How I Got My Groove Back

Before starting my laboratory in 1987, I studied with the famous technician, Makato Yamamoto. It was a life-changing experience that taught me to always strive for my personal best. Around that time, I also had the honor of being a clinician for 3M Unitek Corp. and was blessed to be one of the esthetic-minded clinicians who wanted to share techniques and philosophies with others.

Over the next decade, I stayed busy running my lab, lecturing and becoming a parent. Then, in 1998, my wife Muffie and I decided to open an education company, Re-Creating Nature, to offer hands-on courses for technicians at our laboratory focusing on high-end esthetics. Life was good; I even had time for hunting and to become a professional bow hunter.

Then, in the late 2000s, the industry grabbed hold of monolithic restorations and it seemed like the desire for high-quality work...