Dental Team Study Club

Hygiene is an essential part of every dental practice.  Growth of a practice depends on new patients and communicating treatment needs to current patients.  When patients value hygiene,  there are less unnecessary open spots in the clinical schedule. 

Hygiene is a clinical appointment where we improve periodontal health and inspect teeth one at a time to determine a patient's current treatment needs.  Hygiene is not simply an appointment where we clean what was missed during daily cleaning of the teeth.

Regardless of your current hygiene strategies to boost compliance, control the schedule and emphasize the value of hygiene; the way patients value hygiene and our ability to commit them to keeping their periodic hygiene appointments can be amplified.  This is a vital part of successful patient retention for any successful practice.

It is critical that every team member that interacts with patients understands the importance of hygiene and understands how to help patients to understand the value of hygiene.

Spear Education offers some great ideas to amplify your current strategies to help grow your practice.  The biggest value of the Dental Team Study Club is the ability to discuss both successes and failures with your dental peers.

 The GentleWave® Procedure is state-of-the-art endodontic technology that delivers unsurpassed cleaning and disinfection(1,2) of the root canal system. Successful endodontic therapy depends on the effective cleaning of the root canal system, which consists of very complex anatomy. Standard root canal treatments can leave behind infected tissue(2) in the hard-to-reach areas of the root canal system, leaving the tooth susceptible to re-infection. GentleWave Technology was developed to reach into the microscopic spaces(1,2) standard root canal treatments can miss(3) to provide the most comprehensive clean possible. Dr Andrew Stubbs stated, “At Creekside Endodontics, our patients are our priority. We are always looking for innovative solutions for improving their experience and our quality of care. The GentleWave Procedure is providing even better outcomes than we anticipated!” 

The GentleWave System employs an effective combination of broad-spectrum acoustic energy and advanced fluid dynamics(2) to remove tissue, debris and bacteria2 from the deepest, most complex portions of the root canal system.(1,2) The GentleWave Procedure can also typically be completed in just one visit,(4) compared to two or more with standard root canal treatment. GentleWave Procedure patient C. Graham couldn’t be happier with her experience, stating, “The GentleWave Procedure achieved what two standard root canal treatments could not. It saved me time and my tooth!” And your natural tooth is worth saving, for many reasons. A survey conducted by the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) found that an overwhelming 95+% of people said it is important to save your natural teeth, most often citing that it’s healthier, gives you a better appearance and that the consequences are expensive.

To read additional patient testimonials and learn more about the benefits of the GentleWave Procedure, visit www.GentleWave.com. 

1 Molina B et al. (2015) J Endod. 41:1701-05 

2 Vandrangi P et al. (2015) Oral Health 72-86 

3 Paqué F et al. (2010) J Endod. 36:703-7 

 4 Sigurdsson A et al. (2016) J Endod. 42:1040-48  

Discussing new GentleWave technology in a dental Study Club format allows each member to learn and grow.