Finding My Smile Again — Ryan Muggeridge's Greenfield Dental Story
Ryan is a New Zealander who drives tractors and trucks and works on roadsides. In this interview he talks about 34 years without a full set of teeth — lost to fights in his youth, years of drug and alcohol abuse as a teenager, and dentists who could only pull what they could not save. He avoided cameras and kept his lips closed in family photos. Now clean and sober for many years, he travelled to Vietnam alone for treatment at Greenfield Dental, nervous about the visa, the language and friends’ warnings. He recalls being collected at the airport, daily check-ins from Rachel over WhatsApp, a hug on arrival, and a process with no pressure where every decision was his. The film closes on Ryan smiling at his reflection in a shop window and taking a selfie for the first time in 34 years.
- Client
- Greenfield Dental
- Category
- Healthcare
- Year
- 2026
Published production process
Pre-Production
Interview planned around Ryan’s journey from New Zealand to Vietnam and the emotional arc of his story, agreed with the Greenfield Dental team.
Production
A 4K sit-down interview in a living-room setting with warm practical light, shot from two angles — a wide frame and a close-up — with a lavalier microphone.
Post-Production
Edited from the two angles with warm colour grading, before-and-after treatment photos and a photo with Rachel cut in, English and Vietnamese subtitles, and Greenfield Dental branding.
Published production credits
- Director – Interviewer
- tiennguyen
- Director of Photography
- tiennguyen
- Camera Operator
- tiennguyen
- Editor
- tiennguyen
- Script Writer
- Tyler Nguyen
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