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Dr. Saam Zarrabi, DDS Dr. Brian Dugoni, DDS,MSD Dr. Yahya Mansour, DDS, MS, FICOI Jg\]g <]flYd Yf\ Gjl`g\gfla[k A Passion for Wrangling Up Big Smiles! assion, some have it and some don’t. In the case of Dr. Saam Zarrabi, he was lucky enough to have developed his passion early in life. From the time he was a youngster, every weekend Saam earned a small allowance by cleaning the bathrooms at his stepfather’s dental office. During that time, he would observe his stepfather practicing dentistry and how he treated each patient with great care. Saam was fascinated with the way his stepfather had such a passion building great relationships with his patients and how they had an incredible love for him. This truly inspired Saam’s passion for doing things with the same care that his stepfather did. And it is this passion that he’s carried with him throughout his life and also lead him to team up with Dr. Brian Dugoni and Dr. Yahya Mansour plus other dentists who share the same passion. As a result, Rodeo Dental and Orthodontics was created in 2008 and they’ve been wrangling up big smiles ever since! Growing up in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, Saam spent most of his childhood as the only child. It wasn’t until high school that his two brothers and two sisters were born. At the age of four, Saam’s parents divorced. Even though he had a good relationship with his dad, it was his stepfather who sparked his passion for dentistry. “My stepfather was a dentist,” explains Saam. “I was around the dental practice my whole life. I watched him do certain treatments. He had this endearing way he would work with the patients. It was always about caring for the patients and building relationships. Patients had this incredible love for him which I was always fascinated with. That was my first glimpse into dentistry.” 6 SMALL BUSINESS TODAY MAGAZINE [ NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2017 ]