blundell bio v1

00:00:05.379 --> 00:00:07.423 Why did I become an oral surgeon? 00:00:08.299 --> 00:00:10.676 That's a very, very great question. 00:00:11.593 --> 00:00:14.554 One of the cliché answers is, I love to work with my hands. 00:00:15.054 --> 00:00:17.037 We hear that all the time, but it's true. 00:00:17.389 --> 00:00:21.101 Probably more important than that is, I love to take care of people. 00:00:21.435 --> 00:00:24.229 I get to combine those two things, and I get to do that every day. 00:00:24.520 --> 00:00:26.063 It doesn't feel like work sometimes. 00:00:27.773 --> 00:00:28.941 Again, I feel very blessed. 00:00:29.274 --> 00:00:31.651 When my patients come to see us in our office, 00:00:31.735 --> 00:00:35.696 I really want them to have a sense of comfort. 00:00:36.405 --> 00:00:38.157 I want them to not feel rushed. 00:00:38.657 --> 00:00:40.117 I was in the Navy for 10 years. 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:41.743 I was an oral surgeon in the Navy. 00:00:42.327 --> 00:00:45.788 Anytime I talk to a patient, and they say, 00:00:45.872 --> 00:00:48.415 "Oh, yeah, I was a marine for a few years." 00:00:48.832 --> 00:00:51.084 Boom, then i just start talking to them. 00:00:51.293 --> 00:00:55.713 I've had some amazing doctor-patient relationships 00:00:55.796 --> 00:00:56.839 over the years. 00:00:56.922 --> 00:01:00.342 They come back for a follow-up, and they're just so grateful. 00:01:00.467 --> 00:01:04.317 I did a case on a young man who turned his life around. 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:09.725 We did a reconstruction of his upper and lower maxillary and mandibular arches, 00:01:10.183 --> 00:01:11.560 He's a completely different person. 00:01:11.643 --> 00:01:13.440 He was a very grateful, it was very touching. 00:01:13.523 --> 00:01:16.230 They'd come back for a follow-up and they are just, 00:01:17.356 --> 00:01:22.110 Doc., I was so nervous, so scared, but I felt really comfortable with you.