CEREC Same Day Dentistry At Any Age
Napa Dentist Dr. Jack Hoey
Back in Dr. Leo Rosenthal’s heyday, the latest technology meant the world’s first mobile phone calls and personal computers. Fast-forward four decades and the man who heads up a 43-year-old general dentistry practice in Alexandria, Va., was understandably a little resistant to yet another technological leap forward.“November of 2011, I got an email from Sirona that they were giving a dinner at Maggiano’s, a restaurant in Tysons Corner, Va., so I responded that I would be there,” said Rosenthal, now 73. “I’m a little older than most of the dentists. Most of my friends have already retired.”Rosenthal not only attended that evening’s dinner, but made quite a first impression on the event’s host.“I get in the front of the room, and I’m introducing myself and giving my background as a speaker and whatever I do in general dentistry, and this gentleman stands up in the back of the room and yells, ‘I don’t even know what the hell I’m doing here,’” said Dr. Rich Rosenblatt of Chicago.“And, he said, ‘My rep told me I should come out here and learn about this CEREC thing, that it would be a good fit for my practice,” Rosenblatt continued. “I said, ‘So, what’s your concern?’”Rosenthal’s response was simple – or so he thought.“I’m 70 years old. Why should somebody my age be getting into something like this at 70 years old?”Enter the tale of CEREC advocate and mentor Dr. Charles LoGuidice, known affectionately as “Dr. Chuck,” himself of retirement age.
