Why you should be perio charting [VIDEO]

dentalproductsreport.com-2013-11-01, Issue 11

Want to grow your practice and save lives at the same time? Then make sure you don't miss any periodontal disease diagnoses in your patients.

Want to grow your practice and save lives at the same time? Then make sure you don't miss any periodontal disease diagnoses in your patients.

Stephanie Pietrantonio Lodding, RDH, says too many of her hygiene patients tell her they have never been perio charted -- or they don't even know what perio charting means.

To stop the cycle, Lodding suggests you and your team start today with perio charting patients. Here's how to make it happen:

"You can double or triple your hygiene production in the next year if you focus on doing the perio charting and help your staff diagnose and treat periodontal disease," she says.

Watch now ...