPTEMBER 2017 35http://www.orthotown.com