Are There People Who Travel to Japan Just to Learn About Resin?

A long-awaited return of my opening-practice diary

Disguised as one, this is just a diary.

If it’s a diary about opening a practice, isn’t it just an opening-practice diary?

A random diary that starts with a plane trip

I finished Saturday’s clinic early and headed to Tokyo.

Seeing Japanese at the airport

made me feel like I was really in Japan.

Even the taxis were small and cute.

A Saturday 7 p.m. airport limousine ticket

Even this feels very Japanese.

I just came to Japan as if I were going to a seminar.

The reason I went to Japan was, of course,

to meet Koza-sensei.

Resin master Koza-sensei.

The greatest resin dentist (最高) and dental doctor (歯医者).

But it was really fun.

With senior doctors and fellow practice owners I met for the first time,

and with Koza-sensei,

we had really friendly conversations and ate plenty of delicious food.

The lecture the next day, Sunday, was also legendary.

There was truly nothing to throw away, and everything was clear.

The hands-on practice was simple,

but the tools they prepared and the structure of the practice session were amazing.

After lunch,

I went to a konbini and bought milk soft-serve ice cream.

No, milk soft ice cream is miruku sofuto-

ミルク ソフト-

Ah, sorry for suddenly talking about food.

We also had a photo time in the middle.

But Koza-sensei is the same age as me and unmarried.

And he majored in prosthodontics.

He majored in prosthodontics, but he is a resin master.

He is a professor at Tohoku University, but he also does paid clinical work in the local area.

He is the same age as me and has world-class clinical skills.

He was shocked that I was married and even had children,

but

his perfect resin skills are honestly even more shocking.

It was truly a busy and exhausting trip,

but it was just as enjoyable and worthwhile.

Koza-sensei is scheduled to give a lecture in Korea next year,

and this was like a preview,

so we went to Japan first to attend his lecture.

He really teaches well.

The doctors who came with me were all great too.

There was truly zero sightseeing:

airport - hotel - Koza-sensei meeting - sleep - lecture - airport

It was intense, seriously.