continuing education for dentists – Sleep Group Solutions

2019 Dental Sleep Continuing Education Booklet

Daniel SGS — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:52:50 +0000

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Sleep Group Solutions: Oral Appliance “No More Titration” with SGS Vice President John Nadeau [ASBA lecture video]

Daniel SGS — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:49:35 +0000

2018 SGS Dental Continuing Education Booklet

Daniel SGS — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:04:04 +0000

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Michael Campbell Invites You to Fayetteville

Daniel SGS — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 20:43:17 +0000

Michael Campbell invites you to our upcoming Fayetteville course, coming January 19th!

Lori Schmidt and the Importance of Sleep Dentistry

Daniel SGS — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 20:31:40 +0000

Lori Schmidt discusses the importance of Sleep Dentistry and how Sleep Group Solutions can help!

Rebecca Layhe Demonstrating How to Use a Pharyngometer!

Daniel SGS — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 21:21:14 +0000

Rebecca Layhe Demonstrating How to Use a Pharyngometer in our Dallas, TX course!

Dr Anjoo Ely- SGS Testimonial

Daniel SGS — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 15:02:58 +0000

Dr. Anjoo Ely of Novi Oaks Dental in Michigan, talks about her experiences with Sleep Group Solutions. Check out one of our Webinars and receive 1 free CE join.sleepgroupsolutions.com/ce-webinar-info/

View Our Updated 2017 Dental Continuing Education Booklet

Daniel SGS — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 06:55:40 +0000

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Don’t let your patients leave your office satisfied!

Daniel SGS — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:03:50 +0000

Satisfied is not enough. Make them leave you ENTHUSIASTIC, and eager to tell the first person they see about their great experience.

At the end of each dental visit a closure is needed to leave your patient with a WOW! feeling. A five part, one minute DEBRIEFING.

Such a communication, while the patient is still in the treatment room will produce the following benefits:

enhance the patient’s dental I.Q.,
result in a higher treatment acceptance,
demonstrate to the patient the importance of the next visit,
minimize cancellations,
increase respect for the professionalism of the Team,
create better patient health.

THE FIVE ELEMENTS OF A DEBRIEFING

and some scripting suggestions

[The scripting examples are just some starting points and can certainly be customized to your style and comfort.]

(One example)

1. WHAT WAS DONE TODAY: “Today we did a complete exam. We took a lot of measurements and recordings.”
2. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TODAY’S VISIT: “I will sit down and dedicate some uninterrupted time to study these results. Then I’ll develop a course of treatment.

3. WHAT WILL BE DONE AT THE NEXT VISIT: “At that time I’ll present you with a plan of treatment that will be based on your needs and on the desires you told me about. I need to see you back in a week to ten days and we’ll review my findings. At that time we’ll also give you costs and alternatives for payment.”
4. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PATIENT TO RETURN: “This plan is only effective at this time. Conditions in the mouth change rapidly, etc.” “If we let this situation continue past that time……………can happen.”

5. “WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE TODAY?” [We need to be certain that the patient is not leaving with any questions.]

Add some words of encouragement and enthusiasm: “I feel good about what we can do for you. I’m excited about getting started on this. Next visit I’ll show you some great results we had in other cases just like this, and what your results will look like.”

Another example

1. WHAT WAS DONE TODAY: “Today we shaped three teeth for your cosmetic porcelain bridge. We took impressions and a lot of measurements and recordings. We placed temporary crowns on those teeth”
2. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TODAY’S VISIT: “When the anesthetic wears off in a few hours, you may have a little tenderness. Here are some written post-treatment instructions.”

3. WHAT WILL BE DONE AT THE NEXT VISIT: “In your next visit I will try in your finished bridge, and if everything is perfect I will cement it in place.”

4. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PATIENT TO RETURN: “We’ll make you an appointment for 2 weeks from now.” “If the bridge is completed before your next appointment, may we call you to come in sooner?” “Conditions in the mouth change rapidly and we don’t want the teeth to shift, etc.”

5. “WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE TODAY?” [We need to be certain that the patient is not leaving with any questions.]

This debriefing can be done at the end of every dental visit. The patient can receive this closure from the dentist, the chairside assistant, and the administrative coordinator, each in his or her own style. The objective is to have every patient leave the office ENTHUSIASTIC, and eager to tell the first person they see about their great dental office experiences.

Ready to Change Your Patient’s Lives for the Better?

Daniel SGS — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 19:53:20 +0000

I want to share my new passion for what can change your patient’s and your lives, by introducing the treatment of sleep apnea and snoring to your practice.

There are practice and life changing benefits to adding dental sleep medicine to your practice. And this is true for new, mature and even near retirement dentists!

I had taken one sleep class prior to the Sleep Group Solution class. It was after that class, that I jumped in! And now, having given over 35 two-day sleep classes, as well as other classes not sponsored by Sleep Group Solutions, and having practiced it for 7 years, I want to take the time to explain why it is so incredible.

If you are a senior dentist, like myself, it will prolong your career by making it fun and profitable. Four attendees, in 2016, told me they left retirement to begin treating sleep apnea. Others have delayed retirement. Why? It’s physically easier than general dentistry, mentally stimulating, rewarding for lives prolonged and discovering imminently serious medical issues, and on top of it, financially profitable. And if your body is feeling the effects of years at the chair, treating sleep disorders can be a relief!

If you are a busy or want to be busier midlife practitioner, you can do the same as a senior, but add revenue, make it staff driven, and often add a practitioner to do general dentistry as you get too “busy” due to patient demands. That’s a good thing! And of course, the additional services make a practice more valuable in a future sale, merger, or for adding a partner or associate.

If you are a young or new practitioner, even starting out, what can be better than offering this additional service to the 34% of you adult patients who might be candidates for this treatment. And, of course, it will help pay the bills and loans.

Many of us don’t realize that the doctor can have staff actually perform the service. Impressions, bites and their associated airway measurements.

For myself, I love to share cases and videos of patient’s whose lives I’ve changed or saved. No other “primary care” medical practitioner takes on this responsibility en masse. The medical model doesn’t allow it, and few PCP’s get involved.

BUT, we work next to the airway, and in addition to the medical histories, we see the signs of sleep disorders every day in the dentition and surrounding tissues. Save some lives, make your day easier, and add incremental revenue, as adding dental sleep medicine doesn’t increase your overall overhead.

Head into 2017 with new passion.

Hope to see you at one of my courses, Dr. Barry Freydberg