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 | 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...
by Rob Minch | Mar 8, 2011 | Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Veneers, State of the Art Equipment and Materials, Techniques
Childhood memories can be some of the most potent. Take my memory of having a filling done back when I was 12 years old (can that really be more than 40 years ago!!!). In any event, I remember very vividly being in the chair, having a silver (mercury) filling put in...
by Rob Minch | Feb 14, 2011 | Continuing Education, Cosmetic Dentistry, Cosmetic Bonding, State of the Art Equipment and Materials, Techniques
So as my week long course in Curitiba, Brazil comes to a close, I have Brazilian music on my Itunes and I have Brazilian calm in my soul. The tempo of life is so different down here that it is infectious! My favorite example is that not once, after any meal at any...
by Rob Minch | Feb 8, 2011 | Continuing Education, Cosmetic Dentistry, Cosmetic Bonding, State of the Art Equipment and Materials, Techniques
So here am in Brazil at the most amazing course, learning a tremendous amount of information. The subject is how to use Composite Bonding material to better rebuild broken down/ fractured/ worn teeth but it could just as well be titled “how to make teeth look...
by Rob Minch | Feb 6, 2011 | Continuing Education, Cosmetic Dentistry, Cosmetic Bonding, State of the Art Equipment and Materials, Techniques
I am writing from Curitiba, Brazil, a town just southwest of Sao Paolo. I arrived here Friday afternoon in preparation of a 5 day course that I will be taking here. This is a hands on course that focuses on reconstructing front teeth that have broken or deteriorated....