Search Results

Searching: healthy gum
Results: 20
Message Board
Views: 230 | Replies: 9
if you have any areas of pocketing, bleeding, etc., then that area gets extra attention. At a cleaning visit the tarter at the gum line is removed, but not extra treatment is done to areas of pocketing or bleeding. Since periodontal disease does not hurt until it is too late, we have to create
August 14, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 5268 | Replies: 441
are moving in the direction of single payer or more government involvement period, should there be some incentive to be healthy? Rewarded for making healthy choices? If so how is that managed? Our system is F'ed up there's no doubt about that. I have 3 specific examples in my own life. 1st
June 10, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 5268 | Replies: 441
...geez quit posting and..go for a walk guys... Plus..I believe 95% of the Canadian diet is Doughnuts, ketchup chips, beer and wine gums......or that could have been just me the past two weeks. Reel talk..whenever I leave the western states...I'm actually shocked by how heavy most Americans
June 08, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 5268 | Replies: 441
is you can fall off your bike necessitating shoulder surgery, snap your Achilles tendon while on a jog.................While it is true if you are living a healthy life style you can up your odds but you are never immune. I have seen many people who on paper looked healthy as a horse fall down
June 09, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 473 | Replies: 16
the party begin. Create a healthy alternative and a periodontal program, two different monthly fees. Decide if youre going to go it alone or use one of the many platforms that are available. These cloud services take a percentage but create really simple platform for accounting, data encryption
September 19, 2021
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 3561 | Replies: 166
of being a government employed dentist is directly linked to the health of private sector dentistry. It is the nature of employment that an employee is valued inversely to how easily they can be replaced. When the business of dentistry is healthy, government agencies have difficulty attracting
July 09, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 1058 | Replies: 27
stars in the Universe; few agree! It is also the most complicated to explain to patients THEGOAL - To move beyond decay and gum disease and into the world ofan unbalanced bite.It is possible but you need to define thrive. To me, thriving means that I'm happy with my life. For others, thriving might
April 18, 2019
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 914 | Replies: 16
. The whole goal of an in-house membership program is to retain patients for a lifetime not just one year or six months. If you focus on creating your membership program with this mindset then you will grow a healthy patient base and increase your profits. - **Another side note to this is that you want
October 08, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 503 | Replies: 19
. You can purchase a list of business based on number of employees, SIC codes Etc. but it won't tell you if they offer dental. You can also look up Job postings on Indeed and other sites for local companies that are hiring (growing and healthy) and see in their job listing what benefits are offered
November 30, 2023
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 3561 | Replies: 166
a bypass, where woluld you like to go? A loved one has a high risk pregnancy, what other country would you want them to be in? Those studies aren't wrong, but they do miss two important points. One, americans are not very healthy in general. Travel to anywhere other than the major cities
June 26, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 989 | Replies: 22
no membership plan at my office. You put it so much better than me. I agree. Its either insurance or membership plan, they cant be mixed without a potential insurance frauds concern. I have about 300 patients on my two category in house plans (healthy mouth or perio patient) with a 20% discount on all my
February 09, 2023
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 5268 | Replies: 441
healthcare if he gets hit by a passing car. And, because you can't get blood out of turnip, he won't pay a dime. But shouldn't we encourage him to get a job and quit begging in the United States? Hell, I KNOW what real beggars look like and yes it offends me to see healthy young men begging
June 09, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 5268 | Replies: 441
. In California, health care expenditures in 2016 are estimated to total more than $367 billion; our estimates suggest that 71 percent of these expenditures will be paid for with public funds. Medi-Cal/Healthy Families will comprise the largest proportion of total spending (27 percent), followed
June 30, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 5268 | Replies: 441
and if that kid moves here from Iowa, they may drop too. Crazy and sad, but this unlimited coverage at an unlimited cost to the insurer is not going to work. There are not enough healthy people willing or even able to pay for coverage to offset the droves of increasingly expensive health care consumers
June 07, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 4225 | Replies: 98
. Special training and certification are required for anyone who offers IV sedation. Dr. DeFinnis also has certification with DOCS, the Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation. He has helped many people overcome dental anxiety to enjoy strong, healthy, gorgeous smiles. Read testimonials from some
April 23, 2019
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 5268 | Replies: 441
more open system than we have. With the ACA, my insurance went from being a low deductible platinum plan where I had access to any doctor or health system around, to my bronze high deductible plan that I have now and pay 7x more per month for (no providers in my area for it but I'm healthy). My wife
June 06, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 8464 | Replies: 301
philosophy is to provide treatment to the whole person - with a special focus on how your teeth and gums relate to your total body health. We want you to be confident that your smile achieves your goals for comfort, function and appearance. We're here to make that happen. Our philosophy - Changing people's
April 07, 2020
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 5268 | Replies: 441
cheaper, in a free market wouldn't someone step up to manufacture and sell a $15K CBCT. Or cheap impression material? No doubt there is also a healthy dose of corporate greed but on the other hand, they are obligated to their shareholders. It is not a simple equation, not by any means. Don its like
June 09, 2017
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 2114 | Replies: 105
it helps to sell the plan. The staff are excited to offer it to the patients because they like to help save the patients money. I will say that you must be very comfortable with your fees to offer such a big discount. If your fees are too low you will regret doing it, however if you have healthy
November 28, 2023
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Message Board
Views: 2210 | Replies: 73
, but as time goes on,, it will be more competitive to do so. I think it's more healthy to say We've instead of They've On that note, reminded me of this video if you haven't seen it...not directing at you, just found it helpful for myself. edit: This sort of fits into our thread too for that matter
November 10, 2018
Alternatives to Dental Insurance
Dentaltown Magazine
May 2026
Dentaltown Magazine May 2026 Read Current Issue Read Archived Issues
Sponsors
Townie Perks
Townie® Poll
What’s actually driving most of your new patient flow right now?
  
Site Menu
Message Boards Magazine Continuing Education Podcasts Pods & Blogs Classifieds Dental News Events Townie® Poll Ebooks Townie Choice Awards
Company Info
Contact Us Advertise With Us Howard Farran DDS, MBA Policies and Agreements
Site Help
The Dentaltown Team, Farran Media Support
Phone: +1-480-445-9710
Email: support@dentaltown.com
©2026 Dentaltown, a division of Farran Media • All Rights Reserved
9633 S. 48th Street Suite 200 • Phoenix, AZ 85044 • Phone:+1-480-598-0001 • Fax:+1-480-598-3450