WEBB DENTAL: Clinicians Report? Sign me up!

This evening I attended a short seminar for dental students sponsored by Clinicians Report at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry. Wow! Words cannot describe that place. If you are ever in Scottsdale you have to go by there for a short tour. For now check out their website. They have a video tour that sums up things quite nicely--no where near the "experience" of going there though.

Here is the original invite that I received (click to enlarge):

I have to say I was a little reluctant to drive all the way out to Scottsdale for a 2 hour event on a school night just for free pizza. However, when I arrived at the center…the reluctance quickly vanished. I was so impressed with the facility and the speakers were phenomenal. I had heard a little about Dr. Gordon Christensen at BYU where I did my undergrad. His name always seemed to come up at the pre-dental club meetings. I think they had access to his videos in the club, but I never went to watch them and I didn’t really know what the fuss was all about. It was so nice to actually meet him though and be taught for a moment by such a renowned dental authority. He truly was a treat to listen to and was very personable and friendly to all who attended (great sense of humor too).

The take home message of the night was that the field of dentistry is constantly changing and it is changing even more rapidly as we head into the future years to come. Of course several plugs were given for subscribing to clinicians report as a way to address those future changes. You can go to the website to find out more about it. Basically it’s a “no BS” report for dentists to get valuable advice on emerging and current dental materials, products, equipment, etc. It’s a quick way to see the truth of what’s out there worth buying without wading through the biased marketing of the million and one companies out there that flood your offices with free journals, ads, salesman, twisted statistics, and promises of a new and better product. You may not know this but this organization, Clinicians Report, is a world class foundation. They really have done phenomenal things for the field of dentistry. There is a lot of volunteer work that goes on behind the scenes and it is a non-profit organization. They’ve tried to do everything possible to take out self interest and any form of bias with their report.

While we were there we scored some sweet Papa Johns pizza as well as free subscription to Clinicians report all through dental school and in to our first year of practice. I believe Dr. Child said that the subscription was $95-$150 a year. To me that’s a steal for what you’re getting and all the time and resources you are saving to generate an informed opinion on the dental material you want to use. They definitely have me sold!

Here’s a couple of the websites that were discussed tonight.