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Photos: Making a TikTok video with Dr. Grant Collins, @thebracesguy

Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos.

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.03597.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

By Joe Ahlquist

January 25, 2021 05:30 AM

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012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.03525.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.03449.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.05659.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.05761.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.03471.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, writes down notes to follow while working on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.03510.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.03388.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.05633.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.03672.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

012221.N.RPB.THE.BRACES.GUY.05789.jpg — Dr. Grant Collins, of Collins Orthodontics, works on producing a TikTok video in his office Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Rochester. Dr. Collins, @thebracesguy on TikTok, started using the video-sharing social media network regularly at the start of the pandemic, and has millions of followers. "Sometimes they're educational, sometimes they're funny," he said of his TikTok videos. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)

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By Joe Ahlquist

Joe Ahlquist is the photo editor at the Post Bulletin. Joe is a 2013 graduate of Winona State University and previously worked at the Winona (Minn.) Daily News and the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader before arriving at the Post Bulletin in July of 2017. Readers can reach Joe at 507-285-7624 or jahlquist@postbulletin.com.