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Originally Posted by labdude
And on it goes...
with all that in mind.
What about Cade?? He's a CDT!! Awesome thing to a point as I know he agrees. The extra training is good, as well as the ongoing education requirements. Problem is, there is to much money involved going not to the program, but into pockets. It's is legal, must be ethical.
I have had a lab for many years, never got a CDT.
Some guys I knew who had a CDT or not, generally said the same thing. Don't bother. I don't think this is right either.
Why should I be able to cruise along while Cade has to jump through ridiculous hoops??
There should be something for us all to meet certain requirments. The current system is not worth crap.
Just like the ortho issue...it's a freak'in mess and I don't know how to fix it.
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I sometimes wonder if it wasn't required here in Texas would I have gotten the CDT?. I probably would not have gone to Dental Lab School. Either way the last stats I heard was that it usually takes someone from a Lab School 1-2 years of lab experience to get their CDT, but 9-12 years of lab experience if they didn't go to lab school!
Lab school was the best I I got to learn the basics of all the disciplines, Crown and bridge, Dentures, Partial Dentures, ortho... It has really paid off me being in a small town. I make a lot of quick money repairing and relining Dentures and partial dentures for local dentist around here. If I could afford a Cerec I would whip out overnight crowns for a price. But can t afford that right now. THe best thing about the school is that it got me in my own lab within 1 year of graduating . It also got me making money to pay off the school loans for that BS in biology that I hardly use.
My point being, education is important but also expirence. I would feel more comfortable about going to a new Orthodontist than a GD that has been doing ortho for 2 years. But there are some GD's out there that do good work, but they have been at it for 10 + years. and orthos are doing good work right out of school! Whose to say. I know that orthos tend to be perfectionists when it comes to straight teeth. I get so used to that, that when I get a model from an GD i think: "Are you done?" should I reset some of these teeth? I know ..that was mean. But sometimes that is all the Patient wants, a quick and dirty treatment to get their teeth under control possibly for veneers next. Looks like Space Maintainers has found that niche, providing their expirence to GP to make them look good in the eyes of their patient.
But isn't that the goal of all of us labs? To quietly work in the background and make our Dentist/ Orthos look good.
