Consent. It's one of the most important parts of your practice—and it's somehow turned in to a tick-box/paperwork exercise. Is it truly possible to automate the consent process for an individual? Dr. Shaun Sellars and Zak Kara are here to break it down for you, so you can get your patient on board with the treatment they need while keeping yourself out of legal trouble. We've covered some of the laws that govern consent in Dentistry, as well as how to level-up your patient communication skills.
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This episode is sponsored by Enlighten Whitening – thanks for your support Dr. Payman Langroudi and team! Please do check out their online training. Within their Live online training, they cover so many points related to consenting our patients for teeth whitening - from the onset of white patches to predicting and managing expectations of different whitening cases.
Highlights of this episode:
PDF Flowchart for Consent by Dr. Shaun Sellars 5:53Ramifications of Montgomery 7:43Consent forms - are they worth it? 10:00Stages of Consent Process 17:38‘Protocolization’ 22:05Process of getting Consent 26:25Getting Consent with the help of Technology 33:42
If you loved this episode, check out the first part of this episode Record Keeping and Emotional Intelligence
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Opening Snippet:Replacing missing teeth, do nothing denture bridge implant, this is classic, okay? How to replace missing teeth writing consent. Do nothing is always an option. So you must must must must must always say you doing nothing is not even if your pain the patient comes in massive amounts of pain. Do nothing is an option, you can say it's not a good option and you should be able to recommend the treatment option.
Jaz's Introduction:Consent is like an onion. What does that even mean? Well, you have to listen towards the end of the episode to find out what I meant by consent is like an onion. Now this episode is going to go in the Protrusive Hall of Fame like think of episode 10. I always refer back to Episode 10 with Zak Kara because I know how much you guys loved it because the stats always show me that people are listening to that one again and again and again. That's probably the most repeat listen-to episode there is and I've got a funny feeling that this episode is going to actually surpass that as the most listened-to and repeat-listened-to. And I even I can't wait to listen to it again. Because there are so many great non clinical communication gems, which I know we all crave. Protruserati, Welcome back to the Protrusive Dental Podcast. I'm your host, Jaz Gulati. I've got Shaun Sellars and Zak Kara on today. And this is gonna blow your mind. Some of the laws that we discussed in terms of consenting are specific to the UK. But if you're in the US, Australia or around the world, we all consent our patients and you will definitely take away some very tangible points on how to be an effective communicator and consent your patients properly and that does not mean you tell them every single damn option. You'll find out why when Listen. This episode is brought to you by enlightened smiles. This is the premium brand of teeth whitening. They guarantee a B1 shade and it's just a slick system. The branding is on point, the passing on point, patients love it very low sensitivity from my experiences. And so the reason this is relevant to consent is I did their online training some years ago with Payman Langroudi and it's brilliant. It covers so many points related to consenting our patients probably for teeth whitening from the white patches that can arise, from the expectations of result for the treatment durations, for different cases, for example, tetracycline staining,
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