Protrusive Dental Podcast

Welcome back to the second episode of #AskJaz where I answered questions from the Protruserati – from communication to caries management, I will try my best to help. When I don’t know the answer (far too often!) I usually know someone who does! https://youtu.be/Pvt-czUEZ3Q Click Here to watch on YouTube In this #AskJaz I tackled: Picking Courses – Which Year Long Restorative Course? 4:45  Which Facebow should I buy? 10:16  When giving the patient some options goes too far 12:02  Reduce Root Resorption Risk for relapse cases 17:50  Do join our Protrusive Dental Community Facebook Group. It has so many great gems and pearls shared in our little community!

Consent. It’s one of the most important parts of your practice—and it’s somehow turned in to a tick-box/paperwork exercise. Is it truly possible to automate the consent process for an individual? Dr. Shaun Sellars and Zak Kara are here to break it down for you, so you can get your patient on board with the treatment they need while keeping yourself out of legal trouble. We’ve covered some of the laws that govern consent in Dentistry, as well as how to level-up your patient communication skills. https://youtu.be/_8O5CqoYIS4 Protrusive Dental Pearl: Be sure to subscribe to my email newsletter for the PDF Flowchart for Consent made by Dr. Shaun Sellars  This episode is sponsored by Enlighten Whitening – thanks for your support Dr. Payman Langroudi and team! Please do check out their online training. Within their Live online training, they cover so many points related to consenting our patients for teeth whitening – from the onset of white patches to predicting and managing expectations of different whitening cases. Highlights of this episode: PDF Flowchart for Consent by Dr. Shaun Sellars 5:53 Ramifications of Montgomery 7:43 Consent forms – are they worth it? 10:00 Stages of Consent Process 17:38 ‘Protocolization’ 22:05 Process of getting Consent 26:25 Getting Consent with the help of Technology 33:42 If you loved this episode, check out the first part of this episode Record Keeping and Emotional Intelligence

Protrusive Colonel Dr. Zak Kara and Dr. Shaun Sellars discuss record keeping and emotional intelligence. Topics include building rapport with patients through personalized note-taking, the role of showmanship in dentistry, the importance of self-awareness, using Loom.dental for communication and consent, and the shift towards electronic record keeping.

Be proactive. Be the master of your destiny. We have another non-clinical topic all about ‘making your own luck’ in Dentistry and in life including landing your dream associate position with Dr. Rupert Monkhouse, the removable prosthodontic wizard from Suction Lower Complete Dentures – Improve your Removable Prosthodontics   https://youtu.be/7AODxoWKwTs Check out this full episode on YouTube “I made my own luck by thinking, you know what, I AM going to go for this. It’s the same as rocking up to somewhere like the BACD conference or the ITI conference, or Tubules” Dr. Rupert Monkhouse The highlights of this episode: How Dr. Rupert landed his ideal associate position 7:04 How Dr. Rupert managed to work full time 13:12 Advice for a young dentists looking for their ideal associate position 18:43 Dr. Rupert’s journey of development in finding his niche 31:22 Don’t forget to check out The Impression Club and also Dr. Rupert Monkhouse’s Instagram If you loved this episode, you will like How to Find An Associate Position in 4 Mins Flat 

Hi Protruserati! Welcome to the first episode of #AskJaz. This segment is all about sharing some gems I have learned from my mentors – I will address a combination of the questions YOU have sent in over the last few weeks. https://youtu.be/qMEGcs1XP4A Check out this full episode on YouTube In this episode, I answered some of these questions: Inlay that kept coming out 3:15 Stable Income vs Risks 5:18 Mentorship 6:36 Injection Moulding Mistake 7:38 Step by Step PDF Infographic. Click here If you loved this episode, be sure to check out the first episode of the ‘Occlusal Adjustment’ How To Plan Your CPD/CE to Maximise Learning 

