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Podcast: The My Practice My Business Dental Podcast
Episode: Why Periodontal Treatment Fails: a business approach
Description: Send us Fan MailAll too often patients with periodontal disease are seen for scaling and root planing, and then placed on "forever" periodontal maintenance. Hygienists save lives! Yet, the majority of dental offices simply do not give them the time required to eliminate periodontal disease due to time constraints in the schedule. But the biggest problem is when the patient comes back for their initial treatment exam, they typically have additional need for more scaling and root planing. This never gets treatment planned, and the patient is asked to pay an additional amount of money for...