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In his autobiography "No Dream is too High,", Buzz Aldrin, the first man on the moon, said:
If you want to do something significant, something noble, something that perhaps has never been done before, you must be willing to fail. And don’t be surprised or devastated when you do. It is not the end of the world, and untold numbers of people have experienced major failures and have come back from them, not only as more successful, but also as better, stronger people.
I absolutely and totally agree.
In the 'old days' failure was the result of slightly over reaching beyond what someone could already do. Much of the time, the attempt at something new was because you could extrapolate the information, knowledge and skill that you had and go beyond where you have already been.
Today from what I see, failure is the result of lack of knowledge, lack of concern and lack of caring especially when it comes to treating dental patients. A dentist takes a preliminary, weekend course in a particular area of dentistry and immediately goes back to work on Monday and puts his/her 'knowledge' into treatment options as if they had studied for years.
The result???
Failure!!! Is this a surprise? Does the dentist even care? Isn't this how you are supposed to get experience and training?
NO! NO! and NO!!!!!
Buzz Aldrin was not referring to failing because you had never really prepared to succeed. He was talking about parleying your knowledge and experience along with extensive training and practice to push known boundaries.
What is happening in dentistry today is nothing short of human experimentation, which, in case you don't know, has very strict standards.
The word that comes to mind for dentists that provide 'care' to patients without extensive knowledge and training is:
Pathetic!
