Consent Is Like An Onion – Are You Consenting Your Patients Correctly? – PDP113

Consent. It’s one of the most important parts of your practice—and it’s somehow turned in to a tick-box/paperwork exercise. Is it truly possible to automate the consent process for an individual? Dr. Shaun Sellars and Zak Kara are here to break it down for you, so you can get your patient on board with the treatment they need while keeping yourself out of legal trouble. We’ve covered some of the laws that govern consent in Dentistry, as well as how to level-up your patient communication skills. https://youtu.be/_8O5CqoYIS4 Protrusive Dental Pearl: Be sure to subscribe to my email newsletter for the PDF Flowchart for Consent made by Dr. Shaun Sellars  This episode is sponsored by Enlighten Whitening – thanks for your support Dr. Payman Langroudi and team! Please do check out their online training. Within their Live online training, they cover so many points related to consenting our patients for teeth whitening – from the onset of white patches to predicting and managing expectations of different whitening cases. Highlights of this episode: PDF Flowchart for Consent by Dr. Shaun Sellars 5:53 Ramifications of Montgomery 7:43 Consent forms – are they worth it? 10:00 Stages of Consent Process 17:38 ‘Protocolization’ 22:05 Process of getting Consent 26:25 Getting Consent with the help of Technology 33:42 If you loved this episode, check out the first part of this episode Record Keeping and Emotional Intelligence