Botox

[gyzeus]

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Can dentist use botox for cosmetical treatments?
I've heard its common that they use it to treat headaches.
But can they use it for other purposes such as on wrinkles and the lip area?

 

[toofshucker]

Can dentist use botox for cosmetical treatments?
I've heard its common that they use it to treat headaches.
But can they use it for other purposes such as on wrinkles and the lip area?

Depends on the state, but I do know some states allow it, but I am not sure you can get your malpractice insurance to cover you.

 

[Daurang]

There are numerous CE courses enabling dentists to do botox so it must be ok. If it's profitable maybe I'll start doing it at botox parties.

 

[SuperC]

There are numerous CE courses enabling dentists to do botox so it must be ok. If it's profitable maybe I'll start doing it at botox parties.

I'm in.
-C

 

[DrJeff]

Botox as a dentist has some upsides and downsides. Yup, its easy to do with just a simple injection into areas that we've spent a TON of time studying anatomically and bascially inject into already, and its done on a patient base who most of the time who would be definate candidates for the highly profitable cosmetic cases that can be fun to do.

On the minus side, this same patient population(which tends to be women in their 30's to 50's) can be some real PITA's to work on and will often find the most minute and imperceptable detail to harp on and fill up your schedule with and drive you crazy. I've seen it all too many times, where the reason for the cosmetic "enhancements" is a deep and long standing insecurity about one's appearance which often takes way more than some fuller lips or bleach 1 shade of veneers to fix.😱

 

[OceanDMD]

In school our TMD prof was Okeson. He used botox to treat some TMJ disorders. I'm curious the changes in malpract insurance if you bring this stuff into the your practice.

 

[Squished Rat]

One of the local ENT's here uses botox to decrease salivary flow in a developmentally disabled pt I've seen at the school. This pt can't swallow very well, so it helps keep saliva off his face. I thought it was a cool idea. I'm told he injects into the parotid and the submandibular glands.

 

[DrJeff]

In school our TMD prof was Okeson. He used botox to treat some TMJ disorders. I'm curious the changes in malpract insurance if you bring this stuff into the your practice.

I remember the 1st time I saw Jeff Okeson speak on TMJ back in 1997. He had many doc's in the room head spinning with the concept of using lose dose tri-cyclic anti-depressants (mainly amitryptyline) as one of the modalities for TMJ treatment.

Just remember, AFTER you graduate and you go an hear him speak, you'll get to pay some decent $$ each time you hear him talk, and with his TMJ research, his lectures are always evolving as the research evolves.👍 Definately one of the CE speakers that I go back and hear speak again ever few years, since he's a good speaker and brings ALOT of relevant material to his lectures.