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38 I I practice management_ getting ‘FIT’ Your plan needs to align with your goals. How quickly do you want to become FIT? If you work out twiceaweek,youwillcertainlystarttoseeresultsbut not nearly as fast as someone who is working out six days a week. ItworkstheverysamewaywithCAD/CAMcrowns. Ifyourgoalistobedoingrestorationsintwohoursor less within 30 days, then you better be doing crowns everysingleday,utilizingthetechnologyandrefining yourroutine.Theexpectationthatacrownhereanda crowntherewillgetyouefficientin30daysisunreal- istic, so align your plan with your goals. Be proactive instead of reactive Don’t let yourself down because you didn’t establish the patients ahead of time. Just like you plan out your meals and your work- out routines for the week and for the month, you too must plan out your patients and the number of restorationsthatneedtobecompletedtoattainyour efficiency goals. Managing expectations is the crawl, walk, run method. We all want to be FIT today. Going through the process of losing weight, changing our diet and toning our muscles is a painful laborious process. Wouldn’t it be great to decide today that tomorrow we want to be lean and FIT and we wake up and it happens? Wake up! This is not possible. I want to run a marathon. I wake up the next day and run 26.2 miles? Nope. I start off with a mile, then two, then a 5K, next a 10K. I run my first half marathon. I sign up for my first marathon, read the book,train,eatright,sleepright.It’snodifferentthen incorporating what you want to achieve within the FIT system. We have aspirations of full-mouth rehabilitation, buttoexpectthatoutofthegatesisunrealistic.Start with single-unit posteriors, then do a side-by-side case, onto quadrant dentistry, now an implant or a bridge but first get the resource — watch a video, prepare yourself and set yourself up for success. _Continuous learning Therearesomanyresourcesavailabletoyouwhen you are a part of the Planmeca family. Watching videos, joining a support group, requesting feedback from patients and LDD.com (Learn Digital Dentistry) to enhance further learning, retention and ability. _The 100-Day Fitness Plan The 100-Day Fitness Plan takes new doctors or team members through everything they need to know to integrate the Planmeca FIT system into the dental practice. They’ll learn best practices for scan- ning, prepping, milling and bonding restorations while maintaining clinical excellence with a practice supportteamthatwillensureasmoothandsuccess- ful implementation. There are five steps to “PRACTICE FITNESS SUC- CESS” • Have a plan. Execute the plan and stick to it. If there is a setback, then re-evaluate plan, establish new goal and execute. • Manage expectations. This is a wand, not a magic wand. Crawl, walk, run. • Frequency of use. If you don’t use it you lose it. Two crowns a week vs four — takes one twice as long togainefficiency.Twocrownsaweekvseight—takes one four times as long to gain efficiency and clinch confidence curve. • Teambuy-in.Train, invest, encourage and most importantly believe in them. Have a supportive envi- ronment and make sure everyone is educated on all aspects of the process. •Commit.Followthrough.Staypositive.Continue education — videos, courses, utilizing the coach._ CAD/CAM 3_2016 Angela Severance is a regis- tered dental assistant and has practiced clinically for more than 20 years. While prac- ticing clinically, her passion was directed toward integrat- ing CAD/CAM technology into the dental practice. Severance concurrently worked with 3M EPSE, E4D Technologies and Henry Schein to assist with clinical evaluation, sales and customersupport.Sheaidedin the development of the Chair- side Dental Designer (CDD) program and is a CDD herself. She was a clinical educator at Planmeca University and speaksnationallyontheevolu- tion of the digital dental team, empoweringandteachingoth- erstoadoptandintegrateCAD/ CAM technology successfully. CAD/CAM _about the author ‘What has made me most successful with the integration is the encouragement from my coach. She has been the No. 1 resource and makes me feel much more comfortable and confident knowing she is always a phone call away if I need her! I have also gained knowledge by using the videos on the Planmeca Digital Academy and YouTube channel. I feel like because I am given all the resources and encouragement from everyone as a team I have been able to excel quicker and learn to be faster and more productive. The Planmeca sales team and Henry Schein rep all work together to make sure I feel comfortable with the learning process!’ —Jennie,RDA ‘Our coach has been one of the most valuable assets to my practice using this new technology. My assistant and I are very grateful to Angela for her knowledge and understanding in coaching us.’ —Dr.DerekWall