Show me the pix and shut up.
Sounds fine if all you wanna do is have me make an AESTHETIC judgment about myself.
BUT, if you sincerely believe there are structural issues, physiologic issues, issues of health, wellness, longevity, etc, this won't cut it.
I'm iggerant about this stuff, and if you just show me my oogly photos, I'll tell ya I just don't care.
regards
bill domb
From: Deb Shoemaker
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ACEsthetics] Re: I hate OCCLUSION!!
We do, John. I usually get "those aren't my teeth?" or "well, I'm old...they wear out" followed by the "nobody ever told me this before." Some of these "old" patients are in their forties. One today was mid-30s and he laughed about it. It was the end of the day so my response was that I'd be happy to take his 20k + inflation for his dentures after he's finished eating his teeth. All with a smile and shoulder pat, of course...:-)
Deb Shoemaker, DMD
Deb Shoemaker, DMD
--Show them photos. What do you see? Then shut the *&$#*&# up.--John Highsmith DDSClyde, NCAACD Accredited DentistLVI Clinical InstructorDiplomate, ICOIFellow, Misch Implant InstituteOn May 29, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Deb Shoemaker wrote:
That's the thing...why can't they see they have shorter, broken teeth? I just don't get it. My RDH asks about it, I talk about it and they just sit and stare. If I get the idea they are not concerned I move on. I'd love a progressive slideshow of how wear affects just the teeth...something they can see. I got asked three times today how long I thought their teeth would last. How am I suppose to know that?I guess I should care less.
Deb Shoemaker, DMDJust because someone has the signs of occlusal issues, doesn't mean they have a concern about it, and we get so busy diagnosing that we forget that often we are offering solutions to problems they don't feel, or own. If someone walks up to me and tells me they have a solution for grey hair, and I don't really mind my grey hair, I ain't going to be too interested in their solution!The only things they are going to buy are solutions to THEIR PROBLEMS! Your concerns about their bite morphology isn't one of their problems!We have all been there and done that! It gets better!Rick
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Deb Shoemaker <drdebshoemaker@att.net> wrote:
I had one of those days where I decided that I know why only a select group of dentists ever continue their education to be the best they can be. It's exhausting. If I said one more time today that teeth look like M & M's or that there are three ways people lose their teeth... I actually got tired of hearing myself. Why did everyone look like they took a jigsaw ( or insert other tool here) to their teeth? Why did they all have 5mm tall incisors? I decided if I never found ACE and started taking all these "silly" classes that I could just drill and fill. Instead, I'm educating patients and they are looking at me dumbfounded. I'm repeating all these silly metaphors. I'm worried about whether they breathe. I want to go back to being "normal." I don't want to stress how to help them anymore. I want my blinders back.I feel a wine night coming on.Deb(No, I didn't fall off the face of the Earth for those wondering...I've been busy talking about the damn bite.)--
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