What is a complete dental physical and why use that term? It is the visit where you sit down and look at everything going on in the patient's mouth and use that information to build a solution. I call it a complete dental physical on purpose. The phrase tells the patient this is thorough and serious, the dental equivalent of a full physical at the doctor, not a quick peek and a quote. When I set it up I tell them exactly what happens. They come back, I gather everything, I spend about a week with that information working up options, [...]