"With Perio Protect® good results are easy to maintain for long-term health."
Melissa Meyer, RDH works in a large family dental practice with Dr. William Schlotz in Crestwood, MO. She first started offering Perio Protect® treatment in 2004.
Q - How has Perio Protect® been successful in your office? A - Perio Protect® gets the patients more involved in their care. Once they know that it is possible to have a 6mm pocket reduced to 3-4mm, they take interest in their periodontal scores and ask me to tell them their numbers. They become excited with the good results and the way their mouths feel. A case that clearly stands out in my mind involves a patient who saw a commercial for Perio Protect® and found our office on perioprotect.com. He had previous scaling and root planing but still struggled with red, tender, puffy gums. His doctor told him to floss more and the problems would go away. He was frustrated. We started him on Perio Protect® and after 6 weeks he had significant healing. He still needed some scaling and root planing to eliminate the tenacious deposits but it was less extensive after Perio Protect® treatment. The tenderness and bleeding had subsided so much that he was willing to complete his treatment. With Perio Protect® added To his treatment plan, he became very excited about how much better his mouth felt and tasted, and his frustration level was much lower.
Q - Are most of your patients responding well to treatment? A - I find that most patients using Perio Protect® treatment follow their protocols like they should, and they show up for their appointments. They are excited about coming in and they notice that their gums are not as tender as they used to be.
Q - What does Perio Protect® allow you to do that other conventional treatments do not? A - With scaling and root planing alone, patients often start off with good results but the disease returns with time and we are right back where we started. With Perio Protect® good results are easy to maintain for long-term health. Patients using the Perio Protect® system also have easier visits and I find that I don’t have to scale as much. There is significantly less bleeding with Perio Protect® treatment. Patients tell me the Perio Trays® are very comfortable. It is an easy treatment to follow.
Q - Is there any additional information you would like to share? A - One of the best features of the Perio Protect Method™ is that my patients feel that they have more control over their treatment. They are part of the program and get good results. I have found this is an easy system to implement in our dental hygiene protocol and patients don’t get lost in the recall shuffle because they want to come back for the routine checkups to see the improvements in their periodontal scores.
