> I believe the most capable person for any position isn’t necessarily the person with the most amount of experience. Looking forward to see this applied to Doctors, Engineers, Pilots, Anesthesiologists, Teachers, Surgeons, Architects, Financial Analysts, Air Traffic Controllers, Dentists and Lawyers :-))
Fun fact: I find that, at least with dentists, the quality seems to be an inverse function of their experience. I've gone through a lot of dentists recently (long story, but nothing to do with quality of dental work), and I've consistently found that the younger/"inexperienced" dentists use more modern/advanced[^1] techniques, whereas the older ones tend to favor sticking to what they learned in a medical school year…
I've seen both sides of the coin where a son followed in his father's footsteps. The Father was an old stodgy pain in the ass with ancient practices.
The son opened his own practice with modern offices, a lot of software based systems both for office work and patient care.
The son was decent and the technology helped but the best dentist ive had was another super old dentist who ended up adopting some of the tech while also being an absolute magician in his work due to his experience. His ability to ascertain edge cases from things such a cavity xray really made him a top tier dentist. Thats something tech cannot always make up for. Its raw intuition from years of experience. It was a heartbreaking event when he decided to retire. :/
There is a good argument to be had for younger dentist adopting new technology and learning the latest skills but it isn't always a perfect fit.
The best dentist seems like the old person open to new ideas(in my experience).