Periodontal Charting: Profitable or Not?
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How Faster Charting Impacts Your Practice and Your Patients
By Emme Sanders, RDH with Inspired Hygiene

Our 10,000 dental instruments and product solutions are sold in over 100 countries, and we have over 900 employees representing and growing our brand around the world. Headquartered in Chicago, we have offices and distribution centers in Italy, Germany, China, and Japan, and a sales force spread over 30 different countries.
Hu-Friedy’s mission is the same today as it has always been – to help dental professionals perform at their best. In order to do that, we have to be at our best, too, because better dentistry starts with us - and we take that responsibility very seriously.
By Emme Sanders, RDH with Inspired Hygiene
The worldwide pop culture phenomenon is back, and it’s taking another bite out of your calendar this week. That’s right, SHARK WEEK is making its annual appearance. You probably already know this if you’ve been seeing sharks all over your televisions. In 2016, we were inspired by Shark Week and discovered a unique dental connection to this tradition. What does a shark and dentistry have in common, you ask?
What would you do with five extra minutes per procedure in your dental practice?
Instruments must be properly taken care of if they are to function as they were intended, for as long as they were intended. A safe and efficient cleaning process will protect the investment you’ve made in high-quality dental instruments.
Contemplating Root Canal Awareness Week got me thinking about the profound strides the field of endodontics has taken over recent decades, juxtaposed with the considerable distance it still must traverse—particularly in reshaping its perception among both patients and dental professionals.
While each operatory in your practice may see ten or more patients daily, and the time in between patients may go by in the blink of an eye, those precious few minutes between patients are critical to the success of the practice and the safety of your patients. Although the steps in infection prevention are numerous, they are all important and the stakes are high.
This may sound like another one of those “deserted island” questions, but for general and cosmetic practitioners, limiting your setup to instruments which truly help you to be efficient matters. It is much more beneficial to have a few carefully-selected, high-quality instruments at the ready than a dazzling array leaving you wondering what to use next. The world’s best golfers, after all, only carry 14 clubs in their bags.