Carrie Ibbetson, RDH

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Making in-office products an opportunity, not a crisis
One of the best opportunities for your patients to improve their oral health is to receive useful information at the dental office about home care products. As patients are looking to dental professionals for accurate and relevant information, doesn't it make sense for staff to have a better understanding of how to most effectively use the products?
April 20, 2014
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Practice Sales
Products in the office: To sell or not to sell?
Are your patients going to use products such as electric toothbrushes and oral irrigators? In her latest column, Carrie Ibbetson, RDH, offers seven upsides and a few downsides to selling products in your office. She details the advantages to patients and also emphasizes how product knowledge can help you put your patients first.
March 30, 2014
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Oral-Systemic Link
5 ways to get patients on board with home care
With the oral-systemic health link now well recognized, this is the time to help patients understand what they need to do to control bacteria at home. Carrie Ibbetson, RDH, presents five practical techniques to help your patients improve their oral healthcare at home.
March 10, 2014
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How to engage your long-term patients into healthy mouths
In her new column, Carrie Ibbetson, RDH, explores the practitioner-patient relationship, with a focus on preventive health. As she notes, relationships with patients develop and evolve, but how do you tell your favorite patients what is actually going on in their mouth?
February 18, 2014
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