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Special Note: The Power Point presentation is an integral part of the OJW-DPOJW course, consequently examination questions will be drawn from it. To view the OJW DPOJW Power Point presentation presented to dentists at the GNYDM and to orthodontists at the American Association of Orthodontists meeting [Click Here].
Introductory letter sent to Would be OJW patients:
I recommend responding to all inquiries regarding Orthodontic Jaw Wiring whether by telephone or email by the above introductory email letter. Indeed, if a would-be OJW patient does not have an email address I would not even consider them to be good candidates for OJW. For that reason my staff is kept on notice that all callers inquiring about OJW provide ONLY their name address, address, telephone number AND EMAIL ADDRESS. I email them this letter as a prelude. I will sometimes call them beforehand for a brief chat to "sound them out". As you can see I am very, emphatic about having them EMAIL me the correctly completed Informed Consent. Embedded in the Informed Consent are hyperlinks enabling them to download the typical forms I use for patients who are considering orthodontic treatment at my office as well as the Medical-Dental History form I use for my patients. These form are NOT emailable so I request they fax to me. In the Informed Consent it appears as you see it below.
Please complete both forms indicated below and FAX to my office: 718 852 1894. After I review the data from ALL THREE FORMS I will call you to discuss your goals and help you arrange an appointment. With few exceptions OJW appointments are most often seen at noon on Thursdays.
(DOWNLOAD ADULT ACQUAINTANCE FORM)
(DOWNLOAD THE ADULT MEDICAL HISTORY FORM)
A. Forms:
1. Informed Consent document
See the document: Informed Consent
The Informed Consent is key when considering who to choose as an OJW patient.
The Informed
Consent
document must be carefully completed by the patient by placing their initials in
four places.
The doctor should read it carefully before considering them for
OJW. The IC details what you are
going to be responsible for, i.e.
placing the appliance and reexamining them every five (5)-weeks
to ascertain that they
are unharmed by the OJW and that they may continue to be rewired for another
five (5)-week
period. You can copy my
Informed Consent and revise it to use as a template for your own.
If you use mine let me know and I
will refer patients who are closer to you.
2. Medical-Dental history form
I use my own Med-Dent history form which I think is sufficient. Many practice supply companies sell standard Medical-Dental history forms. You may already use one in your practice that can be used for OJW as well.
3. Demographic Form
I use a form that I created that works for me. You can see both at
(DOWNLOAD ADULT ACQUAINTANCE FORM)
(DOWNLOAD THE ADULT MEDICAL HISTORY FORM)
4. "How to proceed once you have chosen OJW" document
See the document:
How to Proceed When You
Choose OJW
After receiving the signed Informed Consent, their medical-dental history form
and the "Acquaintance"
form, I review them carefully. I am now ready to call them and speak with them
and review in a
general way their readiness to begin and their familiarity with the OJW
procedure. I then send them
this document which reiterates the steps they
must follow to proceed to the OJW appointment. It gives
information about insurance coverage and sets forth how the OJW service is
provided and what is
expected of them. I have them sign it on the day of their OJW appointment and
make it part of their
dossier. By the time an OJW patient gets to your office they are usually quite
familiar with all the
information related to the way OJW will be provided to them.
5. The "Telephone" Memo
See the document: OJW telephone consultation memo
I deem it essential to engage the would-be OJW patient
before their arrival at the office,
by a voice-to-voice contact since most OJW patients live out of state and are
unable to come
unable to come to the office for a consultation examination. Hence, I created
the
OJW telephone consultation
"memo" . This memo covers all the points that I would like
the patient to be aware of prior to their arrival at the office. Indeed, I
require that they
that they email the document back to me, and in that way I am assured that
I have completed my
due-diligence for that patience.
B. Equipment and supplies (See the list) and see the photo of the entire armamentarium showing where to purchase all the items and the cost.
C. Provider's telephone call to the patient:
When you have received the Informed Consent, Med-Dent history form and the
"Acquaintance" form
it is time to call the patient. I do not leave this step to the office manager
who is quite capable of
doing it for me. I do it because it enhances the patient-doctor relationship.
You must be try to provide
the patient with a "warm and fuzzy" feeling about the upcoming OJW appointment.
I remind my patients that they must provide me with a note from their physician
saying "There are
no medical reasons that this patient cannot be on a low calorie liquid diet to
lose weight." lf that note
is lacking I get on the phone and call the physician to indicate that the
patient is beginning a
low-calorie liquid diet enhanced by OJW. I am especially wary to make sure
the canines and
premolars are present. I indicate to them that I do the OJW on Thursday after my
last orthodontic
patient at 12:30 and remind them to arrive at the office at least one hour
earlier than the appointment.
Finally, I remind them I am going to email them the OJW telephone
consultation memo,
which they must read carefully and email back to me as proof they read it. I
email the document without delay. I then pass the patient to the office manager
who schedules the
patient for the OJW appointment and arranges payment of fees.
Examination Questions Part I