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<blockquote data-quote="Lindsay Patterson" data-source="post: 302344" data-attributes="member: 20653"><p>Wow! Wow! Wow! .....Wow! I can usually come to this site for help and answers when they arise and I appreciate the people who have reached out and actually helped. Instead of using this site as a way to publically display your insecurities and inability to succeed or even to work with other humans. The equivalent of what I just read is like a black guy coming on a white supremacist group discussion. Easy to be the bad man on campus when it's you and all your friends against one guy. </p><p></p><p> Im so embarrassed right now for the uneducated opinions...OPINIONS....of the technicians that contributed to this feed. You people have completely lost sight of why we all got into this business in the first place. Helping people.</p><p></p><p>I dropped a full ride art scholarship to go to dental lab school. At the time business was incredibly succesful. The year I graduated was the year zirconia showed it's face. You can imagine my joy. But face it, this business made some technicians a ton of money for only having a two year degree. The guys I've worked for all had brand new trucks, wives that stayed home, huge homes, four wheelers, boats, vacations, employee benefits and raises...a pretty decent living. As soon as I graduated it went digital??? And suddenly my dream of having success as they did started fading. That year I graduated there were 14 dental labs to send resumes to...today there are 2 and the program I graduated from isn't a program anymore...most of them are closed today in fact. This skill and trade suddenly became a job overnight. So I began going back to my roots as an artist for extra money. I got hired to do a published children's book, which was always my dream. When I handed the final drawings in to the publishing company the lady said something that I'll never forget and that also changed my life..."oooo you hand drew these?" I thought to myself "as opposed to what"? I'm 34 years old and the technological world has been just as difficult for me to embrace as anyone older than me. But here's the lesson....the whole world has gone digital!!!!! Even art! There's no escaping it. You have to learn to roll with the times and embrace the change or your going to turn into a very alone and bitter technician who nobody wants to work with. All that doctor did was get on board the digital train. He is also smart enough to get on board a social media site of nothing but technicians and mostly a helping hand. He's smart to be the very few dentists we have on here and hopefully you guys didn't screw it up for the smart technicians who know without a doubt that we need him for our success. The smartest and most skilled technicians are either in-office or extremely close with their dentists. That doctor put in a ton more money and effort into his success than any of us did. It's so easy to be jealous of others but very few are willing to put in the same effort as they did for their success. That's like a nurse thinking she should get the same pay and respect as the doctor bc as we all know they do most the work. But is what it is...and we all know that going into it. I was going to go to be a dentist but I sat in on an implant case and the blood made me so nauseous that it didn't take long for me to realize this isn't for me. </p><p></p><p>I can't believe the ignorance of most the technicians that responded to this....your an embarrassment and give us all a bad name. You have to think outside the box to have success these days as a dental technician....the most obvious being an in-house technician working hand in hand with the dentist. And nowadays if you have a dental practice and don't offer same day crowns then your going to quickly fade while the younger guys come in and work circles around the old school mentality. </p><p>The way for dentists to compete and stand above the rest is to hire a skilled dental technician to work in-office. I feel so bad for that dentist and how you guys treated him. Wake up and educate yourselves...that doctor didnt invent this technology<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lindsay Patterson, post: 302344, member: 20653"] Wow! Wow! Wow! .....Wow! I can usually come to this site for help and answers when they arise and I appreciate the people who have reached out and actually helped. Instead of using this site as a way to publically display your insecurities and inability to succeed or even to work with other humans. The equivalent of what I just read is like a black guy coming on a white supremacist group discussion. Easy to be the bad man on campus when it's you and all your friends against one guy. Im so embarrassed right now for the uneducated opinions...OPINIONS....of the technicians that contributed to this feed. You people have completely lost sight of why we all got into this business in the first place. Helping people. I dropped a full ride art scholarship to go to dental lab school. At the time business was incredibly succesful. The year I graduated was the year zirconia showed it's face. You can imagine my joy. But face it, this business made some technicians a ton of money for only having a two year degree. The guys I've worked for all had brand new trucks, wives that stayed home, huge homes, four wheelers, boats, vacations, employee benefits and raises...a pretty decent living. As soon as I graduated it went digital??? And suddenly my dream of having success as they did started fading. That year I graduated there were 14 dental labs to send resumes to...today there are 2 and the program I graduated from isn't a program anymore...most of them are closed today in fact. This skill and trade suddenly became a job overnight. So I began going back to my roots as an artist for extra money. I got hired to do a published children's book, which was always my dream. When I handed the final drawings in to the publishing company the lady said something that I'll never forget and that also changed my life..."oooo you hand drew these?" I thought to myself "as opposed to what"? I'm 34 years old and the technological world has been just as difficult for me to embrace as anyone older than me. But here's the lesson....the whole world has gone digital!!!!! Even art! There's no escaping it. You have to learn to roll with the times and embrace the change or your going to turn into a very alone and bitter technician who nobody wants to work with. All that doctor did was get on board the digital train. He is also smart enough to get on board a social media site of nothing but technicians and mostly a helping hand. He's smart to be the very few dentists we have on here and hopefully you guys didn't screw it up for the smart technicians who know without a doubt that we need him for our success. The smartest and most skilled technicians are either in-office or extremely close with their dentists. That doctor put in a ton more money and effort into his success than any of us did. It's so easy to be jealous of others but very few are willing to put in the same effort as they did for their success. That's like a nurse thinking she should get the same pay and respect as the doctor bc as we all know they do most the work. But is what it is...and we all know that going into it. I was going to go to be a dentist but I sat in on an implant case and the blood made me so nauseous that it didn't take long for me to realize this isn't for me. I can't believe the ignorance of most the technicians that responded to this....your an embarrassment and give us all a bad name. You have to think outside the box to have success these days as a dental technician....the most obvious being an in-house technician working hand in hand with the dentist. And nowadays if you have a dental practice and don't offer same day crowns then your going to quickly fade while the younger guys come in and work circles around the old school mentality. The way for dentists to compete and stand above the rest is to hire a skilled dental technician to work in-office. I feel so bad for that dentist and how you guys treated him. Wake up and educate yourselves...that doctor didnt invent this technology;) [/QUOTE]
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