Navigating Composite Veneers and Effective Patient Communication

When I see an already beautiful smile plastered with Composite Veneers, it makes me a little bit anxious. I think that maybe the patient just 'needs' minor edge bonding and teeth whitening. In our latest podcast, we are very lucky to have such an amazing, high caliber dentist and we get to hear his take on composite veneers. It's none other than George Cheetham aka George The Dentist. You'll also get to know a powerful communication/consent tip that I will implement in my workflow straightaway. https://youtu.be/k--Wjqjg2S4 Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: I love the Eve Twist Composite Polished by DiaComp (Not sponsored by the way). It's my favourite polishers in the whole world. If you are looking for a new polishing system for your composites, you should definitely try the Eve Twist. It gives a high lustre relatively quickly. Check them out. In this episode we discussed: Establishing a practice as a young dentist George's take on composite veneers Finding your dental niche Tips and tricks in managing your case documentation (and social media) Dealing with and treating fellow dentists Breaking down biomimetic dentistry George's rapid quick fire about anything and everything dental If you like this episode, you’ll also like Alan Burgin's Journey with a Young Dentist! Click here for Full Episode Transcription: Opening Snippet:Personally i would say to like a younger dentist, don't worry about the money at the beginning get that out of your head when you see people on social media doing smile designs and all this and you know being kind of living this lifestyle. I don't think that you should let that get to you and i think that it takes a lot of time and it takes time to get good well you're not earning much money it's just you've got to go through that. Don't feel the pressures that you've got to be the same... Jaz’s Introduction: In the last few years I’ve seen a massive increase in the number of composite veneers we are placing as a profession. Now don’t get me wrong I don’t have anything major against composite veneers it’s just that when I see a beautiful smile blasted with composite it makes me a little bit anxious. I just think a lot of these patients all they need is a bit of teeth whitening maybe a little bit of edge contouring edge bonding and sometimes some orthodontics and I feel perhaps we’ve just stretched it a little bit with this composite veneer kind of trend. But you know what it’s what the patients want so I understand why as a professional we’re doing this. Now the guest I have on today is going to share such huge valuable gems for us. I did promise you in the last episode that I’ve got a complete rock star on today  it is none other than George The Dentist who is just doing amazing high caliber dentistry. I love his social media I love the reflective post that he does on Instagram so I’m just so excited to get this episode out to you we discuss so much like when you have someone like George who’s just such a talented guy there was so much to discuss but one thing that we did discuss was composite veneers and his take on it which I think is really special the way he breaks it down and one tip that he gave is so, so, amazing towards around about two-thirds into the episode that I think this is going to be potentially the tip of the year when it comes to this podcast. It’s something that I’m going to implement in my workflow straight away and maybe I’m late to the party maybe you guys are already doing this but it’s something to do with when you find that patient and you’re going to be having some composite bonding be it edge bonding be it composite veneers be it whatever that upfront conversation that you have about chipping about polishing and the maintenance how do you have that conversation. I think the way that George has that conversation is just sensational and the expectations are laid out the f...