Dont forget the Big "O" in F.O.C.C.
With now a few Level One Trainings under my belt, teaching the F.O.C.C. (Fissure Height, Occlusion, Contours, Contacts) concept as a systematic process to design definitely streamlines the chairside approach. But as I also have two new assistants learning the ins and outs of CEREC design, I realized a BIG "O" was missing! When a proposal is first generated, it is automatic that I look at the buccal/lingual corridor, without question, first, so that I am able to position the restoration in the arch to my "ideal" by using the "MOVE" tool or simply, Anatomical 2D. Inevitably, as my assistants and new users waited to position the tooth in the "Contours" Step (previous Step 3), we would almost always have to jump back to the "Occlusion" (previous Step 2) and refine. I thank Kristine Aadland for coming up with the original PDF (which I have edited) showing these steps to help ourselves, our assistants, and new users not to get overwhelmed by the tools and tricks of design. As from here on, I will choose the Big "O" to begin the F.O.C.C approach!
OH FOCC, now you've gone and done it!!!!
Great addition and how often we as masters forget the path of the new learners to this technology. We take it completely for granted that the tooth has to sit nicely in the arch before we do anything else...newbies...not so much. Great addition to the protocol.
That's awesome! I was literally thinking about this last night and was trying to come up with an acronym that's started with A for arch but this works!
On 8/13/2018 at 1:44 pm, Ernie Johnson said...OH FOCC, now you've gone and done it!!!!
Great addition and how often we as masters forget the path of the new learners to this technology. We take it completely for granted that the tooth has to sit nicely in the arch before we do anything else...newbies...not so much. Great addition to the protocol.
HAHA!! 
Just for complete clarity- I 100% stole this idea from Dr. Rich Rosenblatt. I just took the concept and made it look pretty on paper :)
On 8/13/2018 at 1:44 pm, Ernie Johnson said...OH FOCC, now you've gone and done it!!!!
Great addition and how often we as masters forget the path of the new learners to this technology. We take it completely for granted that the tooth has to sit nicely in the arch before we do anything else...newbies...not so much. Great addition to the protocol.
WELL DONE SIR!!! WELL DONE INDEED!!! 
On 8/14/2018 at 5:18 pm, Kristine Aadland said...Just for complete clarity- I 100% stole this idea from Dr. Rich Rosenblatt. I just took the concept and made it look pretty on paper :)
I think we all wish you hadn't stopped the beautification process there...
I thought I was the only one who noticed occasionally you ruined the proposal when you do a final check on design with both models displayed! I teach it the same way... but never called it O FOCC :) Sucks for newbies spending 15 min on their first designs and then only to realize the pt will be biting their cheek with the design they just did.
