Q - How are patients responding to Perio Protect treatment in your office?
A - Perio Protect has been extremely successful in our office. Most of our patients using the Perio Protect Method notice a difference in the way their teeth feel, and I think seeing such significant reductions in pocket depths and bleeding in such short amounts of time with Perio Protect is encouraging to patients. Q - Are the kind of results you are describing typical? Are most of your patients responding well to treatment?
A - These results are typical for our office. Most of our patients are responding well to the Perio Protect Method. Q - How did you begin to implement Perio Protect in your office?
A - When we first offered Perio Protect treatment we chose our most severe cases, patients who really had no hope of saving their teeth. We saw such dramatic improvements that our entire team got excited about it and began searching for opportunities to talk about it with our patients. In my opinion, the most difficult part was treatment planning. I was fairly good at judging how much work would be involved in getting a patient’s mouth healthy after an initial exam, but I soon discovered that after patients followed the Perio Protect Method for 2-3 weeks they didn’t need all of that scaling and root planing and I had to alter the treatment plans. One patient really sticks out in my mind. She had tons of black, tenacious calculus, spongy tissue and bleeding everywhere. When she came in for her scaling and root planing appointment after wearing her first set of Perio Trays®, she had very little calculus and the tissues were firm and pink. My boss kept telling me this kind of thing could happen, but I could not believe it until I saw it. Q - How do you introduce patients to Perio Protect and present treatment options?
A - I always start out explaining probe scores. A monitor is suspended above the patients so they watch everything. I like to include the patients in the discovery process because it helps them take ownership of their disease. By the time we are done, the questions start coming. That is when I start telling them about Perio Protect’s non-invasive treatment. Q - Is there anything else you would like to share?
A - Perio Protect is so valuable because patients see such positive results and have easier appointments. We are able to have a positive dental experience which everyone looks forward to and even enjoys. Q - What does Perio Protect allow you to do that other conventional treatments do not?
A - The Perio Protect Method has enabled me to form a stronger bond with my patients and turn the dreaded dental appointment into a fun, positive experience. With other conventional treatments I sometimes had trouble finding something positive to reinforce. I usually dreaded the perio exam because there was little to no change and I could sense my patients’ feeling of defeat which discouraged them and me. It always felt as though we were fighting a losing battle. But with the Perio Protect Method, my patients seem to look forward to the perio exam. Perio Protect has made my job more rewarding, like I am truly making a difference in my patients’ lives. | 
