Doing What is Right

I apologize for being absent from commentary, but been really busy. Today I want to be a bit philosophical so bear with me. I've noticed a lot of things coming up over and over again, not just in dentistry, but in overall life. You see is all on the news about the government issues, politics, war, other countries, oil crisis, personal finance, and everday life.

What I'm talking about is doing the right thing. Now I'm definitely no prince or angel, but I think that it's important to think that we can do better. Think about our lives for a second. We all have strife and we all live in times of trouble and concern. We have worries and needs and wants. But during all of that, can we do what is right.

I've made comments before about keeping it simple. Everything we do should be simple and kept simple. Treating dental disease should be simple. It is really an easy and basic disease to control and treat. If you control the bacteria, you control the disease. If there are no bacteria present, then you will not have periodontal disease or caries. The trick is having others do that on their daily lives.

The financial crisis that we've gotten ourselves into is the same. People got greedy and they wanted more and more. Bankers wanted more things, consumers (us) wanted more things. We overspend on getting the things so we create another problem of credit card debt. It became a complicated mess. Now it's affecting the entire world, because although we live in this country, everything we do matters to the rest of the world.

We've got to get back to basics. We need to take care of our obligations that we've created. We need to fix the problems and not just cover them up with another fancy band-aid. We've got to take care of ourselves first and then take care of those who are less fortunate. The less fortunate list is much bigger than anyone can imagine. We've got to make life simple again.

When I started this dialogue, I wanted to be able to talk about dentistry and life. We need to talk about life and how dentistry can help that life. I'm going to go through tips and observations, but I'm also going to talk about life, because that is the place where everything that we do starts from. Take care!