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Dental pricing in the New Economy
A previous blog described a long-term decline in visits to the American dentist since 2000. Certainly a primary contributor to this trend is a coincident decline in real household incomes for the...
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Are we counseling our older patients?
Counseling the patient on eating habits and smoking are standard procedures for managing adult dental decay. Or at least they should be. A recent Swedish study reports that older patients did not...
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What’s your New Patient routine?
I have been following and contributing to a group discussion on Linked In called “what’s your new patient routine?” And I was impressed with one of the following contributions: “I always go out to the...
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Breadwinner Moms
From many accounts, mothers and wives are the primary organizers of the family’s healthcare – including dental care. In this regard, a recent study by the Pew Research Center also indicates that...
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Menopause and dental decay
Surveys of adult patients in the waiting rooms of UK and Ontario dental practices show that almost half are age 50+. That means that 1 in 4 patients are women entering or experiencing menopause. In the...
View ArticleWhat makes you happy when you get older? (or why prevention is the new...
Often times, this blog tries to connect the dots between an aging population and changes in the demand for dental services. In other words, we are trying to explain why the waiting room is less busy as...
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Un-retiring and going to the dentist
In 2008, a national research firm reported that the oldest Canadians reduced their visits to the dentist significantly (Chart 1). About 1 in 4 stopped going to the dentist past the age of 70, and fewer...
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Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s is one of those growing issues in an aging community. The incidence of this disease rises from 17.4 per 100,000 between ages 50 and 59 to 93.1 in 100,000 between ages 70 and 79. Unlike...
View ArticleAvoiding smokers and big spenders on dental care
As healthcare reforms promote more preventive care and associated healthy-seeking behaviour, some controversies emerge. I notice, for example, that American employers in their efforts to control...
View ArticleA summer break
In the past year of blogging about the impact and context for more preventive dental care, blog membership has expanded substantially and so has the subject matter. Who would have thought that a new...
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