The moment I decided to become an American-trained dentist, I was holding a textbook in India. I was a first-year dental student in India when it happened. I had just bought my textbooks for the semester, the thick, heavy kind that feel important in your hands, and I started flipping through them.

Page after page, I kept noticing something. The authors. Their names. Their affiliations. Almost all of them were from …

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He came in wanting to get his smile back. I did not know he was also asking for his life.

He sat down in my chair and did not say much at first.

That happens a lot in a MassHealth practice in Massachusetts. People come in with more than just one problem. They carry shame, years of avoiding problems, and a lifetime of being told by systems, situations, and sometimes even their …

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