Hygiene – The Low Hanging Fruit of Restorative Dentistry

Credit Details
This electronically delivered self-instructional program is designated for 1.5 hours of CE credit by Farran Media.
AGD Code: 550.

The fee to view this course is $36. This cost includes the fee to take the exam and claim your CE credits.

Synopsis:

The biggest problem in dentistry is that our market does not understand the value of our services. Many patients feel they are being sold to when the dentists/hygienist are simply doing their job via the diagnosis/treatment plan ritual. The dental team understands but the patients don’t. Dentistry is very frustrating when patients do not accept needed work. Most dentist and hygienist have Approval Addiction meaning they are wanting to please the patient which stands in the way of telling the patient the truth. If every patient accepted all needed dentistry, how busy would you be? If your patients understood the need for the dentistry as well as you do, what would your acceptance ratio be? Dentist and team tend to confuse patient more than they educate them in terms the patients understand. This program gives your hygienist, dentist and team the verbal skills necessary for high treatment acceptance.



Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• An introduction of a business model which allows the dentist to be producing while the team are educating and putting needed work on the books.
• Put an extra $100,000 or more of needed dentistry a year through the hygiene department
• Dentist and team to learn to speak in patients terms so there is never any confusion
• Overcome Approval Addiction, an affliction in every dental practice that keeps doctor and team from telling the patients the total picture of their dental health.
• A technique for the patient to not only understand their dental needs but to also take ownership
• An introduction of a system of communication that builds believability, trust and understanding

Description of Speaker:
Dr. Mac Lee graduated from Baylor in 1972. In the early 80’s,at the urging of Dr Earl Estepp, he was a pioneer in teaching non-surgical periodontics all across North America. What he was teaching then is now the standard of care in periodontal treatment. His clinical training post dental school came from Pankey, Dawson, Kios and Neuromuscular. Dr Lee was co-founder of Dental Boot Camp in 1990. He developed all of the dental information and taught thousands of dentists and their dental team for seven years. In 1999, he coauthored the dental consumer book, “Nothin’ Personal Doc, But I Hate Dentists” which led him to be on the Discovery Channel and Oprah XM radio with Dr Mehmet Oz. Mac was also an advisor for three of Oz’s You health books and his television show. Once Dr Lee began to disagree with Oz’s message, he was no longer an advisor.

Disclosure:
The speaker declares that neither he nor any member of his family have a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing dental education program. He does declare that he does have a financial interest in educating dental professionals.

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Licensure:
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CE Contact
For any questions, please contact Nareg Apelian, DMD, Director of Continuing Education at nareg@farranmedia.com