Dr. Kevin Groth I find it remarkable how certain events in life can lead to opportunities that are seemingly unrelated. My introduction to Dr. Robert DiPilla, Detroit PAC Director, and the Pacific Aesthetic Continuum started with a job as a summer swim coach during dental school. Fast-forward two years, the PAC is [...]
By Dr. Michael Miyasaki Corr Dental Designs (part of The Pacific Aesthetic Laboratory Group) is a fantastic dental laboratory supporting you, their customer, with quality aesthetic dental restorations and education. But you may have noticed that in the past year we have made a push in the PAC curriculum to emphasize the [...]
Garrett Caldwell, CEO Happy New Year! As we close out 2015 and as 2016 begins to dawn, it seems like a great time to reflect on what we’ve accomplished, the journey we’ve taken to get to where we are and the plans we have for an exciting, bright future. I’d like to [...]
Dr. Jack Griffin It would be great if every case was perfect. Wait, come to think of it, I’ve NEVER done case I was 100% happy with. So when planning and prepping a case, the limitations should be identified early, shared with laboratory technician, and explained to the patient so that there [...]
Dr. Samir Ayoub Sometimes in our need to increase production, satisfy patients demands or simply due to our lack of knowledge of a better way, we look at what appears to be a basic case of dentistry without delving deeper into the real requirements for achieving an excellent esthetic and functional result. [...]
Gary Vaughn, CDT, CTO A certain young boy sat down reluctantly to practice the music his teacher had given him before returning to his next piano lesson. He had been outdoors playing, which was his favorite pastime. Although he had a great aptitude and talent for playing the piano, it was obvious [...]
Dr. Mike Miyasaki In past newsletters we have seen beautiful aesthetic veneer cases and amazing full-mouth cases performed by gifted colleagues. The core of the PAC philosophy is that we teach and do comprehensive dentistry restored aesthetically. In this article I would like to cover one of our bread-and-butter procedures, that of [...]
Gary Vaughn, CDT, CTO I want to take a moment this month and talk to you about our educational partner, The Pacific Aesthetic Continuum. Founded by whom I consider some of the most talented dentists and leaders in the industry, Dr. Thomas Dudney, Dr. Todd Franklin, Dr. Samir Ayoub, Dr. Jack Griffin, [...]
Dr. Joel McFaul Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Warren Buffet all have one thing in common…they all had mentors. Could mentors really be that important? Let’s take a closer look. Five days before Thanksgiving 2014, Nick was waiting for his 20 ceramic units to be delivered. My assistant and I [...]
Gary Vaughn, CDT, CTO For those of you who place and/or restore implants: How many times have you given a quote to a patient, knowing the parameters of what it takes to make a profit on these cases, convinced you have dotted all the I’s and crossed all the T’s, only to [...]
