This years Yankee Dental meeting in Boston was a great experience for the staff and Dr. Schoenbeck. The Yankee Dental meeting is the annual northeast meeting of the dental industry and takes place at the end of January. It is typically the fifth largest meeting in the country. Dentists attend the meeting to see what’s new in the industry and take courses for their state licensing requirements. There are thousands of dentists that attend mostly from the northeast area. Here’s Dr.Schoenbeck’s summary:
I was a volunteer to the event and helped with the classes given in the live demonstration arena. This was the first year that live patient demonstrations were given at the event. That means we had real patients receiving dental procedures with video showing on large screens.I helped with two courses, an implant course and a CEREC course.
Michael Dunn,director of marketing and Dr. Schoenbeck
I also was asked by the Sirona company to be the dentist in their exhibition area. I was there to demonstrate the CEREC technology to other dentists and investors. I have been a CEREC user and instructor for many years. The Sirona company manufactures the CEREC and other hi-tech medical and dental technologies. Find out more on their website: www.sirona.com I was very honored to be their dentist at the meeting. Mr. Michael Dunn, the director of marketing for Sirona asked for me to come to the Yankee and be the expert CEREC dentist at the exhibit class. I showed the system to investors, dentists and other people in the dental industry. I also answered questions and gave advice to dentists who are already CEREC users.
The last day of the course, we took the advanced INVISALIGN course. Drs. Cherian, Sreemali and myself attended a day long course on the new techniques in the use of our clear braces system, Invisalign. We will be able to move teeth better and more predictably now than before. The hygienists, assistants and Cindy (our financial coordinator) took classes as well. They really enjoyed the courses they took. They had one course in particular that was about keeping good chart notes. They said the speaker was excellent.
The yankee meeting is held at the Boston Convention Center over the bay. The exhibit hall is big enough to hold three football fields. Here is a photo of hygienist Anne Lake, and dental assistants Shelli Deblois and Charnee Buckley overlooking the exhibit hall. The Sirona area is seen in the background.
NCD staff above the exhibit hall at the Yankee dental meeting in Boston
