Risk Assessment and the Future of Dental Education | Dr. John Kois

How did Dr. John Kois turn a single study club into the Kois Center, and why does he teach dentists to manage risk instead of just treating disease? In this episode, Dr. Kois explains why caries is a disease of the person, not the tooth, how to be a discriminating consumer of continuing education, and where dental CE is heading. In this episode: - From Air Force teaching program to 13 study clubs to the Kois Center - Risk assessment vs treating disease, and why it gives dentists peace of mind - "I want to know how it got that way": the exam question that raises case acceptance - How COVID-19 emptied the Kois Center, and the future of virtual and hands-on CE Plus Dr. Joyce Bassett on digital smile design and scanning, and 2020 dental news: the House vote to repeal McCarran-Ferguson, the FDA on amalgam and titanium, and HHS relief funds. Dr. John Kois founded the Kois Center. He received his DMD from the University of Pennsylvania and a certificate in periodontal prosthodontics with an MSD from the University of Washington, where he is an affiliate professor in the graduate restorative program. He maintains a private practice limited to prosthodontics in Tacoma and Seattle. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dentists-in-the-know/id1543254763 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Elfj6LX0hCUyp0AgdTsij All our links: https://fanflet.com/dinks/social-2 Join us live every Wednesday at 8pm ET for Humpday Happy Hour. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@dentistsintheknow Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:42 Our week: 3D-printed trays and a patient who removed his own sutures 3:44 A 3 mm endo access and what a CBCT found 5:38 Is CBCT the standard of care? 7:48 Drink DINK: Dr. Joyce Bassett 10:49 Joyce Bassett on digital smile design and scanning 17:10 What the Kois Center means to us 19:27 Introducing Dr. John Kois 22:43 News: the House repeals McCarran-Ferguson 24:03 Dr. Kois joins 27:50 Did he plan to change dentistry? 29:46 From Air Force teaching to 13 study clubs to the Kois Center 32:35 Treat the cause, not the symptom 33:42 Being a discriminating consumer of CE 36:08 Risk assessment vs treating disease 39:13 "I want to know how it got that way" 40:50 How COVID-19 hit the Kois Center 46:07 "None of us are smarter than all of us" 46:51 The future of dental CE: virtual and hands-on 49:05 Tooth mechanics vs oral physicians 52:37 News: the FDA on amalgam and titanium implants 55:37 News: HHS relief funds and PPP forgiveness 59:13 Closing