Give Back a Smile -Winter 2007

Give back a smile AACD Charitable Foundation

Today She Shines

Dr. Sadati is a 1994 graduate of Creighton University School of Dentistry and has been in private practice in Palm Beach, Florida, for 12 years. He has taken more than 1,000 hours of continuing education, including the Florida State University advanced postgraduate esthetic continuums I, II, and III; and the patient mastery continuum at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Sadati is an Accredited member of the AACD, and a Fellow of the International Academy for Dental-Facial Esthetics and of the Academy of General Dentistry, as well as a member of many other dental organizations. He enjoys traveling, singing, playing volleyball, and spending time with his family and friends. He and his wife, Olivia, have two daughters.

The AACD Charitable Foundation's Give Back A Smile™ (GBAS) program restores the smiles of domestic violence survivors at no cost.

We have received many success stories and thanks from GBAS volunteers and recipients. This section shares the triumphs of the GBAS program.

Susan's Story

My name is Susan and I am a survivor of domestic abuse.

As a child I witnessed in horror as my Father regularly beat my Mother. After she fled in fear for her life when I was 10 years old, I became responsible for caring for my younger brother and sisters. I also became the one to receive my Father's brutal beatings. With black eyes, bruises, and knocked-out teeth, I missed a lot of school. When I was 15, I ran away to another state and never went back.

At 16, I married a man who promised he would never abuse me. That turned out to be a lie. One night, he beat me so badly with a belt that my whole body was black and blue. I put my young children in the car along with the few belongings I could grab and ran away. He found us... and things got...

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Dr Sam Sadati DDS - Providing services in cosmetic dentistry to the area of Wellington, South Florida.