TAMPA, Fla. — When Jessica "Cookie" Osburn walks into ClearChoice Dental Implants in Tampa, almost every employee comes out to say hi.

What You Need To Know • Jessica "Cookie" Osburn has lived with severe dental issues her entire life. They are a result of the rare genetic disease she lives with called Williams Syndrome • She was turned away for most of her life, because of the complications her disease and anatomy presented. But recently, ClearChoice Dental Implants in Tampa took on her case • With specialized techniques, Dr. Vladimir Jovic and his team performed the procedure with success • Because of her condition, doctors feared anesthesia could endanger her heart, so Cookie stayed awake through a four-hour surgery with only laughing gas and numbing medication to ease the pain

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