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by Dr. Ross Enfinger, show not only how to use the concepts of
Facially Generated Treatment Planning, but also the need at times
for involving specialists in a collaborative interdisciplinary care of
the patient. This way of planning and treatment helps ensure the
proper and best outcomes for our patients.
It has always been cerecdoctors.commagazine’s purpose to help
the reader “see for miles” the possibilities that digital dentistry can
afford for us in our treatment of patients. And an important person
who has helpedmake that possible has been themagazine’s Senior
Editor John Roark, who is now moving on to exciting new oppor-
tunities. I have been privileged to work with John on the maga-
zine and other projects for seven years now. I have been fortunate
to learn a lot from him about putting this magazine together and
writing in general. We wish himwell in his next adventure and the
exciting times ahead. Thanks.
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reached at mark@cerecdoctors.com.
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contributors |
Ross Enfinger, D.M.D. | Dennis J. Fasbinder, D.D.S.
Mark Fleming, D.D.S. | Kevin Kwiecien, D.M.D., M.S.
Darin O’Bryan, D.D.S. | Dhaval Patel, D.D.S.
Sameer Puri, D.D.S. | Anthony Ramirez, D.D.S., M.A.G.D.
Mike Skramstad, D.D.S. |
“Don’t know where I’m going, don’t know what I need,
I’m going to get to where I’m going, and that’s all right by me.”
— Pete Townshend
F R O M T H E E D I TO R | | | B Y M A R K F L E M I N G , D . D . S .
Planning and Seeing
I have recently had the opportunity of sitting in on two week-
ends’ worth of great presentations. The first was the Spear Faculty
Club Summit, and the second was the cerecdoctors.com Mentor
Meeting. The information presented at both was incredible and
given by top-notch speakers — which got me thinking …
I believe that if we follow the line of thinking in the lyrics at the
start of this article, we may not actually get to where we really want
to go. Even the man who wrote these lyrics seems to agree; the next
lyric states, “Let’s see action.” But before we anticipate any action,
shouldn’t we be involved in some sort of planning? Shouldn’t we be
visualizing some outcome or end before we get going? Shouldn’t we
be deciding on what we need for the outcome we are pursuing?
It doesn’t need to be pointed out that we have some great tools
to perform dentistry for our patients today. CEREC and the asso-
ciated technologies allow us to give the best for our patients. But
these are just tools. Without a plan, our implementation will be
haphazard and our outcomes may not be the best. Proper planning
is the key; the key to seeing the final outcome is what can help us
attain the treatment that is beneficial for our patients.
The case that is featured in our cover story shows how digital
dentistry —properly planned— can be delivered andmake a positive
impact for a patient. I have had the pleasure of watching Drs. Sameer
Puri and Kevin Kwiecien plan out this case using concepts from
Spear’s Workshop Facially Generated Treatment Planning, then
implementing a totally digital treatment with CEREC and associ-
ated digital components. The video at www.cerecdoctors.com/
campus-learning/view-seminar/cerec/8 shows an exciting way of
performing comprehensive care. Make sure you check it out.
Two more articles, one by Dr. Darin O’Bryan and the other
But before we anticipate any action,
shouldn’t we be involved in some sort of
planning? Shouldn’t we be visualizing
some outcome or end before we get going?
Shouldn’t we be deciding on what we need
for the outcome we are pursuing?