I just got back from sunny Scottsdale Arizona helping out with another great CEREC Discover event? What, you ask, is a CEREC Discovery event? It is a fantastic 2 day event held at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry. It is co-sponsored by Sirona and Patterson and allows doctors on the fence about CAD/CAM and CEREC specifically, to come to the center for 2 days of lectures and hands on with the machines. There are volunteer dentists from around the country, like myself, who attend to help those with questions about how this technology will fit into their practice. The volunteers are doctors like yourself who were once on the fence and are now raving fans for what it has done for their practice. As we all know, it is one the to hear from a rep from a company what a certain product will do for your practice. It is an entirely different story when we get to hear from a colleague who has a similar practice philosophy and is making the technology a major part of their daily routine. The event is first class. For those who have not been to the Scottsdale for a course, such as Frank Spear or others, make it a destination. It is a place like nothing else for continuing education. There is great food and fantastic comeraderie. For me, it is a great chance to share my story of how a small suburban practice of less than 1000 patients makes CEREC work. You can hear from others with much larger practices how they utilize the technology. It makes those who fear the commitment realize that they are not alone, and the lectures and hands on allows them to begin to realize that this is where the future of dentistry is going. So if you are on the fence and want to learn about the technology, the science and studies behind it, and the overwhelming amount of support and comeraderie there is amongst the user base, get in touch with your Patterson rep about the 2010 discovery event schedule. It is 2 days that may change your career forever!