Dental Hygiene Department Enhancement is a two to three day commitment.

Day one consists of an initial assessment in which the consultant assesses hygiene department statistics for the current quarter and previous year. Dental hygiene department strengths and weaknesses become apparent after this initial analysis. In addition, the consultant will observe the entire practice operation while focusing on the delivery of care by hygienists and dentists that includes:

• New patient and recare examinations
• Clinical hygiene protocols including non-surgical periodontal therapy

Day two consists of a full-day consultation and dental team workshop, which typically includes the following components:

• Dental hygiene department mission
• Etiology of gingival and periodontal diseases
• Evidence-based periodontal therapy
• Changes in periodontal therapy since the 1980s
• Classification of gingival and periodontal diseases
• Comprehensive periodontal exam
• Risk assessment
• Periodontal scripting
• Recare exam: considerations and scripting
• Non-surgical periodontal therapy protocal
• Diagnosis and treatment planning
• Explosion codes
• Business side of dental hygiene including hygiene compensation, bonuses, recare and overhead

Day three (if needed) involves advanced dental hygiene instrumentation for dental hygienists including ultrasonics and local delivery antimicrobials.

Each client will receive a detailed, personalized report on the second day of their initial consultation in which observations and recommendations are outlined in detail.

Do not underestimate the value of this consulting package. It is comprehensive and customized with a dental hygiene department manual for each hygiene team member.
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Private Telephone Coaching is a two hour teleconference with Lynne Slim in which the following hygiene department services are analyzed:

• Hygiene department recare
• Hygiene department production
• Hygiene department procedures analysis
• Hygiene compensation and overhead
• Hygiene department equipment
• Analysis of current periodontal protocol

Coaching will include a copy of Lynne's new book on hygiene coding, which will be published in 2007.
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In-office training for hygienists who wish to be trained as periodontal therapists is a two day commitment on the part of hygienist(s) and consists of a combination of seminar and clinical training. This is a very popular program for hygienists and includes free monthly follow-up teleconferences with the hygienist(s) to measure success and continue with the appropriate coaching as needed. This is a great opportunity for your hygienists to become trained in 21st century non-surgical periodontal therapy!
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