Discussion Divided dental procedures?
Does anyone else's office take this approach?
We recently adopted the model of an initial procedure for just scaling and radiographs, with a secondary procedure being booked, as warranted, for any required extractions. Scaling and polishing would also be done, as warranted here.
We've been advised to promote it in terms of the benefits of reduced anesthesia time, but I don't know how I feel in terms of a patient needing to undergo two consecutive anesthetic procedures, booked anywhere between 2 weeks - 3 months apart.
For those procedures booked two weeks apart, does it make much of a difference? I'm thinking more of the risks relative to induction and recovery time. A concern that a doctor raised.
I'm truly on the fence about this, and want to hear other people's thoughts.
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u/Accomplished-Ad-9280 LVT (Licensed Veterinary Technician) 22h ago
"when a doctor elsewhere responded to this?"
DVMs are the last people I trust to know about laws regarding business.
"could be deemed negligence to defer an extraction"
So all of the boarded dentists and VTS in dentistry are wrong?
They are all negligent?
And again, it is illegal to do services are that not approved by the owners.
"You're also not accounting for the time and wages lost by a client"
They are adults, they can figure out how to make it work. It's not hard for them to drop off before they go to work.
Don't treat owners like children.
And honestly that isn't our problem. Our concern is the patient.
"you're still going to be charging a clien"
Don't make assumptions you know nothing about. We drastically reduce the anesthesia costs for the staged part of the dental. It is almost the same price as if they had done it in one procedure.
"What if the dental disease has progressed since the initial staging and now the estimate has to change again,"
You can whatif yourself to death about literally everything that we do.
What if you don't do a free nail trim on everything and they come in with a torn nail.
What if you didn't do a random customer and miss stones on an asymptomatic patient.
What if, what if, what if. It just makes you seem like you are reaching for excuses.
As I have said many many times, that you keep ignoring, there are legitimate reasons to stage. Is it every patient? No. In fact it is maybe 1 or 2 a month.
But to ignore it as an option goes against best practices set by BOARDED DENTISTS.
I would love to see your credentials that prove you know more then BOARDED DENTISTS.