Orthotown November 2021 - 30
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The past 14 years, however, have been
very different. At the insistence of my better
half, we opened our practice in Glen Burnie
with the mission to serve the underserved
and everyone else who walks through our
doors. It is, and has been, a very rewarding
experience. I should have started many years
before. We bought orthodontic supplies and
equipment with a vengeance!
When I got out of school in 1981,
orthodontists happily worked without
gloves and thought nothing of it. You just
washed your hands between patients. I also
remember that there were strict and enforced
rules about advertising. I knew of a few local
dentists consistently in court with the state
dental society because of their large, flagrant
ads in the Yellow Pages.
We'd love to hear about your
childhood and your formative
years. You have a unique
background and perspective
coming from Nigeria before
moving to the United States.
Tell us about growing up and
what eventually led to your
interest in orthodontics.
My mother died when I was 2 years old.
I went to live with my maternal uncle and
his wife, who raised me as their own until
many years later when they were blessed
with their own biological children.
I went to Catholic elementary and high
schools. I was an altar boy and sang in the
choir, and naturally was groomed by the
priests and nuns into looking forward to
becoming a priest myself ... but because I read
voraciously as a child and teenager, I found
it difficult to believe in dogmas. I believed
that I had to find my own interpretation
of things, so I declined my admission to
a seminary and chose to pursue higher
education.
In my first year, Biafra, my regional area
of Nigeria, seceded from the conflagration
that was Nigeria, and we were plunged into
civil war for almost four years. Four years of
death for both sides and inhumane, mortal
starvation for Biafrans.
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