The Quest for Knowledge

Last night was another evening of learning at the Root Canal Expert Learning Center, the institute started by Drs Francisco Banchs and Allyson Byrne at 18 Division Street in Saratoga Springs. The Center has national and local experts present relevant and current information about a wide range of dental subjects including, implants, root canals, cosmetic dentistry and implant restoration. This has been cutting edge learning.

Probably the most important part of the Learning Center has been to bring together a group of progressive dentists from our area that comprise the present and the future of dentistry. It is not surprising that we see the same dentists at these courses time after time with only an occassional new face showing up.

Where are the other 50+ dentists that have easy access to the Learning Center? Why don't THEY want to learn? Oh they have their excuses: My patients would never want any of those treatment options, It's my golf league night, My wife asked me to take out the garbage.

How did we as a profession (or a nation) get to be in this situation where the majority of professionals no longer want to learn so that they can take better care of you and I, their patients?

Why don't you ask YOUR DENTIST why he or she wasn't at the Root Canal Learning Center on July 22? And while you are at it, why don't you ask YOURSELF why you still WANT to be treated by someone who was not learning when they should have been?

Thanks Francisco and Allyson for another great evening of learning.

(Aside: My next learning experience will be in Scottsdale, AZ in August with Dr. Frank Spear, one of the best restorative dentists in the world..Why would anyone want to be in the desert in August?...... TO LEARN)