“I hold patients’ feet to the fire on this because I won’t replace dentistry that’s not my fault.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird
We all have them…the patients who are frustrated with dentists because the work is always breaking down and needs to be replaced.. But these are the patients who deal with the stress in their lives by grinding their teeth and I’ve found it to be one of the most frustrating parts of dentistry.
You want to give your dentistry a chance to last a lifetime and there’s no reason it shouldn’t last a lifetime if the patients take care of the work you do to help them get healthier.
Most of the time when dentists talk to patients with functional wear, we give them an engineer’s answer and solutions. Sure we tell them the science behind what is going on and why, but there’s not a lot of discussion of who’s problem this is and what they can do about it. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I want to remind you that it’s not your fault. You are only responsible for the work you do.
So how do you get patients to take responsibility for their risk and take care of the good dental work you do? Join me today as I talk through how I effectively communicate with patients about the wear on their teeth so they can make the best choices:
- The simple question you can ask patients to remind them of their responsibility
- A problem I keep an eye out for when I see severe wear
- My favorite device to help patients with functional risk
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Patients & Risk Responsibility