Warning to Physicians and Dentists
Click on the picture below to view an ominous warning that is quickly coming our way from the medical liability arena
. To be sure, the medical/legal standards-of-care are shifting to include careful multi-disciplinary management of compromising health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and pregnancy, to name a few. [Click here for a complete list of disease conditions]
As this standard of care shifts to embrace oral health status, physicians and dentists are recommending, in fact insisting, that their patients deal with chronic oral infections. If it isn’t already here, it will soon be incumbent upon you the medical doctor to refer your patients with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, pregnancy, etc to a qualified dentist to help the patient to optimum health and to keep yourself away from malpractice.
At this region’s only “Center for Dental Medicine” our practice seeks to build a bridge in the medical/dental community to benefit patients and to help health professionals avoid the problems associated with failure to diagnose/treat important diseases related to the presence of chronic oral infections. Our purpose is to help save lives, and to help keep our physician friends and colleagues out of trouble with regard to what will be the certain medical/legal liability scrutiny which is coming our way.
Certainly, the day is fast upon us when this medical and legal standard of care will cause all physicians to insist that their patients be screened for periodontal disease, and that if found at risk, that they exercise diligence in resolving these life-altering and potentially life-threatening conditions.
Physicians in the Southeast Washington area who would like more information, or to receive your own free reference resource binder, referral slips, and educational materials which will help you and your staff to efficiently and effectively deal with this problem, please email or call Dr. Lee Ostler. lee@ostlerdds.com 509-946-6566.
Click here http://www.meddentlaw.com/ to discover the work attorneys are doing to help establish a new medical/dental standard-of-care related to the Oral-Systemic Connection.