Phases 1 & 3 are patient driven and often where patients initial conversations start.
Phases 2 & 4 are the important ones that patients realise once shown how they will improve the current condition of their mouths and the future success of any phase 3 activity.
Often Phase 2 could be completed in a visit or sometimes it can take nine months – all depends on where you start, the nature of initial disease presentation and how long we have to wait for you to heal from initial therapies.
Phase 3 could take a month or 12 months, again this depends on wants, desires and expectations of outcome. For more advanced treatments in phase 3, often we have to wait for things to heal, hence the timings
Phase 4 is critical for long term stability and overall success of therapies and treatments.
For some people who spend a lot of money in phases 2 or 3, it is reassuring to know there is long term support for them going forward.
We run Denplan maintenance programmes to help with spreading the costs of phase 4. Discover more about Denplan here.