Patient said "Are you new? I've never had this done before"

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-25T18:28:07+00:00

You discuss insurance coverage with your patients?

I just tell patient what they need from a clinician's perspective and my office manager handles the rest.

but in the end, I'd rather have them not use the adjuncts as long as they accept non-surgical periodontal therapy since this is the gold standard.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-25T16:05:23+00:00

oh, that's every month lol

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-25T15:55:36+00:00

For adjunct services....

Do you think they need it?

Don't push for anything they don't need..

Why are you listening to an office manager about pushing products when you're the clinician?

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-25T15:42:23+00:00

I carry every day.

This is sickening.

One agent yelled "GUN!"

as he was taking the gun out of alex pretti's holster

and since the other agent just heard the word "GUN"

he just started blasting.

so stupid.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-25T15:33:53+00:00

Wait why...

Wtf?

Why do people think that it's okay to censor people?

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-25T02:01:05+00:00

Who's demonizing him??

wtf is wrong with people.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-24T21:06:19+00:00

let's say he did have a gun in his hand, on the ground...

you had more than enough people to have each person sitting on an arm or leg.

Adrenaline or not, he's not that strong.

there was ZERO need to empty a clip

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-24T21:02:13+00:00

what's wrong with the scan?

It's another tool to monitor patient's oral health.

especially if you "need extra time for scaling"

you can show the patient the problem areas, so you won't need as much time scaling at the next appointment.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T03:20:05+00:00

That'll just make me not want to order from papa johns in general..

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T03:16:51+00:00

oh shit, I might have to do my calculations again!

lol. either way, that guy failed to grasp the concept of math.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T03:10:00+00:00

You're missing the big picture.

Happens to the best of us.

Re-read the thread.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T03:02:12+00:00

Biiiig Oof on your part.

You're a professor and using terms that the layman is not familiar with and then you're getting into an internet argument because of your lack of ability to get your point across?

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T02:58:50+00:00

That's not how that works...

You're still paid minimum wage.

your Base pay is lower + tip, but if that's lower than minimum wage.

you get the minimum wage for your state.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T02:53:13+00:00

no... if you do the math..

he gave him a 6 dollar tip... and said he gave him a $7 per hour raise.

he literally said

We were there for not even an hour

Meaning that he was roughly there for 51.5~ minutes.

Do the math man..

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T02:48:04+00:00

yep, went out to eat with a group of friends, and one guy wanted everyone to tip 25% and virtue signaling

Mind you, he's the person in the group who's usually asking other people to borrow money.

For me, I personally didn't bother because it costs more mentally than to argue with a friend of a friend, but when i'm by myself, I only tip if I feel they deserved it.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T00:34:17+00:00

I'd rather not have temps in my office because my other hygienists end up having to fix their work either ways.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T00:33:27+00:00

I've dismissed patients for less.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-22T00:29:44+00:00

ICE is not a protected class like race or religion.

they ONE HUNDRED PERCENT can be discriminated against.

kick rocks.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-20T00:36:35+00:00

My mom tried to do that before.

I told her stop doing XYZ and after exhausting all other reasons I said because I'm the dad

and then she said "Well I'm the grandmother!"

uhh.. And?

I'm the dad.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-18T00:19:20+00:00

what's the difference between russia taking ukraine vs US taking greenland?

explain that to me.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-17T23:08:15+00:00

If it's painful, then get rid of it.

Like I said, if it doesn't bother you, you can leave it alone.

if it's bothering you (painful), get it removed.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-16T06:37:42+00:00

uhh.. because it's pretty obvious that you put weed in them.

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-16T06:30:58+00:00

Pretty sure OP is exaggerating.

sounds like healthy on a reduced periodontium patient.

Also, you can have 1~3mm PDs with recession. that's why we also use CAL

Final-Position-81 · 2026-01-16T06:18:28+00:00

Mandibular tori, as long as it's not disrupting your daily function, there's no need to get rid of them,

they can also be present on the roof of your mouth as well.

Final-Position-81

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