Redesigning the Health History for the Oral-Systemic Practice

Presented by: Susan Maples, DDS

Original Publication Date: May 16, 2018

Course Description:

In most dental offices, the health history is meaningless. But not in yours! For total health dental practice, the health history must assist the clinician in risk assessment for metabolic illnesses, airway/sleep disorders, food sensitivities/allergies, addictions… and so on.  It must also assist the patient in helping Identify and “own” their conditions. This webinar will help you re-design a powerful health history and thereby change the patient's experience of your practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify ways to build a concise and powerful health history to support the clinician's suspicions and the patient's self-discovery.
• Identify the elements that differ significantly in an adult versus pediatric health history.
• Identify when to use essential accessory screening tools that correspond to the answers to your health history.
• Recall the importance of a facilitated dialogue in helping patients progress with health change behavior and case acceptance and explain why a health history should never replace it.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Susan Maples leads a 30+ year insurance-independent dental practice in Holt, MI. She brings preventive and restorative dental expertise with a passion for mouth-body total health and a master’s degree in business/marketing. She is the author of BlabberMouth! 77 Secrets Only Your Mouth Can Tell You To Live a Healthier, Happier, Sexier Life and the developer of the Hands-On Learning Lab™ and SelfScreen.net. Susan is currently launching Total Health University, an online learning platform for dental teams, exclusively available through Henry Schein.