952: Metric Mondays: Fluoride Percentage – Miranda Beeson The Best Practices Show With Kirk Behrendt podcast

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952: Metric Mondays: Fluoride Percentage – Miranda Beeson

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Fluoride is a big deal — for your patients and your practice! But it’s common for this percentage to be lower than it should. In this episode, Kirk Behrendt brings back Miranda Beeson, ACT’s director of education, to break down fluoride percentage, how it impacts your practice, and what you can do to improve your numbers. To learn how to successfully recommend fluoride so you can improve patient health and production, listen to Episode 952 of The Best Practices Show!

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Main Takeaways:

If fluoride percentage is under 10%, patients are missing opportunities for prevention.
A low fluoride percentage also indicates missed opportunities for production.
High fluoride percentage reflects strong preventative care standards.
Create a caries risk assessment process as a team to be aligned.
Align your team’s mindset and verbal skills around the “why”.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

3:00 Fluoride percentage, explained.

4:55 How this metric impacts the practice.

12:15 What you can do to impact this metric.

16:36 Final thoughts.

Miranda Beeson, MS, BSDH Bio:

Miranda Beeson has over 25 years of clinical dental hygiene, front office, practice administration, and speaking experience. She is enthusiastic about communication and loves helping others find the power that words can bring to their patient interactions and practice dynamics. As a Lead Practice Coach, she is driven to create opportunities to find value in experiences and cultivate new approaches.

Miranda graduated from Old Dominion University, and enjoys spending time with her husband, Chuck, and her children, Trent, Mallory, and Cassidy. Family time is the best time, and is often spent on a golf course, a volleyball court, or spending the day boating at the beach.

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