Sometimes in Dentistry it can be difficult to build rapport with ALL your patients you may not gel with certain patients. Dentistry is already perceived as a high stress environment for our patients and this may sometimes escalate to a heated confrontation in the consultation room.

Let's take a deep breath and look at some strategies in this episode How to Handle 'Difficult' Patients (Without the Emotional Trauma!) to improve ourselves as communicators and how to effectively manage 'difficult' patients.

We discussed:
0:00 Introduction
10:30 Big Challenges Faced by Young Dentists
20:20 What makes a 'Difficult' Patient in Dentistry
31:08 How to Answer the 'You Look Too Young To Be My Dentist'
38:04 My Way or the Highway
46:16 Communication Gems with Difficult Patients
49:54 How to Write a dismissal letter to difficult patients

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