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<blockquote data-quote="kcdt" data-source="post: 16240" data-attributes="member: 349"><p>the CDT requires you to meet educational standards yearly to keep the credential. Among these is the health and safety requirement, which is a requirement that EVERY credentialed worker in health care has to meet since the mid '90s following the CDC's guideline on infectious disease control.</p><p>This is an industry with rapidly changing technologies, and having educational requirements is one way of ensuring that you don't let the grind of "I'm too busy" get in the way of staying on top of the curve.</p><p>Several states have enacted laws that require a CDT to be in direct supervision over the production in that CDT's specialty. I know many people will always push back at what they see as government intrusion, consider that we make our own health care choices based on the training and certification the clinic holds for the procedure we need done. Technicians have often been treated with a total lack of professional respect by the dentist, and I don't see how we expect that to change any if we cannot muster up respect for the profession ourselves.</p><p>Can one be successful and make money without a CDT? Sure, but in the eyes of those (DMD,DDS,RDA,DA,EDDA) that must hold documentation to work and must improve it to move up, what does it say about our commitment to be the only one on the team with a mouth full of opinions and nothing else to back it up?</p><p>And what the hell is the big crime about taking pride in your career? Being proud of one's accomplishments is a great motivation in life and shouldn't be dismissed so easily.</p><p>If you don't see value in avenues for self improvement, fine, but you may have a hard time being taken more seriously than you're willing to take yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kcdt, post: 16240, member: 349"] the CDT requires you to meet educational standards yearly to keep the credential. Among these is the health and safety requirement, which is a requirement that EVERY credentialed worker in health care has to meet since the mid '90s following the CDC's guideline on infectious disease control. This is an industry with rapidly changing technologies, and having educational requirements is one way of ensuring that you don't let the grind of "I'm too busy" get in the way of staying on top of the curve. Several states have enacted laws that require a CDT to be in direct supervision over the production in that CDT's specialty. I know many people will always push back at what they see as government intrusion, consider that we make our own health care choices based on the training and certification the clinic holds for the procedure we need done. Technicians have often been treated with a total lack of professional respect by the dentist, and I don't see how we expect that to change any if we cannot muster up respect for the profession ourselves. Can one be successful and make money without a CDT? Sure, but in the eyes of those (DMD,DDS,RDA,DA,EDDA) that must hold documentation to work and must improve it to move up, what does it say about our commitment to be the only one on the team with a mouth full of opinions and nothing else to back it up? And what the hell is the big crime about taking pride in your career? Being proud of one's accomplishments is a great motivation in life and shouldn't be dismissed so easily. If you don't see value in avenues for self improvement, fine, but you may have a hard time being taken more seriously than you're willing to take yourself. [/QUOTE]
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