Offered at the University of Colorado Denver School of Dental Medicine, DTA members can participate in an intensive 2-day overview of dentistry. Taught by this prestigious Denver dental school's faculty, attendees will study the business of a dental practice, learn dental anatomy and nomenclature, endodontics and other dental specialties.

The next DTA Mini-Dental School will be held April 12-13, 2010. Space is limited to 20 participants, so sign up promptly. You must return the Event Registration form to DTA by March 25.

DTA has reserved a block of rooms at the Hyatt Place Denver Airport so return this Hotel Reservation Form to the DTA by March 12. You will be billed when you check out of the hotel, but please review cancellation policy information on the Hotel reservation form.

Hands-on Procedure: Restorative Dentistry attendees got to experience what it’s like when a dentist drills into a tooth.

Sim Clinic: Attendees discuss the basic steps of mixing the materials for a tooth composite.

The Lecture Hall for the presentations was very nice and spacious.

The participants in the Spring 2009 DTA Mini-Dental School filled out questionaires about the 2-days overall and on each session. 100% of the participant reviewers rated the overall program as a (5) Very Much/Excellent or a (4) (just one person).

When asked "Will you be able to implement what you have learned from this course in your work?", the answers were: "Yes - better understanding of industry from 'customer' point of view."; "Yes"; "Yes, now am better equipped to talk to our end-users - aka dentists - in order to get feedback on new products, issues, etc."; "Absolutely."; "Indeed."; "Some, but it is good to see what dentists do and how they operate. Will help me sell to them."; "Yes, I loved the endo unit."; "Yes, very much."; "Yes."; "Definitely!"; and "Absolutely!".

Participants filled out evaluations for each session, on a (5) Very Much/Excellent to (1) Very Little/Poor scale.

Here are the percentages of reviewers answering (5) and (4), based on Presentation / Information.

• Introduction to Dentistry and Dental Education
  85% / 92%
• The Language of Dentistry
  92% / 92%
• An Overview of Restorative Sciences
  100% / 100%
• Hands-on Procedure Session - Impressions
  100% / 100%
• A Day in the Life of a New Dentist
  85% / 75%
• Hands-on Procedure Session - Restorative Dentistry
  100% / 100%
• Hands-on Procedure Session - Endodontics
  100% / 100%
• Pediatric Dentistry
  100% / 100%
• Dental Implants
  100% / 100%
• Hands-on Procedure Session - Radiology
  100% / 100%
• A Day in the Life of an Established Dentist
  92% / 85%
• The Economics of Dental Practice
  67% / 80%

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