Camarillo Smiles Dentists and Team on Continuing Education
The Camarillo Smiles team attends dental conferences, earns CE credits, and teaches other dentists — because staying current means better care for every patient.
Being in dentistry means we will always be students and also teachers.
Tomorrow we are heading down to Anaheim for the annual California Dental Association Scientific Session. Every spring, our dental association puts on a fantastic event with some of the best minds in dentistry presenting to their peers. The information presented is nothing less than cutting edge. People come from all over the country to hear these wonderful lecturers. The classes are in Cosmetic Dentistry, Implants, Preventive Dentistry, Oral Surgery and more.There are 100's of hours of lectures presented over three days. Being that there are so many classes, it is impossible for us to attend every class. No problem, we purchase the complete recordings of the sessions on cd so that we can listen to them in the car during our commute to home and work.Besides the valuable information, they also display the latest equipment and materials in the convention center. It is our chance to talk with the manufacturers, test out their stuff and learn about their advances in dentistry. Yeah, for dental geeks like us, we are like kids in a candy store (minus the candy of course).As informative as our convention is, our commitment to education goes far beyond this. We are constantly improving our knowledge by attending continuing education classes. We believe that our patients deserve to have the most educated dentists caring for them. We love to learn and that is a good thing for all of our patients.Besides learning, we also spend quite a bit of time teaching. we just got back from teaching in Utah where we put on a retreat for other dentists. We love teaching because we can help others and at the same time, to teach, we really need to know our stuff. The challenge of teaching keeps us sharp and is incredibly satisfying.If ever you want to discuss the latest advances in dentistry, we will be happy to entertain your questions. We love to talk dentistry! Dr. C :)
Being in dentistry truly does mean being both lifelong students and teachers, and your message captures that perfectly.
Your upcoming trip to the California Dental Association Scientific Session in Anaheim sounds like an incredible opportunity—for both professional growth and better patient care. The range of topics you mentioned—Cosmetic Dentistry, Implants, Preventive Dentistry, Oral Surgery, and more—highlights how broad and rapidly evolving the field is. Recording the sessions and listening to them during your commute is a smart way to turn otherwise idle time into ongoing education.
The exhibit hall experience you described—testing the latest equipment, speaking directly with manufacturers, and exploring new materials—shows a genuine commitment to staying at the forefront of technology and techniques. For patients, that translates into more options, better outcomes, and safer, more comfortable care.
Your dedication doesn’t stop at learning; it extends to teaching as well. Hosting a retreat for other dentists in Utah and sharing your knowledge is a powerful way to elevate the profession as a whole. Teaching forces a deeper understanding of the material, and your willingness to do that reflects both confidence and humility—a recognition that there is always more to learn.
For anyone reading this, it’s clear that your practice is grounded in continuous improvement, curiosity, and a real passion for dentistry. The invitation to discuss the latest advances—and your enthusiasm in saying, “We love to talk dentistry!”—reassures patients that they’re in the hands of clinicians who are not only skilled, but also deeply engaged in their craft.
Dr. C, your commitment to lifelong learning and teaching is exactly what patients should hope for in their dental team.