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Why 15 Dentists Shut Down Shop and Opened Up at Arrowhead

It has been 10 years now, but Kansas City Chiefs punter Dustin Colquitt refuses to forget his initial inspiration.

"In 2005, in Baltimore, there was a kid in an inner city that had a toothache, was complaining about it and ended up having a bacterial infection,” Colquitt explained. “He went down into cardiac arrest and passed away.”

A Kansas City dentist by the name of Dr. Bill Busch knew Colquitt’s wife, Christia, who at the time was entertaining the idea of attending dental school.

Knowing the power of his potential reach as a member of the Chiefs, Busch called Colquitt.