Synergistic Education: Key to Technician-Dentist Partnership

January 2012—

The teamwork approach to continuing education is becoming the "gold standard" in dentistry. Technicians and dentists alike are reaping the rewards that come with learning and even teaching side-by-side: enhanced communication, shared skills and objectives, and an overall stronger working relationship. This month, we look at two dynamic duos—one that exemplifies learning together and the other teaching together—and how their teamwork produces beautiful results both in the classroom and out.

Technician-Dentist Educators Practice What They Teach

Twenty years ago, lab owner and educator Matt Roberts was giving courses for both technicians and dentists but rarely—if ever—did they take a course together. "Someone would come to a course, excited to go back to his lab or dental practice with a whole new skill set. But unless both the technician and dentist were on the same page, nothing was going...