556 The Endoscope: Seeing What We've Been Missing in Dental Hygiene

Judy, why is this not in every office? Okay, that's a great question.

I'm listening to you, like, talk about this.

This feels like the Disneyland of dental hygiene.

We get asked

that a lot.

And I will tell you, here's the reasons.

Well, first of all, insurance, right? You know, if something's not covered by insurance, there's going to be some hesitation there, right? So is there an extra cost associated? Yes, there's an extra cost.

Currently, there's an extra cost.

That is going to change in the near future.

There's a new endoscope coming very soon.

It's in certification right now.

And this is so exciting, you guys.

This new endoscope is going to be very competitively priced.

It's going to be a lot lower.

for hygienists to even buy,

okay? Because they know who their market is.

Yeah, they know who their

market is.

So they're going to market this to dental hygienists, just like if you have, you know, your ergonomic loops, that kind of thing.

Hygienists typically buy their own tools when it comes to loops, right? So if a hygienist can get this very small endoscope and there's no cost to use it.

So he or she is just picking it up.

It's right there on her counter, his counter, and you're picking it up and using it.

the the hurdle right now is that the current endoscope and the ones past you know we're on our we're on our fourth company right now the fifth one is yet to to uh to emerge you know it's not in the marketplace yet but we're on our fourth company right now and the the endoscope cost just keeps going up the cost to use it it's it's at least 100 bucks every time you pick it up so these are hurdles that need to be overcome I could go on and on about the hurdles other than...

Well,

because I'm thinking, I'm like, this sounds like a no-brainer.