I teach in the clinical track with dental residents that have just left dental school and have been taught the A-Z of general dentistry. To place there education and limited clinical experience into the "real world" experience with examples of creative dental treatments captures their minds for the beginning of their one year residency program. For the dental hygiene students we teach, they see the potential for their participation in the private practice of their future. Is my situation different from the adult education programs others are involved with and with witch I am unfamiliar?