Tomorrow we are heading down to Anaheim for the annual California Dental Association Scientific Session. Every spring, our dental association puts on a fantastic event with some of the best minds in dentistry presenting to their peers. The information presented is nothing less than cutting edge. People come from all over the country to hear these wonderful lecturers. The classes are in Cosmetic Dentistry, Implants, Preventive Dentistry, Oral Surgery and more.
There are 100’s of hours of lectures presented over three days. Being that there are so many classes, it is impossible for us to attend every class. No problem, we purchase the complete recordings of the sessions on cd so that we can listen to them in the car during our commute to home and work.
Besides the valuable information, they also display the latest equipment and materials in the convention center. It is our chance to talk with the manufacturers, test out their stuff and learn about their advances in dentistry. Yeah, for dental geeks like us, we are like kids in a candy store (minus the candy of course).
As informative as our convention is, our commitment to education goes far beyond this. We are constantly improving our knowledge by attending continuing education classes. We believe that our patients deserve to have the most educated dentists caring for them. We love to learn and that is a good thing for all of our patients.
Besides learning, we also spend quite a bit of time teaching. we just got back from teaching in Utah where we put on a retreat for other dentists. We love teaching because we can help others and at the same time, to teach, we really need to know our stuff. The challenge of teaching keeps us sharp and is incredibly satisfying.
Being in dentistry means we will always be students and also teachers.
If ever you want to discuss the latest advances in dentistry, we will be happy to entertain your questions. We love to talk dentistry! Dr. C 🙂