Exploring the Versatility of the Semi-Indirect Technique for Toothwear Cases

Check out the ‘semi-indirect’ technique to restore toothwear cases - including palatal backings made chairside and bonded at the same time. Join Jaz as he geeks out with Dr Zohaib Khwaja to extract the nuances of this clever technique. We also deep dive into the Dahl technique. https://youtu.be/tIRfmJL1qpw Watch PDP187 on Youtube Protrusive Guidance members with access to the Protrusive Vault can check our Semi-Indirect Composite infographic with a step by step visual protocol for semi-indirect palatal backings. Protrusive Dental Pearl: Practice finding centric relation on your general patients, even if they are just attending for a routine examination. It is a great way to get practice! Check out Dr Khwaja’s Instagram page Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Highlights of this Episode:02:48 - Protrusive Dental Pearl - Finding CR05:15 - Dr. Zohaib Khwaja Introduction11:14 - What is the Dahl Technique? 17:41 - Restoring Worn Posterior Teeth 28:37 - Restoring Anterior Teeth39:23 - Dr. Zohaib - The Teacher Access the CPD quiz through our app on https://www.protrusive.app, either on your browser or by downloading our mobile app. For the full educational experience, our Ultimate Education Plan gives you access to all our courses, webinars, and exclusive monthly content. Join us on Protrusive Guidance, our own platform for dental professionals. No need for Facebook anymore! 😉 If you liked this episode, you will also like Why do some Dentists find Dahl Distasteful? – PDP016 Click below for full episode transcript: Jaz's Introduction: In this episode, we're going to discuss something called the Semi Indirect Technique that can be so helpful when you're managing tooth wear cases. So because we're talking about tooth wear cases and the actual treatment of them, i. e. usually increasing the vertical dimension, aka opening the bite and how you fill in that space. Jaz’s Introduction:So if you are earlier in your dental and occlusion journey, or maybe you're not yet comfortable going beyond single tooth dentistry, then this episode may be difficult to grasp, but you should use these experiences as motivation and inspiration. It's a bit like when you go to a conference and some of the stuff that's being presented is so far beyond and above you at that moment in time in your journey where you are, but it's still really important to pay respect and listen because that can be the spark that you need in your career sometimes. But of course, if you're into occlusion and tooth wear. And you love restorative dentistry, then this could be a really geeky discussion that you're going to be able to apply on Monday morning if you've never used this technique before. Like, to give you a flavor of it, it's essentially using the wax up to create your own composite restoration. So you're using the wax up to create your own, like, direct composite onlays, for example, right? Direct composite onlays that you're making. So not indirect, it's direct because you're making them using the wax up and using the putty. And you'll see later, our guest, Zohaib Khwaja. He's going to explain why this has certain benefits and perhaps when he wouldn't use this technique and go indirect. And from speaking to him, I do think that it's a really nice trick to have up your sleeve, especially if you're interested in the adhesive management of tooth wear. Hello, Protruserati, I'm Jaz Gulati, and welcome back to the Protrusive Dental Podcast. If you're new to the podcast, welcome, it's great to have you. And of course, if you're a veteran on Protrusive, then it'll be good to see you on Protrusive Guidance, our app, our platform, where we connect, where we share, where we learn and grow together. Before I bring on Zohaib to share the Protrusive Dental Pearl, the team have also made an infographic. So everything that we explain, Zohaib has kindly given his photos and we've made a little infographic ...