How to Make Digital Occlusion Work for You

Is it time to ditch the analogue occlusion tools like facebows in favour of Digital Dentistry workflows? In this special feature episode with Ian Buckle, we will explore the world of Digital Occlusion. https://youtu.be/M0OR0XJdUvg I was tempted to make this a 2 part, but the flow is too good. Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protruserati, get your onions ready for chopping (lots of them) - this is a behemoth episode! We tackled a lot of key themes, include Specialising vs Private courses route (a common question I get sent by Dentists). One of my fav quotes from this episode:'If you don't have a clear goal, don't be surprised if you end up somewhere you didnt expect' - what we can learn from this is to MAKE a best guess! I also mentioned how it was through Ian that I learned about the FACE Group (Roth) of Orthodontists. These are Orthodontists who are well versed in articulators, facebow, occlusion and 'stable condylar position' (or Centric Relation, to many!) There are a good few gems in here about face scanning apps, use of photography, inciso-facial mock-ups, but my favourite gem I want to share on this blog is this:If you record your bite registration AT the DESIRED vertical dimension, you will eliminate any errors in opening the bite on an articulator/digitally. You may need to read that again or listen to that part of the episode again. Once it sinks in, it can be a 'ah-ha!' moment. If you want to find out more about future courses by Ian, check out his website. The SplintCourse is just weeks away from the launch offer - have you signed up for the big update? If you liked this episode, you might enjoy the Posterior Guided Occlusion 2 parts with Dr Andy Toy! Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: Which is complete dentistry and full mouth rehabs or whatever you want to call them only happen when the patient says yes. And, you know, we as dentists are dreadful communicators. And we say things like oh Mrs. Jones, you know, you then need 17 crowns you need to have equal intensity contacts and posterior disclusion and this this, this. So when would you like to get started? And we wonder why they don't do. Digital is a fantastic communication tool... Jaz' Introduction:Hello, Protruserati. I'm Jaz Gulati and this is episode 57 of the Protrusive Dental podcast. Thanks so much for joining me. In this episode, we will talk about digital occlusion and not the nitty gritty over complicated kind of stuff when it comes to occlusion. The really important stuff like for example, how to use digital photos and digital scanning to make sure that you do not get cans in a patient smile, how to predictably raise the occlusal vertical dimension, using these two techniques to make sure that when it comes time to fitting the provisionals, or fitting the definitives in the patient's mouth, then everything will be much more likely to work and need less adjustments. Because really, that's what occlusion is about, doing less adjustments and more predictability. Okay, so I'm sorry, not sorry that this is such a long episode, right? This is a mammoth episode, I really appreciate that so much to do it. Like in two commutes, or three commutes, or that's a lot of onions, you have to chop to listen to this episode. But there is a reason for this, right? The flow was just too good. Like, originally, I was gonna do this as a two part episode. But I just loved in storytelling. So for those of you who know Ian Buckle, he was an educator for the Dawson Academy in the UK, which I don't believe exists anymore. But I did all the modules of Dawson with Ian. And you know, what I hung on to his every single word. He's such a great educator, great storyteller, I learned so much about occlusion from him, but also about communication. But to you my friend, I appreciate that this long episode is not for everyone. So if you are really hungry for that special knowledge,