Northwest Dental Mentors
The purpose of NW Dental Mentors is to give recent dental grads a jump start to excellence in their dental practice. This training is provided in the dentists office. We give them direction in what supplies and equipment are necessary to gain excellence and what is not relevant.
We give advice about their practice, that when followed will make dentistry fun and exciting - NOT a job they will plan to retire from as soon as possible.
Nortwest Dental Mentors offers mentorship at your practice. Continuing Education is not just a requirement for licensure, it is necessary to upgrade one's knowledge. It gives us the excitement to continue practicing.
William W. Rosendahl, DDS
My interest in Dentistry began in 1953 when I had my teeth treated at the University of Washington Dental School. I thought dentistry was a profession I could do, so I dropped my plans of becoming an FBI agent and concentrated on becoming a dentist.
With this in mind I enlisted in the US Army in September 1954 so I could attend their Dental Laboratory School. Following school I worked some in San Juan Puerto Rico. Later I was to become a Dental Assistant.
I was discharged froim the Army in August 1957 and enrolled at the University of Washington. Due to scholastic achievement in my 1st year of college, I was elected into the Phi Eta Sigma fraternity.
I started Dental School September 1959 at the University of Washington and graduated in June 1963.
In August 1963 I began dental practice near University Village area and was associated with Dr.Victor Menashe in Des Moines, WA from 1963-1967.
From 1965-1967 I was enrolled in the Gerard Schultz Dental Reconstructive Study Club. It was at this time I attended a lecture by Robert Barkley on Preventive Dentistry. I was introduced to plaque and flossing as a means to prevent tooth decay and gum disease. A totally new concept at that time.
Prior to Dr.Barkley it was assumed that people would lose their teeth. A group was formed called the American Society of Preventive Dentistry - ASPD. This was the closest thing to a cult I ever experienced. I attended every national meeting from the first one in Chicago until the last in Colorado, when the organization dissolved.
I began Vashon Island Dental practice in August 1989 and that practice continues to the present day. I started Dental Assistant Training Center with my wife, Barbara, in 1997 and we sold DATC to one of our instructors in June 2008.
