Dr. Sadati - Sadati Center for Aesthetic Dentistry

Give Back a Smile -Winter 2007

Susan's Story (cont.)

Wellington cosmetic dentistry ...worse. After I obtained a restraining order, all the tires were shot out of my car. While I was at work, he broke into my home and terrorized my children. When I returned, he held a knife to my throat and said he was going to kill me. Next, he put a gun to my head and then put the gun in his mouth and threatened to kill himself. I promised to take him back in order to trick him out of the house. I grabbed my children and ran. We were given police protection and we never saw him again.

Several years passed before I allowed myself to fall in love. This time the man was established and successful. For a long time we had a good, happy life. I opened a business and he took care of the finances for his firm and my business. The abuse started when his mistress contacted me, after which I asked to see our financial records. When I asked for a divorce he slapped me hard enough to shatter my front teeth. I obtained a restraining order and he was escorted from our home. He promised to destroy me and he made that his goal for the following three years. I lost my home, my business, and my smile.

Then a miracle happened! My daughter saw a segment on the "Dr. Phil" show about the Give Back A Smile (GBAS) program. She downloaded the application and sent it to me. I submitted the forms, including documented proof of abuse. My other daughter added a letter stating what she witnessed as a child. I received a response that Dr. Sam Sadati, an Accredited dentist in Florida, had volunteered his services and he would decide if he would accept my case. The day he agreed to work with the Foundation to give me back my smile was one of the happiest days of my life. What a beautiful gift!

My deepest gratitude goes to GBAS and to Dr. Sadati and his superb staff. They have restored my smile and, with their kind and respectful approach, they have also restored deep within me a renewed faith that there are good and giving people in the world. Gentleness and grace do exist. And now, when they appear in my life, I can show my appreciation with a beautiful smile!

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