Informed Refusal of Periodontal Treatment – Ask The Expert with Katrina Sanders, RDH

Have you had a patient walk into the office, find out that they need periodontal therapy, and then request for “just a normal cleaning”? This can be tough to figure out how to navigate but we do have certain legal and ethical responsibilities. Listen in for this episode as Katrina tells us more! Resources: Yousefi…
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Have you had a patient walk into the office, find out that they need periodontal therapy, and then request for “just a normal cleaning”? This can be tough to figure out how to navigate but we do have certain legal and ethical responsibilities. Listen in for this episode as Katrina tells us more!

Resources:
Yousefi Y, Meldrum J, Jan AH. Periodontal Abscess. In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing, Treasure Island (FL); 2022. PMID: 32809460.
Sottosanti, J. Fractured calculus and dental implant failure.

Jones, C. L., Milsom, K. M., Ratcliffe, P., Wyllie, A., Macfarlane, T. V., & Tickle, M. (2011). Clinical outcomes of single-visit oral prophylaxis: a practice-based randomised controlled trial. BMC oral health, 11(1), 1-13.

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