#1,199: How to Take Perio More Seriously For Your Patients (and Your Practice)

Perio does not get the attention it deserves. Tiff and Kristy discuss why periodontal health is such an underutilized area in dental practices, and give specific tips to bridge the gap through diagnosis, case acceptance, and follow-up — for everyone from your hygienists all the way to the front office.

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Transcript:

Tiffanie (00:00)

Hello Dental A Team listeners. I am back with you today on the podcast hosting. This is Tiffanie and I'm just so excited to be here. I have one of my favorite podcasting guests with me today, one of our prized consultants. You guys know I bring the consultant team here to you, and I love them all dearly. and I have a few that just

Calm me. And Kristy, you're one of them. I know I say it all the time. And and the practices who are lucky enough to work with you know what I'm talking about when I say you calm. So thank you for being here. I value you and I appreciate you and I'm excited for this topic, first of all. But secondly, how are you doing? It's like peak monsoon season. It's you know in my books a month and a half late for a normal what Arizona should have monsoons, but we're finally getting rain, which is huge.

DAT- Kristy (00:52)

I know.

Tiffanie (00:53)