Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Course of the Decade

Sometimes when dentists see the work of some of their colleagues, they become upset that the standards are not up to par. And sometimes a group of dentists join together to right a wrong and to show our younger colleagues that excellence can be done in the Capital District and if they want to know how to do it, we will show them.

Four dentists in the Capital District, an Endodontist, an oral surgeon, an orthodontist and I will treat ONE patient for up to three years of dental treatment with our goal to produce as perfect an outcome as possible for our patient. We are inviting up to 12 of our dental colleagues to join us on our journey towards excellence.

Our colleagues will pay us nothing to take our course which is unheard of for a course like this. And our patient will also not pay us for our dental treatment.

Then why would we do this? What do we want to gain from helping other dentists learn and giving our patient the gift of dental excellence that she would never be able to pay for?

We will conduct this course solely for the benefit of our patient and as a tremendous learning experience for other dentists. Each of us teaching our course will PAY thousands of dollars for our involvement in presenting this course as well as almost 100 hours each of our time for planning, preparation and treatment.

There has never been a course like this in the Capital District or as far as I know, anywhere else in the country.

I can't wait.