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A referral program is a way to encourage current patients to refer friends and family to your clinic. Here are a few examples of how you could implement a referral program: Offer a discount: Provide a discount on future services for patients who refer a new patient to your clinic. For example, offer $50 off their next cleaning for every new patient they refer. Giveaway: Give a prize to patients who refer the most new patients within a certain period of time. For example, offer a gift card to a local restaurant to the patient who refers the most new patients in a month. Loyalty rewards: Create a loyalty program that rewards patients for each referral they make . For example, offer a free cleaning for every five referrals a patient makes. Send a thank you note: Show appreciation for patient referrals by sending a personal thank you note or a small gift. Make it easy: Make it easy for patients to refer friends and family by providing referral cards or an online referral form. Remember ...

  There are several strategies you can use to try to increase the number of patients visiting your dental clinic: Marketing: Increase your visibility through online and offline marketing campaigns. Utilize social media, email campaigns, and local advertising to reach potential patients. Referral program: Encourage current patients to refer friends and family to your clinic by offering incentives for successful referrals. Special promotions: Offer special promotions, such as discounts or free consultations , to attract new patients. Networking: Attend local networking events and conferences to connect with other dental professionals and potential patients. Online reviews: Encourage satisfied patients to leave positive reviews on sites like Google and Yelp. Collaboration: Partner with other medical or dental professionals in your area to cross-promote each other's services. Improving services: Make sure that your services are up to date, with well-trained staff, clean and comfor...

 # Inflammation and bleeding on probing around an implant are usually less than with natural teeth because: A. less plaque accumulation B. less blood vessels C. dense connective tissue with type III collagen D. sulcus lining by keratinized mucosa The correct answer is B. Less blood vessels. Compared with an implant, the support system of a natural tooth is better designed to reduce the biomechanical forces distributed to the tooth/restoration and the crestal bone region. The periodontal membrane, biomechanical design of the tooth root and material, nerve and blood vessel complex, occlusal material (enamel) and surrounding type of bone blend to decrease the risk of occlusal overload to the natural tooth system. Regardless of whether gingival health is relative to success, all dentists agree that the ideal soft tissue condition around an implant is an absence of inflammation. Radiographic bone loss and increased pocket depth have been correlated with sulcular bleeding. Therefore, the...

 # Caries risk status for a DMFT score of 4 is: A. Very low B. Low C. Moderate D. High The correct answer is C. Moderate. The World Health Organization Global Data Bank (1995) shows that out of 178 countries for which data is available 25 percent were categorized as having very low levels of dental caries (DMFT 0.0 to 1.1), 42 percent as low (DMFT 1.2 to 2.6), 30 percent as moderate (DMFT 2.7 to 4.4) and 13 percent as high (DMFT 4.5 to 6.5) and 2.1 percent countries as very high, i.e. 6.6. Ref: A Textbook of  Public Health Dentistry, CM Marya

 # Parent child relationship has been described as: A. One tailed B. Two tailed C. Three tailed D. Multi tailed The correct answer is A. One tailed. The home is the first school where a child learns to behave. All the home individuals influence the child’s behavior but none so much as the mother, e.g. in case of a broken home, the child may feel insecure, inferior, apathic and depressed. Mother child relation- ship has been described as one-tailed. Ref: Shobha Tandon

 # If base of uvula and soft palate are visualized on maximal mouth opening it is referred to as Mallampati  classification: A. Class I B. Class II C. Class III D. Class IV The correct answer is C. Class III. Visualization of the amount of posterior pharynx is important and correlates with the difficulty of intubation. Visualization of the pharynx can be obscured by the tongue, which also interferes with visualization of the larynx on laryngoscopy.  The Mallampati classification is based on the structures visualized with maximal mouth opening and tongue protrusion in a sitting position. Class I: Soft palate, fauces, uvula, and pillars are visualized Class II: Soft palate, fauces, and a portion of uvula are visualized Class III: Soft palate, the base of the uvula is visualized. Class IV: Only the hard palate is visualized

 # Behavior modification is based on the principle of: A. Cognitive theory B. Classical conditioning theory C. Social learning theory D. Operant conditioning theory The correct answer is C. Social learning theory. Behavior shaping is a form of behavior modification technique based on principles of social learning. It is the procedure that slowly develops desired behavior. The behavior-shaping techniques are: • Desensitization (TSD) • Modelling • Contingency management