Additional Course Info
Choosing a Model Patient
Tips for choosing a patient for the botulinum toxin training course:
- The facial areas that are ideal to treat with botulinum toxin are the forehead lines when the patient makes a 'surprised' look, the frown lines between the eyes when the patient makes the 'mad' facial expression, and the 'crow's feet' lines at the corner of the eyes.
- If your patient has TMJ and/or bruxism, these areas will be addressed as well.
Tips for choosing a patient for the dermal filler course:
- The facial areas that are ideal to treat with dermal fillers are the nasolabial folds (lines from the corner of the mouth to the corner of the nose), marionette lines (lines from the corner of the lips that go down the face toward the jaw line), and uplifting the corners of the lips.
- Lip augmentation may also be done on a patient that would like to enhance the fullness of their lips.
All patients:
- The model patient should have light to moderate lines - these are the best patients to train on.
- The model patient should not be needle phobic.
- The model patient should be easy to anesthetize and be able to tolerate local anesthesia.
- Patients must be in good health with no active skin infections in the areas to be treated.
- Patients with neurological, autoimmune and immunological diseases are not the best candidates as well as people with long term systemic diseases.
- Patients who bruise easily because of medications or other disease processes may not be good candidates.
- The model patient should not have any important life events coming up within two weeks of treatment. The model patient may have some bruising after treatment.
- If you are unsure about whether a patient's medical condition is a contraindication to Botox and dermal filler therapy, please check with their physician prior to treating them at a course.
Every model patient must sign an informed consent prior to treatment and there will be no exceptions.We reserve the right to refuse treatment to any patient.If you have any questions about your patient, please email Contact Us.
Will Malpractice Insurance Cover These Procedures?
Malpractice issues are extremely rare for Botox and dermal filler cases. That being said, all healthcare professionals should have malpractice insurance that covers all the procedures they perform.
If you are a physician, most malpractice carriers will cover this as part of your normal coverage, please check with your carrier.
If you are a dentist, some dental liability insurance companies are not now set up to cover dentists for Botox and dermal filler procedures but this is rapidly changing. In the meantime, though, this means that your current malpractice insurance carrier may not cover you for these procedures and you will need to either add a Botox and dermal filler rider to your malpractice insurance, if yours has one, change insurance carriers, or secure this liability insurance from a third party liability insurance carrier.
At our course, we will put you in touch with dental liability insurers that will have a Botox and dermal filler rider and will save you money on a complete policy that will cover your entire practice including the addition of Botox and dermal fillers.
There are also available third party add-on malpractice liability insurance carriers that will cover healthcare professionals who have been properly trained for these procedures and we work with a few through our training courses. These policies will be in addition to the malpractice insurance you already have and are reasonably priced.
Our course is accepted by malpractice liability carriers including many medical and dental malpractice insurers.
Does My State Dental Board Allow Botulinum Toxin and Dermal Filler Procedures?
Most dentists are surprised to learn that over 30 states and provinces in the US and Canada completely allow general dentists to perform both botulinum toxin and dermal fillers in the oral and maxillofacial areas WITH PROPER TRAINING. Every state and province allows dentists to use Botox and dermal fillers for therapeutic uses. There is no question that the tide is certainly turning rapidly for this to be accepted nationwide with more state dental boards allowing these procedures. It is certainly appropriate for dentists to use botulinum toxin and dermal fillers for dental uses within the scope of dentistry as defined by your state practice act.
Feel free to contact us about the information we have about your state dental board.
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