Description

Contemporary Treatment Plans: Fee Setting to Consent

AIMS

To teach the basics of patient-centered case management for the dentist and provide a realistic understanding of the time and costs associated with fee setting and delivering high-level dental care in private practice.

OBJECTIVES

• How to ensure that sufficient patient data is collected before and during a new patient consultation as efficiently as possible
• Collect and collate data for treatment planning purposes.
• Understand the actual costs of time spent when treatment planning and communicating with our patients outside surgery hours to ensure a better work-life balance.
• Understand the basics of the consent process and GDC standards and, therefore ensure that the communication and consent process are valid
• Streamline the documentation, communication and consent process using modern GDPR-compliant methods, including secure form design and digital signing of documents to save time and energy and prevent miscommunication when maintaining records.