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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / August 2005What is the best way to prep for cosmetic dentistry?
Thank you all for your responses! I really appreciate it. My next question is...I am interested in Cosmetic Dentistry, any advice on the best way to prep while in school and post school. Is cosmetic dentistry a specialty or part of general dentistry? It's not an official specialty. You need to take lots of classes read lots of articles join the AACD so that you are exposed to it. >Thank you all for your responses! I really appreciate it. My next >question is...I am interested in Cosmetic Dentistry, any advice on the >best way to prep while in school and post school. Is cosmetic >dentistry a specialty or part of general dentistry? Most restorative dentistry should be cosmetic. 'cosmetic dentistry' is not a specialty *and* all patients should steer clear of those dentists who profess to be such. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com agreed  Signature~+--~+--~+--~+--~+-- Stephen [What's a Temporary?], D.D.S. Michigan, USA .................................................... This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only. Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect your health. ...................... > >>Thank you all for your responses! I really appreciate it. My next [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Take out the G'RBAGE > wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com > agreed In general I agree, but... There are some of the top names in cosmetic dentistry. They have the experience, in many cases have developed the techniques. Certainly most general restorative dentists should be able to handle the vast majority of cosmetic cases. However, there are special situations, and IMO its silly to pretend there aren't dentists out there with extra special experience. Of course, they should not present themselves as "specialists" in the sense of having been certified. But the good thing for me is that if I on occasion get a situation that I don't want to handle and a patient is willing to pay for a top-notch operator, I know I have somewhere to send them. Steve SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 >> agreed > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Steve Keyword: experience Ross Nash comes to mind, as a master of the art. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com >>>agreed >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Ross Nash comes to mind, as a master of the art. Exactly. The trick is figuring out what is experience, and what is just skillful self-promotion. Steve > -- > > W_B > Take out the G'RBAGE > wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 >>> Of course, they should not present themselves as "specialists" in the >>>sense of having been certified. But the good thing for me is that if I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Steve When I saw him he was not selling anything. Just slides of technic and results. Of course a good lab doesn't hurt. (who BTW put on the seminar) -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com The whole trick in those cases is simply charging enough money so that you can spend the necessary time to get it right. Signature~+--~+--~+--~+--~+-- Stephen [What's a Temporary?], D.D.S. Michigan, USA .................................................... This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only. Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect your health. ...................... > >>>>agreed [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> Take out the G'RBAGE >> wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com > The whole trick in those cases is simply charging enough money so that you > can spend the necessary time to get it right. Yeah.... or hiding what you get paid. There is a lot of that going on here in the land of 'No'. It is to the point where I'm getting funny looks from quite a few patients when I answer the question: " and what about the _discount?_"... I simply say: "We give receipts for all work we do. There is no _under the table stuff._ What you choose to do with your receipt is your own business." It is frustrating, though, to see how the Kaannnaadian dental professional is being choked to death by the TaxMan. I'd be interested to know if the same happens over yourn. Thanks SP SignatureFinally: take out the TRASHH >>The whole trick in those cases is simply charging enough money so that you >>can spend the necessary time to get it right. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Thanks > SP Occasionally folks give me the puppydog face with the pouty lip and ask for a discount. But I've also had folks (almost invariably foreign patients) who insist on giving me a tip. Steve SignatureCut the nonsense to reply > Occasionally folks give me the puppydog face with the pouty lip and ask > for a discount. But I've also had folks (almost invariably foreign > patients) who insist on giving me a tip. > > Steve Now, THAT is unusual. SP SignatureFinally: take out the TRASHH Eastern Europeans are notorious for that. I often came home to find extra hundred dollar bills stuffed into my clinic coat! Joel (PS~ I knew who did the stuffing, but they literally reached into m vest pocket and stuffed in cash. This was not a few people, there wer many.) This works. It means much more than cash earned from charging patient more. In fact, patients will bring me a bottle of wine from their ow basement (grape fermenting stores), cookies baked at home, lots of ver meaningful stuff. Steven Bornfeld Wrote: > >>The whole trick in those cases is simply charging enough money s > that you [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > -- > Cut the nonsense to repl -- Joel34 > > Keyword: experience > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Steve The idea of a photo journal that the potential patient can look through is a measure of experience and capability, IMO. This would especially be true if you did it yourself, with unretouched photos, with the same lighting and the same color bibs, and the photos always being taken on the same chair. I use the x-ray chair, as there is little daylight that gets in there. This tends to standardize the photo process. Not that I have a lot of them, but there is the MonoDont case, and the Frankenstein befor and after case.... ;-) SP SignatureFinally: take out the TRASHH >>>Keyword: experience >>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Frankenstein befor and after case.... ;-) > SP These days, I wonder if a standard release form would be adequate to put a patient's photo in an album for general viewing. Steve SignatureCut the nonsense to reply > These days, I wonder if a standard release form would be adequate to > put a patient's photo in an album for general viewing. > > Steve Don't forget, you see only their mouths, like the postings we put up for the SMD SP SignatureFinally: take out the TRASHH > Of course, they should not present themselves as "specialists" in the > sense of having been certified. But the good thing for me is that if I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Steve We could be developing before/after photo journals for demonstrating what we are capable of doing. Then the patient could have a better idea if s/he wants me or the guy with all the ultra-modern bells and whistles down the road (say about 220 feet....) SP SignatureFinally: take out the TRASHH |
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