Cracking Periodontal Codes with Class-Diagnostic Decisions

Course overview

Failure to diagnose periodontal disease is consistently a top complaint filed with state dental boards. The first step in treating and managing a patients care, with maximum insurance reimbursement, is diagnosing disease accurately, ethically and comprehensively. As diagnostics continually evolve, dental providers are encouraged to put down the scaler and pick up the probe. Active and appropriate diagnosis leads to comprehensive and effective therapy. This course walks the dental provider through the nine classifications of health and disease as established by the American Academy of Periodontology, as well as effective clinical decision making in the management of each diagnosis.