Continuing education--move on or move out.

One of the members of a new group of continuing education providers argues that the kind of learning dentists are interested in is what patients want and what dentists did not learn in dental school. The dual developments of new alternatives in dentistry and Baby Boomers with an appetite for appearance and money to pay for it explain why courses in aesthetic dentistry, tooth whitening, orthodontics, high-tech, and innovative marketing are so popular.