title: Are you treating planned cases or treating teeth to stay busy?
abstract: Responsible aesthetics and comprehensive care requires a thorough patient examination and evaluation of risk factors that help to prevent and curtail re-restoration and more aggressive tooth preparation. Managing identified risks that could potentially lead to otherwise piecemeal dental procedures keeps dentists treating comprehensively planned cases, not just teeth. Dentistry that is comprehensive, desired, and evidence-based is a valuable service to patients and a satisfying endeavor for dentists and their teams. By choosing between the sure thing of a quick fix and discussing what the patient wants, dentists can embrace a MI, responsible aesthetic approach to treatment planning, case acceptance, and most importantly, patient oral care.
authors.affiliation: University of California, USA. brian@cosmetic-dentistry.com
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: LeSage
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003190:Comprehensive Dental Care; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists'; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000628:therapy