This is a tad off-topic, but here is a bit of info on Gordon Christensen. This is from a bio he handed out to us during class in winter of this year:
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Gordon J. Christensen is Founder and Director of Practical Clinical Courses, an international continuing education career development program for dental professionals initiated in 1981, and based in Provo, Utah. For many years, thousands of dentists and auxiliaries around the world have participated in PCC seminars and hands-on courses, and viewed PCC videotapes. The most complete professional and patient education video library in the world is available from PCC. Dr. Christensen has presented over 25,000 hours of continuing education throughout the world and has published hundreds of articles or books.
Gordon and his wife, Rella, are co-founders of Clinical Research Associates (CRA). Rella P. Christensen, PhD, is currently Director of CRA. Since 1976, CRA has conducted research in all areas of dentistry and published the findings to the profession in the well-known CRA Newsletter. The CRA Newsletter is now read throughout the world in numerous languages.
Early in his career, he helped initiate the University of Kentucky and University of Colorado Dental Schools and taught at the University of Washington. He has served as a Department Chairman, Associate Dean, and Full Professor. Currently, he participates on the post-graduate faculties of many dental schools, is an Adjunct Professor at Brigham Young University, and a Clinical Professor at the University of Utah.
Gordon practices with his prosthodontist son, William G. Christensen, in Provo, Utah, in a multi-disciplinary group practice, the CRA Oral Health Institute. Gordon and Rella's other son, Michael G. Christensen, is a general dentist in Ontario, Canada. Their daughter, Carlene, is a teacher and is married to Kenneth J. Hunsaker, a general dentist in the CRA Oral Health Institute.
Gordon's degrees include: DDS, University of Southern California; MSD, University of Washington; and PhD, University of Denver. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a Fellow and Diplomate in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and a Fellow in the American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists, American College of Prosthodontists, Academy of General Dentistry (Hon), and the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Some of his memberships include: American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry; International Association of Dental Research; Academy of LDS Dentists; American Academy of Restorative Dentistry; American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics; Academy of Operative Dentistry; International College of Prosthodontists; and the Academy of Osseointegration.
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