Psst! Hurry, www.splintcourse.com Enrolment ends Thursday night! No matter what kind of Dentist you are and what niche you are in, chances are that you will encounter TMD acute pain patients. This practical episode with TMJ Physiotherapist Krina Panchal is going to equip you with 3 simple exercises you can confidently prescribe your patients and WHY they are effective. https://youtu.be/fNay0J6NlS4 Check out this full episode on YouTube Protrusive Dental Pearl: Handing Composite for a Class 4 Restoration: When you’re restoring a Class IV on incisors you will need to decide how to manage the interproximal area. In the ‘immediate’ technique (called Immediate because you will manage this straight after the palatal wall build up) you can use some form of an interproximal matrix (posterior sectional matrix used vertically, for example). The tip here is to roll the composite between your gloved fingers first, roll it into a sausage, then you will then place that ‘sausage’ into the interproximal area. This will help you get a better interproximal shape. Inspired by Dr Dipesh Parmar from Mini Smile Makeover course. In this episode we discussed: How Physios assess their TMD patients 13:46 Joint Exercise (Rotation) 15:03 Muscle Exercise 19:25 Tongue Scrape Exercise 26:13 Advice for Patients who are in Pain 29:43 Bucket Analogy 32:10 If you enjoyed this episode, check out another episode from Dr. Krina Panchal TMJ Physiotherapy – When to Refer and How They Can Help  Contact Krina Panchal

Welcome back to the third part of this EPIC series! I hope you gained more value from this than from PAID education. Dr. Devang Patel guides us through Appoint 5 of the Adhesive Full Mouth Rehabilitation – this is when things very saucey as we discuss sequencing and staging the rehab. Onions on the ready, my fellow Protruserati! This episode is sponsored by Enlighten Whitening – thanks for your support Dr Payman Langroudi and team! In this episode we also squeezed in a discussion about stressful White Patches appearing after Teeth Whitening – what causes them and how to ‘treat’ them! https://youtu.be/I6IB1FxY8fA Check out this full episode on YouTube Protrusive Dental Pearl: This is a video pearl from the Protrusive Dental Community Facebook Group on How to diagnose a Myofascial Pain that mimics 9/10 severity toothache https://vimeo.com/687007193 Head to the Protrusive Dental Community Facebook group where this video came from for more resources like this. For the Summary of Appointment Sequencing 0 – Mindset for Full mouth Dentistry 1 –  Full mouth Assessment Examination 1A – Diagnosis and Treatment Plan 2 – Patients’ Records  3 – Mock-up and Temporaries 4 – Checking Patient’s occlusion 5 –  Anterior Direct/Indirect Adhesive Composite Rehab 6 – Checking Occlusion and Taking Impression (within 4 weeks)  6A: Checking Occlusion (2 weeks after – 1st Visit) 6B: Taking Impression (2 weeks after 1st visit) 7 –  Posterior Direct/Indirect Adhesive Composite Rehab 7A: Lower Posterior Arch or Upper and Lower Right Side 7B: Upper Posterior Arch or Upper and Lower Left Side 8 – Polishing  9 – Assessing for Occlusion  10 – Maintenance or Giving Protective Appliance  The highlights of this episode are: Indirect Full Mouth Reconstruction Protocol 7:53 Appointment 5: Anterior Direct Adhesive Composite Rehab 15:59 Upper and Lower Anteriors Build-up Techniques (Using Putty/Exaclear indices from wax-up) 16:41 Checking of Occlusion 26:56 Posterior Stabilization (Using GIC or Bis-Acryl) 28:59 Appointment 6: Checking Occlusion and Taking Impression (within 4 weeks)  6A: Checking Occlusion (2 weeks after – 1st Visit) 35:49 6B: Taking Impression (2 weeks after 1st visit) 36:08 Appointment 7: Posterior Direct Adhesive Composite Rehab 38:45 7A: Lower Posterior Arch or Upper and Lower Right Side 7B: Upper Posterior Arch or Upper and Lower Left Side Appointment 8: Polishing 46:52 Appointment 9: Assessing for Occlusion 47:45 Appointment 10: Maintenance or Giving Protective Appliance 48:00 Join Dr. Devang Patel’s Facebook Group where you can find tons of useful resources! Also, be sure to check out Dr. Devang Online Dental Courses to be able to offer a full mouth reconstruction treatment to your patients! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out the first part Adhesive Full Mouth Rehabs in 11 Appointments and the second part Adhesive Full Mouth Rehabs Part 2 – Wax Up and Temporaries

