This course teaches the procedures for conducting a Treatment Consultation with a patient, reviewing the diagnostic materials, reviewing the treatment options and their advantages and disadvantages, presenting the Treatment Plan, reviewing the risks of treatment and obtaining informed consent, presenting the treatment fee and completing all financial arrangements, reviewing patient instructions, obtaining all signatures, and completing chart preparation for the patient.

This course was a collaboration among several orthodontists about the Treatment Consultation. Dr. Rebecca Poling, orthodontist, Anchorage, Alaska, and faculty at the New York College of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, New York City, New York was the Editor for the course.