She’s done it through her practice, Port Warwick Dental Arts. She’s done it through the teaching and research institute she founded. And for the past year, she’s been pushing an initiative to raise awareness across the community and to other medical practitioners.
“The medical crisis is in our mouths,” says Samaha, who has published world-wide on the topic. “In the past 34 years, I’ve watched people come into my office—they’re not just sick dentally, they’re sick physically. Through proper evaluation and collaboration with their medical teams, we can literally transform their lives.”