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The [de facto] path: understanding before treating
A well-informed patient is worth two. Our goal is not that you accept a treatment, but that you understand your mouth. Well informed, you decide better, and for yourself.
A path in five stages
A [de facto] stage is a family of care objectives, not a level of severity. No one has to go through them all: you define your care objectives.
Stage 0
Understand
Stage 1
Stabilize
Stage 2
Restore the function of the teeth
Repair locally, within the current framework of your mouth.
Stage 4
Rehabilitate function and appearance
Change global parameters: occlusion, vertical dimension, alignment.
Stage 3
Maintain and prevent
Stage 0
Understand
The complete examination and, if needed, further examinations. We establish the starting picture.
Stage 1
Stabilize
We first control infection and inflammation: active decay, diseased gums, infected teeth.
Stage 2
Restore the function of the teeth
Repair locally, within the current framework of your mouth.
Stage 3
Maintain and prevent
Prevention and follow-up. This stage begins at the very first appointment and never ends.
Stage 4
Rehabilitate function and appearance
A transformation that requires changing global parameters in the mouth: occlusion, vertical dimension of occlusion, alignment of the teeth, and so on.
Stage 4 is neither mandatory nor superior to stage 2. An emergency is treated separately, at any time.
What you will know at the end of the examination
The findings
what is going well, and what is not.
The priorities
what is urgent, what can wait, what is optional.
The options
the prognoses, the benefits, the limits and their costs.
Dental education
advice on hygiene and prevention, whether or not you go ahead with treatment.
The plan is explained to you at the desk, never in the dental chair. You receive a written summary of your condition.