KeystoneExplorer | Fall 2023 13 dentistry issues Q The Practice Changing Magic This is an article about the success of the dental patient. The title that was assigned to me first seemed to be directed exclusively to the endodontist’s referring dentists. Again, my assumption could not have been further from the truth. This article is about three domains: Communication, Communication, and Communication. Everyone knows that communication results in better dentistry and better patient outcomes. But do we really communicate? Are we simply too busy or is it that the dentistry we know how to do seems more important than doing the best comprehensive diagnosis and treatment planning for the patient? In my experience, the interdisciplinary collaboration and treatment sequencing is prerequisite to a joyful and satisfying dental career. It is also prerequisite for our patients’ best treatment. And when the dental patient succeeds, the dentist succeeds, the interdisciplinary team succeeds, and the dental practice succeeds, then the practice of dentistry itself succeeds. Simple. “Fortune favors the brave” is the Latin translation of a proverb. To experience the promised “Magic” of this article will require a certain amount of bravery because it will mean becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable. This transformation is true for the dental specialist, in this case the endodontist, the referring restorative dentist, and your patient. A three-way WIN/ WIN/WIN. By Dr. John West, DDS, MSD GENERAL DENTIST ENDODONTIST PATIENT THE INTERDISCIPLINARY REFERRAL Everything Your Endodontist Wants You to Know but Is Afraid To Say “Our Specialists, One Team, Elevated Care” Endodontics
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