Does your schedule ever include “bloody prophys?” |
208 total votes |
|
| 84% |
| Yes |
|
| 16% |
| No |
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What do you do when a “prophy” appointment becomes periodontal therapy? |
182 total votes |
|
| 32% |
| Do as much as possible and reschedule |
|
| 12% |
| Push through providing undercover perio therapy |
|
| 49% |
| Begin with a periodontal exam so there are no surprises |
|
| 7% |
| Something else (fill in the blank) |
|
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Do you work with a clear definition of the difference between health and disease? |
182 total votes |
|
| 90% |
| Yes |
|
| 10% |
| No |
|
|
Do you develop a dental hygiene diagnosis and treatment plan? |
181 total votes |
|
| 77% |
| Yes |
|
| 8% |
| No |
|
| 14% |
| I follow the dental treatment plan |
|
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How much time do you have for routine adult dental hygiene visits? |
183 total votes |
|
| 53% |
| 60 minutes |
|
| 16% |
| 50 minutes |
|
| 15% |
| 45 minutes |
|
| 9% |
| 40 minutes |
|
| 5% |
| 30 minutes |
|
| 2% |
| 20 minutes |
|
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When treating periodontal disease most patients are treated with: |
180 total votes |
|
| 19% |
| One quadrant at a time |
|
| 54% |
| Two quadrants at a time |
|
| 16% |
| Full-Mouth at one time |
|
| 10% |
| Something else |
|
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How much time to you usually schedule for each non-surgical periodontal appointment? |
181 total votes |
|
| 61% |
| 60 minutes |
|
| 6% |
| 75 minutes |
|
| 24% |
| 90 minutes |
|
| 9% |
| 120 minutes |
|
| 1% |
| more than 120 minutes |
|
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Have you taken advanced clinical courses after graduating from DH? |
178 total votes |
|
| 54% |
| Yes, and it improved my patient care |
|
| 4% |
| Yes, and it was not helpful |
|
| 4% |
| No, not interested |
|
| 37% |
| No, not yet and I am interested in taking a clinical course |
|
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What is your profession? |
180 total votes |
|
| 95% |
| RDH |
|
| 4% |
| DDS/DMD |
|
| 1% |
| Student |
|
| 1% |
| Team Member |
|
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If you are an RDH, how many years of experience do you have? |
174 total votes |
|
| 17% |
| 1-5 years |
|
| 12% |
| 6-10 years |
|
| 7% |
| 11-15 years |
|
| 10% |
| 16-20 years |
|
| 18% |
| 21-30 years |
|
| 36% |
| More than 30 years |
|
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