Dr. Andrew Lunn

[00:00:08.308] I grew up here in Chattanooga, Tennessee. [00:00:10.250] I have been here all my life except for education. [00:00:12.967] I went to college at Florida State University [00:00:15.725] for four years. [00:00:16.484] I went to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center [00:00:18.809] to get my dental degree in Memphis, Tennessee. [00:00:21.258] I did one year of residency [00:00:22.493] at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. [00:00:24.450] I was able to learn about the medical side of dentistry [00:00:27.808] that we don't get taught in dental school. [00:00:29.692] After that, I've been back to Chattanooga to raise my family. [00:00:32.583] I have three children. [00:00:33.941] Chattanooga is a wonderful place to grow up, [00:00:35.809] and I wanted my family to experience that as well. [00:00:38.675] I worked with my father for about eight years, [00:00:41.125] from 1996 until 2004. [00:00:43.920] I was able to take a handful of patients or so [00:00:46.318] from my dad's practice that I had been working on [00:00:47.967] for the last eight years, and that helped me start. [00:00:50.450] At the same time, I had been working at Orange Grove Center, [00:00:53.208] here in Chattanooga [00:00:53.984] that deals with mentally and physically handicapped adults. [00:00:56.683] I was able to start to treat [00:00:58.292] those types of patients in the hospital setting, [00:01:01.026] since I was trained in hospital dentistry during my residency. [00:01:04.567] I enjoy treating people. [00:01:05.993] I enjoy visiting with them and getting them to better health. [00:01:09.450] Nothing puts a smile on my face more than to have somebody come in [00:01:13.125] with either a crooked smile or a bad abscess tooth, [00:01:17.690] and that they get better, [00:01:19.092] and they can enjoy the things that are in life. [00:01:21.275] It's not crippling to them anymore. [00:01:23.633] They actually are enjoying life more so than anything else.