by Rob Minch | Feb 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Let’s a play a word association game. If I say “water” you might say…”wet”. If I say chocolate you might say….”heaven!” OK, let’s make this harder. If I were to say “dentist” would you respond...
by Rob Minch | Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
So let’s say you are a sculptor in the 16th Century- yeah I know that’s a strange opening but go with me for a minute. Let’s say you are committed to creating the most exquisite sculptures possible and that you meet with the other sculptors in your...
by Rob Minch | Feb 3, 2012 | Continuing Education, Patient Relationships, Teaching, Technology
I get asked all the time how I became interested in dentistry, or more accurately,”why would you want to put your hands in someone’s mouth all day??!!”- to which I usually respond that there are a lot stranger places in the human body that I could...
by Rob Minch | Dec 1, 2011 | Continuing Education, Patient Relationships, Teaching
Talk about irony- here I am in the dental chair, 8AM Monday morning after flying to Seattle, connecting through St Louis, the night before. I have my safety goggles on and Dr. Gregg Kinzer is poised above me w/ a needle that looks to be about 8 inches long! (Actually...
by Rob Minch | Nov 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
So I was having coffee with a very attractive woman last week and I was telling her how I was going to Seattle to finish having my teeth fixed (I had gone in July to have 3 teeth prepared and impressions and temporaries made and now I was returning to have the...
by Rob Minch | Nov 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Let’s say you need a crown for a broken tooth. The classic scenario that goes on in 98% of dental offices around the country is this: after a little Lidocaine, the tooth is prepared and then an impression is made- you know, that tray full of nasty tasting stuff...
by Rob Minch | Oct 28, 2011 | Cosmetic Dentistry, Cosmetic Bonding
I absolutely love what I do and this is just one example of what makes my job so satisfying. I catch a lot of grief from patients and colleagues alike because of how much continuing education I do, even going as far away as Brazil to study with the worlds best...
by Rob Minch | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
I had to go into the office this weekend to see a longtime patient of mine for an emergency broken tooth. As we exchanged small talk, Lisa shared with me that her sister has early Alzheimer ‘s disease at the age of 63. All small talk went out the window at that...
by Rob Minch | Sep 20, 2011 | Patient Relationships
Life goes by awfully fast. It doesn’t seem like all that long ago that my 2 boys were in diapers and OshKosh overalls (I loved those outfits!!) and now they are almost 21 and 24. How did THAT happen!! After all, I’m still 35….OK, I feel 35. Anyway, I know that...
by Rob Minch | Sep 9, 2011 | State of the Art Equipment and Materials
What a world we live in. Things are moving/changing so fast that it’s enough to make your head spin. I never thought I’d be one of those old farts to lecture my kids about “when I was your age there was no internet and we only had 3 channels to...
