Joanna is an amazing young woman who has been through a lot.  From a very young age she has been plagued with medical problems and spent most of her teens and early 20’s in the hospital.  Through it all, she has kept on smiling and helping others to do the same.  We were introduced to Joanna by Dr. Susan Estep who invited us to work with her to create a beautiful new smile for Joanna!  Joanna is “absolutely loving” her new smile and was able to get it in place just a few days before her big Gala event, which was just a few weeks ago.

Joanna will soon be turning 25 and therefore losing her medical insurance.  Her medical costs are astounding and her life depends on at least $20,000 a month in medical treatment and drugs.  Joanna’s friends and family started a donation fund to help pay her medical bills after she loses insurance.  However, Joanna realized that many, too many, others are in a similar predicament.  Because of this, she started a non-profit organization designed to help pay for unplanned medical bills when catastrophe strikes.  A recent documentary has been made about her trials, her efforts to help others, and shows just what kind of spirit she has about her.  The documentary was filmed and produced by Neil Shulman, MD and Associates.  Dr. Shulman is the physician who wrote the book, and wrote and produced the movie Doc Hollywood, staring Michael J Fox.

You can find out more about Joanna on her website www.JoannaCare.org.  You can view her documentary there or on YouTube, where it is broken up into 9 parts..  The documentary is 80 minutes long and also has a 10 minute trailer.  If you are interested in supporting Joanna’s cause, you can also make a donation from her website.

Please take a moment to view Joanna’s story and to realize just how easy we really do have it!  Thank you Joanna for sharing your story and your smile with us!

(We will post before and after photos soon . . .)