2026 Dental Clinical Operations Manual: Hygiene and Periodontal Systems for General Dentistry

By: Victor B. . Jost

The hygiene chair is the most leveraged seat in your practice - and the most vulnerable. One resignation can stall your schedule, bleed your recare base, and quietly cost you six figures a year. This manual gives you the system to make sure that never happens again.
Inside this book you will: Install a five-pillar framework that turns your hygiene department from person-dependent to system-drivenRecruit smarter using four hygienist personas and job descriptions that attract the right fitOnboard new hires with a structured 90-day plan that reduces turnoverBuild schedule templates matched to your actual patient mix - not a generic gridDiagnose and treat periodontal disease using current AAP staging and evidence-based protocolsCode hygiene and periodontal procedures accurately and get paid for the work you doTrack the eight KPIs that separate thriving departments from guessing onesScript case acceptance conversations that patients actually respond toLead and retain hygienists in the toughest labor market in a generationThis is not theory. Every chapter is built on current workforce data, real practice economics, and operational systems you can implement inside a calendar year.
If your hygiene department runs on luck and loyalty, it's only a matter of time. Build the system. Start now.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H1JFK2R2
• ISBN13: 9798196607981
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"