SP-24 Your Roadmap to Predictable Outcomes: The Three Critical Skills
CE: 1.5
Course Description:
What do you value most in your endodontics? Predictability? Control? Positive patient experience? Enough referrals? Staff alignment? What is it for you?
Regardless of your answer to this question, many endodontic practices do not fully represent their values. Someone else or something else is running the show: referring dentists, patients, staff, the boss, cost-pressure increases, calcified canals, difficult retreatments, or some other factor. The “situation” and the solution can create challenges that leave you feeling lost or overwhelmed. You may even want to throw in the towel!
This presentation offers Three Critical Skills that I have used with success, and that I think will help you produce a better, more successful technical, professional and personal adventure. These Three Critical Skills provide a roadmap to guide you to experience what you value most on your endodontic journey. To paraphrase the exchange between Alice and the Cheshire cat in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: "If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there." Ready to hit the road to predictable outcomes
At the conclusion, participants should be able to:
- List four to six values that define your practice.
- Manage external distractions and internal resistance by staying focused on the values in Skill #1 and the outcomes in Skill #2.
- Determine measurable outcomes, both clinical and organizational, that you want to achieve in the coming year.
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John West, D.D.S., M.S.D.
One of dentistry's most respected endodontic clinicians and educators, British born Dr. John West is founder and director of the Center for Endodontics. His unique style and delivery transforms complex clinical situations into simple and understandable skills. John West received his DDS from the University of Washington where he is Affiliate Professor Department of Endodontics . He earned his MSD in endodontics at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine where he was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award. He coauthored Obturation of the Radicular Space with Dr. John Ingle in Ingle's 1994 and 2002 editions of Endodontics and was senior editor of Cleaning and Shaping the Root Canal System in Cohen and Burns 1994 and 1998 Pathways of the Pulp. He has authored Endodontic Predictability in Dr. Michael Cohen's 2008 Quintessence text Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning: Principles, Design, Implementation and Michael Cohen's 2010 Quintessence text Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning Volume II: Comprehensive Case Studies. John is lead author of Esthetic Management of Endodontically Treated Teeth in Dr. Ronald Goldstein's 2019 third edition of Esthetics in Dentistry. John's memberships include: 2009 president and fellow of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, 2010 president of the Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry, the Northwest Network for Dental Excellence, and the International College of Dentists. John serves on the editorial advisory boards for: The Journal of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry, Dentistry Today, and is associate editor for Endodontic Practice. John and his two sons, Jason and Jordan, are in private endodontic practice in Tacoma, Washington where they set standards of exceptional endodontics and are dedicated to exceeding the expectations of the restorative dentist, their patients, and themselves.
John West, D.D.S., M.S.D.
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