Teaching and Sharing CEREC

Sameer Puri D.D.S.

14 years ago

I wanted to share this email from one of our doctors and regular contributors on cerecdoctors.com. Seems that he is enjoying the teaching, the sharing and the mentoring aspect of CEREC. How great is it to have all of our members sharing their knowledge and spreading the CEREC gospel? I want to thank Dr. Chuck for this nice email, and I'm glad he is enjoying his CEREC journey - as I hope you all are.

>>> Sam and Armen:

With all the new doctors looking for help, I did not want to post this on the website and push a more important topic down the list. I do want to share with the two of you that I spent the day at a University of Iowa College of Dentistry continuing ed symposium in Iowa City on digital impressions and CAD/CAM dentistry. I presented a couple of short cases at the end of the Sirona part of the program (they also had iTero, Lava COS and E4D) just to give the attendees hope that if an old geezer like me can learn to do this, they certainly can do this also).

In the afternoon, I was a mentor, meaning that I helped with a hands-on session in which attendees could get their hands on the equipment, and with a little help from me, get a crown milled. It was hard work. I was perspiring when it was over. Skrammy actually did this gig last year, but I can see that he is overqualified for an activity like this. Also, it is a six-hour drive from Minneapolis to Iowa City. It only takes me an hour to get there from Geneseo.

I believe that it would be way easier to help with a class in Scottsdale where the attendees are already committed and have a little experience under their belts. But it was also fun. At the end I had a GP resident buttonhole me to teach her how to use quadrant mode. We had our images and were just starting to design the first restoration when the hotel and dental school staffs kicked us out.

So much for my first foray into advanced instruction. Anyhow, I am grateful for the opportunity to have participated. I hope I helped some people, and I would do it again. Happy Thanksgiving to you both.

Regards,
Dr. Chuck