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Fulcrum Dental: The Hygiene IQ Method

The hygiene tools your dental school never taught. Raise Your Hygiene IQ.

RDH Edition

RDH Edition

$97

Includes two files: (1) The full toolkit — open the .html file in Chrome or Safari, no software needed. (2) The KPI Dashboard — open the .xlsx file in Excel or Google Sheets."

You've been producing. Has your paycheck noticed?

Most hygienists have no idea what their net production per hour actually is — or how far off it is from industry benchmark. They negotiate compensation based on gut feel, present perio based on habit, and hope the practice sees their value.

This toolkit changes that.

The Hygiene IQ Method™ — RDH Edition is a six-section clinical performance system built to give you a precise, data-backed answer to three questions:

  • What are you generating?

  • What are you worth?

  • What's the gap between those two numbers?

What's Inside

Section 00 — Welcome + Orientation Your 7-day quick-start sequence. Know exactly how to use the system before you open anything else.

Section 01 — Hygiene Performance Scorecard A 20-question self-assessment across five categories: net production, perio diagnosis, patient communication, technology use, and career positioning. Scored out of 40. Brutally honest. Built to show you exactly where you stand.

Section 02 — Personal KPI Dashboard Excel + Google Sheets. Enter your numbers in the blue cells — everything else calculates automatically. Net production per hour, perio-to-prophy ratio, schedule utilization, 3× compensation benchmark, and a Perio Revenue Gap Calculator that shows you the exact dollar impact of your diagnosis rate.

Section 03 — Script Library Six word-for-word scripts for the moments that determine your income and your patient outcomes:

  • Script A — Perio Case Presentation

  • Script B — Raise Negotiation

  • Script C — Long-Term Prophy Patient Now Diagnosed with Perio

  • Script D — Introducing D4346

  • Script E — D4910 Perio Maintenance vs. Prophy

  • Script F — Hygienist-to-Doctor Handoff (4 variations)

Section 04 — 30-Day Action Plan Week-by-week roadmap. Week 1: establish your baseline. Week 2: close one clinical gap. Week 3: have the compensation conversation. Week 4: measure, decide, plan the next 30 days.

Section 05 — How to Present This to Your Boss The full framework for a data-driven compensation conversation — meeting structure, six objection responses, three outcome paths, and a sample follow-up email. Includes Script B in full.

This toolkit is for you if:

✔ You don't know your net production per hour ✔ Your perio-to-prophy ratio hasn't moved in years ✔ You haven't had a raise in 12+ months — or you got a cost-of-living adjustment and called it a win ✔ You present perio by feel, not by script ✔ You want data before you walk into any compensation conversation

Built on real numbers. Every benchmark in this toolkit comes from published industry data — Henry Schein One 2025, DentalPost 2026, Patient Prism 2025, CDC, AAP 2018. Not theory. Not opinion. Numbers you can verify.

Built by a 27-year CRDH and Organizational Leader from inside the operatory — not from a consulting podium.

Delivered as a fillable PDF. Open in any PDF viewer and fill in directly. No login. No course to complete. No fluff.

Raise Your Hygiene IQ.


Stop guessing. Start knowing.

What's your next big move _ In the chair or beyond?
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