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734: Chronic Oral Wounds in Your Dental Practice – Tanya Dunlap

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734: Chronic Oral Wounds in Your Dental Practice – Tanya Dunlap

Getting patients healthy is your number-one role. But are you focusing on the disease that matters most? It’s time to address the most undiagnosed and untreated condition — gum disease — and now there’s an easier way. To help you start the conversation, Kirk Behrendt brings in Tanya Dunlap, vice president of Perio Protect, to showcase Perio Tray, a convenient way to treat, prevent, and manage gum disease. To learn more about Perio Tray and how it can improve your patients’ lives, listen to Episode 734 of The Best Practices Show! 

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Main Takeaways:

  • Patients need better home care.
  • Brushing, rinsing, and flossing is not enough.
  • Systemic antibiotics are not long-term solutions.
  • Perio Protect makes home care easy and convenient.
  • Be honest with patients about their gum disease findings.
  • You have the opportunity to change patients’ lives for the better.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

1:32 Why this is an important topic.

6:24 The problem of diagnosis and treatment planning.

10:10 How to be honest with patients about gum disease.

12:46 Health benefits of treating gum disease.

15:04 Put periodontal disease into remission.

18:03 The Perio Protect process.

19:32 More about Perio Protect.

Tanya Dunlap Bio:

Tanya Dunlap, PhD, is the vice president at Perio Protect, where she has worked since 2005. For several years, she served as the research liaison for the company, working with researchers and investigators who were testing Perio Tray® therapy in…


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