Failing First Visits and 'Tooth Fixer' Mentality

Dr. Victor Martel, a general dentist practicing in Florida, is back on the Everyday Oral Surgery podcast with Dr. Stucki for another round of expert insight. This time, he’s here to talk about comprehensive treatment planning and how surgeons can work with the GP to provide excellent patient care. Tune in as Dr. Martel defines comprehensive treatment planning and big-picture dentistry, explores how it can grow your practice, and unpacks the key barriers that hold clinicians back from putting it into action. Dr. Martel deep dives into grand rounds and how they fit into this conversation, shares a key frustration he sees with All-on-X cases, and breaks down his initial comprehensive patient exam, including what he calls the ‘tour of the mouth’ at the second visit. He emphasizes the critical role of communication between GPs and specialists, and underscores the need for clinicians to invest in educating themselves and their teams on comprehensive treatment planning. Don’t miss this insightful episode and a powerful reminder that when we work together and keep the big picture in mind, that’s where the magic happens!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Welcoming back Dr. Vic Martel, a general dentist practicing in FL.
• How Dr. Martel defines comprehensive treatment planning: big-picture dentistry.
• Where generalists fail (even at the very first visit).
• How comprehensive treatment planning can grow your practice.
• We look at the barriers holding clinicians back from doing comprehensive planning. 
• Looking at patients from a comprehensive standpoint, and his definition of holistic dentistry. 
• Why he believes first-time patients should not be brought to the practice for a cleaning first. 
• His thoughts on how a specialist could help a general dentist comprehensively plan.
• We deep dive into grand rounds and how they fit into this conversation. 
• Dr. Martel shares a pet peeve: all-on-X cases.
• A tour of their mouth: a breakdown of how he structures a comprehensive dental exam and what makes it effective.
• He explains the permission statement.
• Why it’s essential to include specialists in the communication of the comprehensive plan. 
• The main summary take-home point Dr. Martel wants listeners to walk away with: learn to comprehensively plan treatment.
• Where to learn more about Dr. Martel and his courses.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Dr. Victor Martel on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-martel-dmd-91431922 

Dr. Victor Martel on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/drvicmartel/ 

Dr. Victor Martel Email — martelacademy@gmail.com

Martel Academy — https://www.martelacademy.com/ 

The Dawson Academy — https://thedawsonacademy.com/ 

Everyday Oral Surgery Website — https://www.everydayoralsurgery.com/ 

Everyday Oral Surgery on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/everydayoralsurgery/ 

Everyday Oral Surgery on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/EverydayOralSurgery/

Dr. Grant Stucki Email — grantstucki@gmail.com

Dr. Grant Stucki Phone — 720-441-6059