Dental school does not teach us everything we need to know to succeed in Dentistry (hardly surprising). There are certain procedures that we learn (just about!), but it doesn’t give us those soft skills, the people skills and a heck of a lot of basic competencies. This episode is NOT about bashing Dental Schools. It’s about recognising where were were ‘let down’ and taking the steps to ‘fix it’. There is so much we must gain from being mentored by people who’ve been there and done it before us. Dr. Paul Goodman is one of those good people in Dentistry that we need to look out for. https://youtu.be/LpOEBcmguR0 Check out this full episode on YouTube “[There is a] lack of fundamental skills for surviving and thriving [once graduating].” Dr. Paul Goodman Check out this How to Speak By Patrick Winston as mentioned by Dr. Paul Goodman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY Highlights of this episode are: Dentists’ make up for Dental School’s shortcomings 6:30 Lack of Clinical Skills after Dental Schools 9:16 Advice for Fresh Dentists 12:17 Limited experience at Dental School 16:38 Advice for Dentists in terms of finding their niche 19:59 Best way to overcome Dental Schools’ shortcomings 23:55 Send an email with the subject ‘Nacho gift’ to Dental Nachos and they will send you back a free resource. Also, check out the Dental Nachos website! If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like 12 Rules for Dentistry – IC002

Articulating paper has been around for over a hundred years, and it’s still the most common way we evaluate the way our patients’ teeth touch or occlude. But there’s so much we cannot tell by looking at those marks! We cannot tell which ones are higher force or low force, and we definitely cannot tell anything about the timing of contacts. In this episode with Dr. Robert Kerstein will enlighten you about the T-Scan! https://youtu.be/YsxjGGitJr8 Check out this full episode on YouTube Protrusive Dental Pearl: Classically on glazed ceramic, articulating paper marks will be difficult to show up. A little hack to overcome this is to get a tiny smear of vaseline on a micro-brush, paint the articulating paper and get the patient to bite together because the Vaseline has an effect on the articulating paper which allows it to stain or ink the teeth more effectively. In this episode Dr. Rob and I discussed: Traditional way of using articulating paper and its disadvantages 14:55 T-scan in terms of occlusal adjustment 19:34 T-scan in terms of differences in adaptive capacity 24:53 Importance of patient’s feedback 28:58 Treating patients with TMD through occlusal equilibration 35:45 Dentists’ concern about the thickness of the T-scan 41:20 Level of precision in diagnosing patients 46:50 Why does T-scan seldom meantion on occlusal courses 54:18 All of the Protruserati clan get £200 OFF the T-Scan™ from Clark Dental with the code ‘protrusive‘! As promised in the episode, if you would like to read some studies/evidence base for the T Scan click here. Click here to email Dr. Rob Kerstein If you enjoyed this episode, check out Philosophy of Functional Occlusion with Riaz Yar

I’ve had a few questions from Dentists who are interested in learning how to place fixed retainers, something I personally have found so fiddly! The whole process can be a little intimidating at first, so Dr. Raj Jabbal takes the fear out of it and makes it fun and easy. We also talked about different types of Fixed Retainers and the daily conundrums that we have when deciding on the recipe for retention. https://youtu.be/iH8oTU5gjag Check out this full episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/GkePbSVLVm8 Protrusive Dental Pearl: Head out to my Email Newsletter for some goodies and updates from me and also for the upcoming Protrusive App! In this episode I asked Dr. Raj all about: Routine use of Fixed and Removable Retainers as part of his Specialist Plans 7:53 The best type of Fixed Retainer 10:29 How to avoid warpage on Braided Type of Fixed Retainer 12:21 Step-by-Step on how to place a Fixed Retainer 15:14 Chance of relapse on Fixed Retainer vs Removable Retainer 20:01 Cephtactics Fixed Retainer Protocol 24:40 Be sure to check out the Cephtactics – Orthodontic Courses If you enjoyed this episode, you should also check out General Dentists Doing Orthodontics