title: The value of unlearninq hubris.
abstract: Sometimes the most important lessons are what we learn to stop doing; the most valuable patient may be the one that is never presented to one's colleagues. This story recounts what a young periodontist learned, in preparing for boards, about how unproven and overly aggressive treatment need to be tempered with common sense and fundamental concern for the patient.
authors.affiliation: rethman@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rethman
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008885:Military Dentistry; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D010517:Periodontics / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States