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Today my boss had a dentist he recently met at a CE (and hasn't seen his work) come in and cover for him. It was a short notice thing as my boss's father passed away suddenly last weekend. Now, I don't want to get him more stressed out than he already is, but this is the conversation his assistant and I had at the end of the day:
Her: "It's funny how different doctors are in the way they do fillings."
Me: "What do you mean?"
Her: "Well, when it came time to fill the box with composite he placed flowable like Dr. [my boss] does but then he stopped me when I went to cure it. He then asked for the paste (Z250) and just packed it in there until the prep was completely full. He only had me do one final cure."
Me: "That doesn't sound right but I'm going to ask SDN tonight to see what people think because there are different ways of doing things (like total etch vs. self etch)."
Her: "Oh good. Because that looked kind of sloppy."
So, what would you do? I mean, the standard is to cure in increments right? This wasn't just a one time event either. She assisted over 10 composites on 3 people today. Should I say something to my boss?
Her: "It's funny how different doctors are in the way they do fillings."
Me: "What do you mean?"
Her: "Well, when it came time to fill the box with composite he placed flowable like Dr. [my boss] does but then he stopped me when I went to cure it. He then asked for the paste (Z250) and just packed it in there until the prep was completely full. He only had me do one final cure."
Me: "That doesn't sound right but I'm going to ask SDN tonight to see what people think because there are different ways of doing things (like total etch vs. self etch)."
Her: "Oh good. Because that looked kind of sloppy."
So, what would you do? I mean, the standard is to cure in increments right? This wasn't just a one time event either. She assisted over 10 composites on 3 people today. Should I say something to my boss?
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