The Journey to Complete Dentistry – Part 1

by Dr. Andrew Cobb In an earlier posting in response to a student question Dr. Scott Finlay, one of our lead faculty, wrote The philosophies that are the core of the Dawson Academy are not about practicing a different kind of dentistry, but practicing better, more predictable, complete care for your patients.  The understanding, skills […]

The Journey to Complete Dentistry – Part 2

Continued from “The Journey to Complete Dentistry – Part 1“ It is at this point that the frustration began. I knew what I wanted for my patients. I knew what complete dentistry had to offer. I knew how to get exquisite models and photos of my patients as part of a thorough and complete examination. […]

10 Prosthodontic Residents Awarded Dental Course Scholarship

3M ESPE and The Dawson Academy awarded tuition scholarships to 10 outstanding prosthodontic residents for The Academy’s continuing dental education course, Functional Occlusion – From TMJ to Smile Design held February 9-11, 2012 in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

Private Care Creed for Complete Care Dentistry

At our recent dental ce course, Advanced Problem Solving course on St. Pete Beach, Florida, Dr. Peter Dawson mentioned the ‘Private Care Creed’ that is so important to live by in order to practice complete care dentistry and to give patients the care they deserve. This creed was created by the Schuster Center in 1995.

A New Smile Takes Flight

Covering his mouth when he smiled, Tyler barely spoke.  He had difficulty chewing his food so he refrained from eating in public whenever possible.   Although he was in desperate need of dental treatment, he had not seen a dentist in many years.  Unable to work, his mother is on dialysis several times a week and […]

The Stuff That Really Matters

The closing act of our Annual Dawson Alumni Retreat dinner saw us entertained by the magic, musings, and heartfelt messages of Mr. Andy Hickman. This was the second time Andy has performed for our alumni (the last time being 10 years ago at our 25th Alumni Reunion) so we felt it was time to bring […]

Study Clubs Engage Dawson Dentists

Masters of complete dentistry are not born.  For many the journey begins when we first are exposed to the principles of Dr. Pete Dawson.  However, the path is not always straight.  There are different phases we go through along the way? awakening, excitement, trial, frustration, denial, acceptance, enlightenment, implementation, competency, and maybe even mastery. If […]

The Dawson Academy 2014 Alumni Retreat

Many Thanks… Wow! What an awesome weekend we had with our wonderful Alumni members.  Many thanks to our fabulous speakers – Scott Finlay, Sabiha Bunek, Mark Piper, Glenn DuPont, Jeff Stubblefield, David Weber, and Andy Hickman for making this such a memorable event. The emails and letters have been pouring in with heartfelt thanks and […]

Be a Frog Kisser

Energetic.  Enlightening.  Entertaining. Three words used by the audience to describe Dave Weber’s presentation, Some Days You’re the Pigeon, Some Days the Statue!.  Mr. Weber is an internationally recognized speaker with a track record of success.  This talented presenter engaged our alumni members this past Saturday at our 2014 Dawson Academy Alumni Association Retreat in […]

What The Dawson Academy Asian Lecture Tour Taught Me

12 days, 12 planes, 11 presentations, 7 cities, 1 suitcase, 1 message (and dozens of mosquito bites and a bottle of Advil?) Through a global educational collaborative with our corporate partners at BioResearch Associates, along with their Asian distributors, I have had the unique opportunity to spend almost 2 weeks in the beautiful countries of […]

10 Reasons to Attend the 2015 Dawson Alumni Retreat

The 2015 Dawson Alumni Retreat is sure to be a good time. If you missed out on last year’s festivities, you can check out pictures from it while seeing what’s scheduled for 2015.  The following are 10 reasons you absolutely don’t want to miss this coming year’s Annual Retreat. 

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