Dr. Mark Link

1 00:00:06.757 --> 00:00:09.900 Dentistry is a bit like DNA in my family. 2 00:00:10.171 --> 00:00:15.229 I have two brothers who are dentists, a sister who's a dental hygienist. 3 00:00:15.557 --> 00:00:19.570 My father was a practicing dentist for 54 years. 4 00:00:19.571 --> 00:00:22.028 I became a dentist because early on 5 00:00:22.029 --> 00:00:27.299 I enjoyed math and I enjoyed science and I enjoyed biology, 6 00:00:27.300 --> 00:00:30.271 and dentistry is a good meld of all of those things. 7 00:00:30.857 --> 00:00:32.357 But in addition to that, 8 00:00:32.557 --> 00:00:36.020 I could never see myself just being behind a computer. 9 00:00:36.021 --> 00:00:37.169 I love people. 10 00:00:37.170 --> 00:00:38.680 I love dealing with people, 11 00:00:38.710 --> 00:00:42.820 and I love helping people solve their very personal problems. 12 00:00:44.014 --> 00:00:46.260 Dentistry is an art, and it's a science. 13 00:00:47.186 --> 00:00:48.886 I love both aspects. 14 00:00:49.290 --> 00:00:50.940 I enjoy patient care. 15 00:00:50.970 --> 00:00:53.320 I enjoy the outcomes. 16 00:00:53.321 --> 00:00:58.886 I enjoy having patients, in many cases, their smile can be transformed, 17 00:00:58.887 --> 00:01:01.429 and in so doing, it transforms their lives. 18 00:01:02.043 --> 00:01:04.714 I mean, it sounds corny to say that, 19 00:01:05.314 --> 00:01:08.480 but we've had people give us hugs and cry and so on. 20 00:01:09.314 --> 00:01:10.714 It's a very rewarding 21 00:01:10.715 --> 00:01:14.643 and a very spiritually rewarding profession to work in. 22 00:01:15.320 --> 00:01:18.228 I want my patients to feel that we're not in a rush, 23 00:01:18.229 --> 00:01:21.050 and I want them to feel that they are in good hands 24 00:01:21.080 --> 00:01:25.500 and that the outcomes that they will receive here will be really high quality. 25 00:01:25.886 --> 00:01:29.920 We just have so many awesome people and so many talented people. 26 00:01:29.921 --> 00:01:32.700 I feel privileged to get to know them.