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Advocate or Abdicate
How a recent debate between dental schools is a good reminder for practicing
docs to make decisions before the decisions are made for them
Dental debates
I recently had the honor of participating as a guest
judge in a debate between students from two local dental
schools, A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Dentistry
and Oral Health, and Midwestern University-College
of Dental Medicine Arizona.
The event, "Pontics & Politics," was hosted by
the American Student Dental Association chapters at
the two schools. A few other dental
schools host similar events, but this
is a concept that would benefit all
dental schools-and, by extension,
the future population of dentists.
Each school was assigned one side
of two different debate topics. Each
school's two-person team argued its
case in an organized debate format.
To determine the winners, we evaluated the teams on the merits of their

presentations, data and persuasiveness. The audience,
made up of students from both schools, contributed a
powerful energy to the competition. After all, school
spirit and bragging rights were on the line!
The two topics were not only timely but also proved
to be interesting fodder for debate. While your initial
thoughts might lean to one clear side, the teams presented
convincing arguments for both points of view. It served
as a good reminder that as doctors already seeing patients
on a daily basis, we should have a good understanding
of the popular and controversial topics within dentistry,
and have an idea of where our opinion lands on each.

In-office immunizations
The first debate attempted to answer the following
question: Should dentists be allowed to provide immunizations to patients in their office?
I initially thought the answer should be yes, because
I've spent plenty of time at the local Costco pharmacy

by Thomas Giacobbi, DDS, FAGD, editorial director, Dentaltown magazine

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