ItsGavinC said:
Except for the fact that he doesn't attend the school, and never has attended the school.
Gavin: It seems you're a sensitive sort of guy. However, I'd like to point out unless I'm mistaken, that you've never practiced dentistry where you've had to generate the funds to cover the cost of doing so, never purchased a practice and paid the mortgage, never made a payroll or paid payroll taxes, never dealt with shoddy insurance plans, unmotivated staff, or idiotic litigious patients.
How do you know I haven't been to ASDOH since some of my last posts?
Maybe you'll go on to become a fabulous dentist and I truly hope you do--but I don't believe Jack Dillenberg will have a lot to do with it if that becomes the case.
Call me an elitist if you desire, but I don't want any more "bottom-feeders" in my profession. We already have plenty of them here in Arizona!
I do have a sort of personal question for you--perhaps you can ask your illustrious "Dean" Dillenberg himself. Why -- after graduating from NYU dental school in 1971 did he not give a damn about his profession to make the effort to join the ADA and its local constitutent organizations? He became the dental director of the Arizona Dept of Oral Health in 1986 and also later became the director of the Arizona State Health Department, so he has had many, many years of experience here in Arizona.
My colleagues tell me that he did not join the ADA until AFTER he was chosen to head ASDOH in 2002. Furthermore, he did attend the AzDA Fall Conference two weeks ago in Prescott. Why was this the first such AzDA meeting of this type he has ever attended according to my collegues who've been around the past 19 years (1986 - 2005)??? Was he there to "set an example" for the other ASDOH students in attendance? Seems a bit hypocritical to me.
Is it any wonder that so many Arizona dentists despise "Dean" Jack Dillenberg and have ill feelings toward your school?! He has never supported quality dentistry or the profession! In fact, I'd say from what I know of him he has spent most of his career stabbing dentistry in the back. All it seems to be about is this -- dragging the dental profession down to its lowest common denominator in the name of universal care for all.
I truly don't believe that the Arizona dentists I know personally feel animosity towards individual ASDOH students, and despite what you may think of me, I personally don't have malice towards you and your fellow students.
I do think that many of you are quite naive about the realities of what it is like out here in the "real world" and that is why I give enough of damn about my profession to take the time to post. Bring on the criticism!!! And good luck to all who interview at ASDOH.