Got a Money Pit Mouth?? How to tell if you’re headed for one!!

Money pit mouth:  Every year, it’s the same story:  You maximize your insurance immediately, and there’s not enough money left in the flex plan to fix the difference.  You think:  “What’s the use??  My mouth is just turning into a money pit!”  

Hold on!  There IS a way out!!  Most dental disease is VERY preventable!  Did you know that??  Want to find out more?? 

Most practices are so busy “drilling, filling, and billing” that there is no time to establish a working relationship that includes prevention at the heart of it.  (And we DON”T mean having the “Hygiene Nazi” telling you how you’re screwing up!!) 

Think about it:  Short of pain, swelling and bleeding, most dental services are elective, right?  Once disease is under control, however, now quality long-lasting  restorative work can be done at a pace that’s affordable, AND without going backwards in the meantime!!  The key is your personal confidence that the disease is contained and under your personal control.  First though, you need that assurance.  How would you feel about an office with a collaborative atmosphere, so you can work through the problem areas together and identify what needs to be done to rectify problem areas?  

Having done that, now, you can begin to prioritize and perform  restorative dentistry that will last, and not have to be done over.  Make sense??  Quality is the constant, time is the variable!!  Wow, what a concept!!

If you’re NOT preventing disease, you ARE preventing health!!  Want to know how??  It gets real personal:  Are you fed up with ongoing dental expenses?  What are you prepared to do, habit-wise to control them??  There AIN’t no magic bullet, but it CAN be done, and the research is all there to prove it!  (some of it, and I am NOT making this up, was done in the 1940′s!!)  

I can give you some general guidelines on this blog, but real prevention requires a hands-on tour of your particular conditions and how to manage them.  These areas need to be addressed and collaborated upon:  Homecare routines; homecare devices; nutrition; and a personal commitment.  There is nothing a dentist can do that will overcome what a patient will NOT do!  Something to think about!!

Any Money Pit Mouths out there??  Let’s hear your stories!! 

THR