Patient Candidates and Your Standard of Care

Gingivitis (4346) | Perio Maintenance (4910) | Periodontal Therapy (SRP)

Focusing on patient health and establishing a standard of care is the best way to select patients and implement Perio Protect. How much bleeding is acceptable in your practice? It's a serious question, and if you know the answer, you know who is a good candidate and why. Patients exhibiting bleeding over that threshold need your help.

At Perio Protect, our standard of care recommends Perio Tray™ therapy for patients with 10 or more bleeding points. You can pick your own number for your practice, but ten is a good start. Ten bleeding points means the infection is not isolated. You also don't want to watch a disease progress. The best way to manage periodontal disease is to catch and treat it early. When that is not possible, long-term remission is most successful with comprehensive homecare from Perio Protect.

The following cases also benefit from Perio Tray™ therapy:

Patients who refuse scaling or surgery

• Patients with chronic systemic inflammation
• Patients who have restorations with margins exhibiting bleeding
• For comprehensive prevention (Perio Tray™ therapy will help prevent decay and gum disease) – especially for patients who are high caries risk.

Patients with Implants are Great Candidates for Perio Protect

Patients with implants are 10x more likely to have the implant fail that to have their natural teeth fail even in patients with treated chronic periodontitis. Help your patients keep their margins clean. Offer them Perio Tray™ therapy.

Patient Education Talking Points

When talking to patients, in addition to focusing on the comfort and efficacy of this convenient treatment, especially for patients with co-morbidities, and on its cosmetic benefits, please consider sharing these value talking points:

Our goals with Perio Tray therapy are to get your gums so healthy that you

• don't lose any bone and become a periodontal patient who has to come to the office every 3 months for cleanings
• avoid another round of scaling any time soon.
• avoid surgery and additional loss of teeth.
• keep your implants (or crowns) as healthy as possible so that they will last longer/for your lifetime……..
• approach others with confidence, knowing that you have a healthy, beautiful smile and the freshest breath of your life.
   

The point is that health has lasting financial value and improves our quality of life. 

Oral Infection and the Immune System

Gum disease is a chronic tax on the immune system. Chronic infections and inflammation of the gingival tissues

• make it harder for type 2 diabetics to manage blood sugar
• lead to inflammation in the cells lining the arteries
• speed up the progression of dementia

and there are so many other connections, including some cancers, ED, pulmonary diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and pregnancy complications.

Keeping Your Teeth

Gum disease is also the number one cause of tooth loss. Research shows that continuous lack of bleeding on probing was a 98% accurate predictor of no further periodontal damage.* It’s so important to keep your teeth. While our doctor does beautiful restorative work, its always best to keep your natural teeth when you can.

Side Effects

The best long-term treatment results come with prescription Perio Tray therapy. The side effects of the trays are the best! You’ll have whiter teeth and the fresher breath.

Hint:

Be sure to refer to patient brochures, the chairside guide, the counter card, and the body poster as you talk to patients. These materials are included in the Perio Protect Starter Kit.

*Continuous lack of bleeding on probing was measured over 2.5 years according to Lang, Adler et al. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 1990.

Additional Help for Office Teams

Perio Protect Overview (for patients)

Talking To Patients (for teams)

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