Ask Dr. Travis Kendall what he loves about his work and you won't get a rehearsed answer. In a recent video, co-founder of The Ultimate Smile™ protocol at Texas Sedation Dental & Implant Center, talked about why restoring smiles with dental implants and dentures is his calling, and why he never worries about coming back from vacation.
Watch: Why Dentistry Is Dr. Kendall's Calling
It's Not About the Teeth
For Dr. Kendall, restoring people's smiles and giving them their confidence back is simply his favorite thing. He looks forward to going into surgery, because he knows each case is another person's life he's going to change.
It's not the teeth, it's the confidence that comes from the teeth.
He sees it over and over. Many patients arrive having spent years hiding: staying home, avoiding photos, covering their mouths when they laugh, even calling themselves hermits. A new smile opens them up. They smile more, they go out dancing, they get better jobs, and they start putting themselves out there again.
The Stories That Come Back Years Later
Some of Dr. Kendall's favorite moments come long after treatment ends: the texts and emails one, two, or five years later from patients who are out living their lives.
One story he loves to tell is about a patient in his sixties who came back for a visit and shared that he had married a doctor. The man who first walked into the office, Dr. Kendall says, would never have started that conversation. The confidence he got back is what let him talk to her, and that's the part of the work that stays with Dr. Kendall.
Why He Keeps Adding Doctors and Training
That passion is why Dr. Kendall keeps adding doctors to the team and keeps pursuing advanced training: he wants to keep changing lives and helping more people. Today, Dr. Kendall, Dr. Gengel, and Dr. Murray perform full-arch Ultimate Smile cases across our offices.
He's also candid about a problem in the field. Many providers want to get into full-mouth implants without paying the price to get the training that's necessary, and the result is work that isn't done at a high enough level. Too often, his team ends up fixing that work. It's the same concern behind his videos on going to a provider with less experience and the questions to ask before getting dental implants.
I'm going to be here. I'm going to continue to help people and continue to change lives. This is what I love. This is what I do.
Meet the Team Behind the Ultimate Smile
You can learn more about Dr. Kendall and the rest of our doctors, and see the confidence he talks about in our before and after gallery. If you're ready to start your own story, Schedule your complimentary Ultimate Smile Assessment, a $500 value that includes a 3D CBCT scan.