Somethings just make you smile, and this is one of them. For over thirty years I've been friends with Dr. Paul Feuerstein and Dr. Marty Jablow. We met in the very early days of dialup Internet and have been close ever since. We've traveled together, lectured as a trio, and eaten at a lot of amazing restaurants. I treasure them like brothers.
Last week at the VIP Summit in Chicago, Marty and I presented Dr. Paul with the Dental Technology Lifetime Achievement Award. It was well deserved. Paul has been practicing dentistry for 52 years. He installed one of the very first office computer systems into his office in 1978. He was a dental tech expert before I was even out of high school.
He has worked with darn near *any* dental tech that you've heard of. One of the coolest things he was involved with was a startup out of MIT. In the early days of intraoral scanning, he worked with three graduate students who were working on one of the first full motion scanning systems. That system was eventually sold to 3M and brought to the dental market.
Added on to his incredible knowledge and skill is the simple fact that he is truly one of the nicest people you will ever meet. He's one of those people that you meet and just like. There aren't a lot of those people in this world, which puts in him in very rare company. He's also got a contact list that you wouldn't believe. He has the uncanny knack to remember practically everyone he meets.
I'm so proud of Paul! He is still seeing patients 52 years after getting his degree as well as being the Editor in Chief of Dentistry Today. We can *all* learn a lot from this guy. Not only about dental tech, but about how to be a good human being. It was one of my life's greatest honors to be part of giving him that award.
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