Paying It Forward
It has now been four years since I and Frontier Dental Laboratories got involved with the California Center For Advanced Dental Studies (CCADS). Over that period, we have seen many of the CCADS dentists develop not only clinically, but also in all other aspects of their lives. It has also made our business life more fulfilling as we have built many friendships and experiences through CCADS.
I am therefore proud to announce that Frontier Dental Laboratories is committing an additional $10 million dollars to CCADS.
The additional funding will allow CCADS to expand its course offerings in the US, Canada, and the UK. CCADS will also use the funds to launch an occlusion program, an implant program, and a business management program.
Why support CCADS? Well there is an old Chinese proverb that goes:
Tell me and I forget.
Show me and I remember.
Involve me and I understand.
Dentists, in our opinion, need a mentoring community to help each other grow and develop and CCADS allows that to happen. Here is a note we recieved from a CCADS participant:
"I did want to pass things along to you in regards to all the good things happening at my office. First, we had the best quarter ever in my practice. March was the best month that I have ever had in the twenty seven years of practice. We have had patients either walk in or call for smile design and we did either three or four over the last five weeks or so. Because of CCADS I can look the patient in the eye, letting them know of my abilities in doing the case, letting them know that I teach others how to do exactly what I am proposing for them, walking them through the control that we have for a good outcome, and show them the confidence they are looking for when choosing a dentist...our retention and subsequent treatment rates are very high. I would love to show you the presentation technologies that we use daily in the office. Yes, we work hard daily. We are thankful for every patient, because we have seen holes in the schedule that have frightened us, but I think we are positioning ourselves for good things in the now, not distant future. I owe much of what I am talking about to you and all of my friends at CCADS. The confidence and ability I know is perceived by the patients. Thank you!"
Even in todays unsettled economic conditions, it is good to pay it forward.
If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain.
If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees.
If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
The most successful businesses I have been involved in is where the individuals were given a chance to develop and grow - I believe this is not only good business but a social responsibility.
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