Our Four Phases of Treatment
Listen and Gather Information
- At the first appointment, our purpose is to listen!
- Our goal is to best understand your motivation for coming and your main concerns.
- We need to determine how the problem developed and how it relates to your entire mouth & overall health.
- The following information will be needed: oral examination, radiographs, impressions, and photographs.
Treatment Planning with Outside Sources
- Treatment planning involves putting together all of the information gathered from the initial appointments and then carefully examining your condition.
- Your concerns are carefully analyzed, including evaluation of your bite, function, and underlying periodontal condition and esthetics; solutions are evaluated about how they will be maintained and the long-term prognosis of each treatment
- Often this phase involves collaboration with other general dentists or specialists, which may include Oral Surgeons, Periodontists, Orthodontists, Endodontists, Pediatric Dentists, and in most cases Dental Laboratory Technicians.
- This may also involve referral to dental imaging centers to have a 3-dimensional radiograph made, called a CBCT, or Cone Beam Computerized Tomography.
- After consolidating all of the gathered opinions and workups, it is then our job to carefully and creatively devise treatment options to manage your dental goals.
Presentation
- The goal is to present dental treatment options in understandable language so that you can make an educated and comfortable decision. This includes:
- The time frame involved with each plan and the various ways to sequence treatment.
- Fees associated with the treatment, including payment plans and estimation of insurance benefits if they apply.
- Describing the possible complications that may occur during and aftercare.
- Estimating long-term prognosis for each treatment option given.
- The steps and estimated number of appointments needed to complete the care in our office and other specialty offices.
Skillful Execution of the Plan
- Once you decide on a plan, our office will assist in the coordination of your care.
- It is then our goal to execute the care in the most skillful and professional manner possible.
