CDS meeting

We have been fairly busy at the office. Our usual assortment of patients needing a variety of care has been a little on the light side due to the economy but we are doing pretty well.

The Chicago Dental Society Midwinter meeting was good. There were about 32,000 attendees. I managed a large meeting on Saturday as the Chicago Dental Society representative.

The Smiles of Skokie team went to the meeting as a group on Thursday. We updated our infection control knowledge and added a new hand cleanser system to the office thanks to Dr. Molinari's course. Dr. Roger Levine helped us with our office management skills and provided valuable information to our entire team. It was a good day! [Traffic was terrible in the morning. We drove down in 1 vehicle.]

I was at the meeting on my own on Friday. Dr. Carl Misch's implant lecture was very good. He had some excellent research data and provided a good scientific basis for bridge and implant restorations of a variety of types. He is a very knowledgable and opinionated lecturer.

Saturday, Heidi & I attended separate courses. Mine was on health and stress given by Dr. Uche Odiatu from Toronto, and Heidi took part in a course on dental instrument sharpening and maintenance. Both of us learned a lot. We try to be your positive, health-optimizing resource and Dr. Uche's material will help us serve our patients even better.

It was a good meeting as usual. This year it was held in McCormick Place West for the first time. This venue meant that this huge meeting wasn't scattered over as large of an area as it usually is.