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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Lutke" data-source="post: 239273" data-attributes="member: 14256"><p>I do love reading and learning here on DLN. I will try and give an honest answer.</p><p>I don't know how we can connect like-minded lab techs and dentists. I would think that a show like the Chicago Midwinter could be a place that could happen. A planned event to get like minded teams together.</p><p>What makes a great lab tech, at least in my view, is a team-mate to serve the patient. My patients (mostly cosmetic) don't get a chance to meet the lab tech - so communicating the patient's desired outcome is the key. I used to video my patients talking about their cases.</p><p></p><p>Over the past year I have read, here on DLN, the many complaints about dentists. Some resentment, anger and lots of mistrust. I would guess that most is well founded.</p><p>Lots of dentists can be terrible - and I certainly don't blame anyone here for those opinions.</p><p>We dentists get stuck between our patients and our lab techs - not a happy place. I guess the main complaint I have is that some lab techs don't want collaboration - they just want to be trusted to do what they know. I haven't found success in that system. Patients, dentists and lab techs all need a voice in these cases.</p><p> </p><p>I had the same lab tech from 1990-2014 (retired). Just a great friendship and team. Lots of beautiful cases.</p><p>The more I read here on DLN, the more I know it's about getting like-minded people (teams) together.</p><p>I wish I had some answers, but I don't. Trial and error hasn't been working either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Lutke, post: 239273, member: 14256"] I do love reading and learning here on DLN. I will try and give an honest answer. I don't know how we can connect like-minded lab techs and dentists. I would think that a show like the Chicago Midwinter could be a place that could happen. A planned event to get like minded teams together. What makes a great lab tech, at least in my view, is a team-mate to serve the patient. My patients (mostly cosmetic) don't get a chance to meet the lab tech - so communicating the patient's desired outcome is the key. I used to video my patients talking about their cases. Over the past year I have read, here on DLN, the many complaints about dentists. Some resentment, anger and lots of mistrust. I would guess that most is well founded. Lots of dentists can be terrible - and I certainly don't blame anyone here for those opinions. We dentists get stuck between our patients and our lab techs - not a happy place. I guess the main complaint I have is that some lab techs don't want collaboration - they just want to be trusted to do what they know. I haven't found success in that system. Patients, dentists and lab techs all need a voice in these cases. I had the same lab tech from 1990-2014 (retired). Just a great friendship and team. Lots of beautiful cases. The more I read here on DLN, the more I know it's about getting like-minded people (teams) together. I wish I had some answers, but I don't. Trial and error hasn't been working either. [/QUOTE]
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