Psychomotor skills are the ability of the brain perceiving an image through the eyes and allowing the hand to work accurately. By Dr. Herrick getting the highest score of her entire dental class, this means the ability has to be innate and a God given talent. Doing a lot of art projects all through childhood years and having the high school create advanced art courses for a few individuals, this translates to wonderful art in Dentistry. The love of aesthetics of the face and smile makes all the individual creating wonderfully fun and exciting. The love of people and their needs makes the process very motivating for all.
     How does Dr. Herrick know she performed very high in this category? Simply, a research group at Marquette University Dental School approached her and did a study on her during her first year of school due to the high score. It turned out she was extremely accurate, more so that they thought possible. How does this compute to your case results turning out just the way you want?
     Dr. Herrick will first glance at your face and evaluate several categories by just absorbing your looks, smile, and speaking patterns. She will then start by listening very carefully to what YOU tell her you want and need. Then she can tell you exactly what is feasible and how it should be done and we match everything up so the result can be better than excellent.
     Here's what the June 2006 issue of AGD Impact (Academy of General Dentistry) has to say about this subject: In the article What You Didn't Learn In Dental School, by Laura Gater, she writes, "More important than practice management, Dr. Adickman believes that dental students should be taught 'art education and neuropsychological aspects of learning to work and create with their hands. Dental aptitude testing deals with your three dimensional reasoning in a most rudimentary way. I believe the practice of dentistry may be unique in that it is truly an art guided by scientific principles, with precious little, if any, education about art".