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Oral Surgeon. I work 3 days a week. I only do the procedures I want to do. I don’t deal with hospitals or have call. 100% private practice bliss.

My wife and I tried to have a kid for 17 years before we exhausted all fertility options and went through IVF. 6 rounds to be exact. Insurance covers very little. We probably paid out of pocket close to $250k. It was a brutal process. 5 rounds where nothing even made it far enough along to implant. I think it was 55 eggs in total and none even made it far enough to genetic test. We switched on round 6 to a Dr in Scottsdale,AZ. 1 made it far enough to test. On an A-F grading scale, it was a C- The Dr said he wouldn’t recommend implanting it due to the low probability of survival, but if we wanted to move forward we could.

We now have a happy, healthy 19 month old baby girl who has redefined my concept of love and grace and humility. Is IVF a sin? I’m not sure. I do know that the amount of love this little girl has created and the understanding I now have of unconditional love has completely transformed my walk with the Lord.

A lot of people think he is Asian. But in fact, he’s German.

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Anyone know what they do with the dead cats?

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Apparently they remove the hide. According to my research there are a variety of ways this is accomplished.

Kent Hrbek lifting Ron Gants leg off of first base in the World Series and the ump calling Gant out.

I’m an Oral Surgeon. No way in hell I’m letting parents or spouses back in the treatment room during a procedure.

That's a great question that I hear a lot. I'm sure there are some orthodontists on here who can explain this better than I can.

There are certain types of movement/expansion of the arches that can only be accomplished prior to about 11 or 12 years old. After that the palate has fused and can no longer be truly expanded. Most kids do not have all of their permanent teeth it prior to this age. You do Phase I of ortho in order to create space so that when all of the permanent teeth have come in they have more room and ortho usually can get a much better result in a shorter amount of time.

I'm sure i'll get downvoted like hell, but if your kids ortho cost 6K you are getting tremendous value out of that. Your kid will have a pretty smile and their teeth will be straighter making them easier to care for.

There probably isn't another procedure in all of medicine that takes the amount of clinical time, calendar time, and oversight that comprehensive ortho does at anywhere close to that costs.

People have no problem at all shelling out 1K every 3 months for Botox but balk at spending 5-8K for a very valuable procedure for their kid.

I've had it write informed consent forms for extractions, implants, sinus lifts, etc. I still have to edit them some, but they are pretty good.

It gave a a fantastic post op instruction form for extractions.

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LIV Golf’s top in-house lawyer John Loffhagen is no longer with the Saudi Arabia-backed business, which has come to terms on a deal with the rival PGA Tour.
An auto-response message from Loffhagen’s LIV email account said he’s “no longer at” the company, which has offices in London and Miami. LIV and Loffhagen didn’t respond to comment requests about the timing of his exit.