Retraction Cords and Subgingival Dentistry with Lincoln Harris – PDP124

Sub-Gingival dentistry: the dark, scary, bloody world you don't see as much on Instagram. Straight talking Dr Lincoln Harris will help you choose the right retraction cord protocols to reduce your stress during subgingival caries removal and crown/onlay preparations. https://youtu.be/RyOIO61wfpE Check out this full episode on YouTube Join us to see Lincoln Harris LIVE in London for a full-day keynote lecture: From Class 1 Composites to Complicated crown preps.  Protrusive Dental Pearl: When inverting/tucking in the rubber dam, instruct your DA to blow air continuously at your flat plastic instrument as it works around the sulcus. This will effectively and efficiently tuck/invert the rubberdam for a better seal (and sexier photos!) Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Highlights of this episode: 3:33 Protrusive pearl regarding inverting/tucking the rubber dam6:40 Deep Subgingival Caries cases11:44 Deep Subgingival Caries Protocol22:44 Which Retraction Cords to Use25:10 Retraction cord protocol on Silicone Impression30:50 Retraction cord protocol on Digital Scanners 31:48 Teflon as Retractor35:53 Isolation of Class V restorations42:02 Place of rubberdam on class V restorations Check out Ripe Global, one of the biggest groups in Dentistry with 80,000+ members! As a bonus, check this one-page summary of this episode Head over to protrusive.link under the Infographics Tab for the other one-page infographics summary of the past episodes If you enjoyed this episode, then do check out this 5 Lessons from Dr. Lincoln Harris and also this Rubber Dam Isolation by Dr. Harmeet Grewal Click below for full episode transcript: Jaz's Introduction: Hello Protruserati. I'm Jaz Gulati and welcome back to this episode on such a huge topic. We are finally talking about the DEEP DARK WORLD of SUB GINGIVAL DENTISTRY. Jaz's Introduction:This is the real world of dentistry that you don't see on Instagram as much. It's bloody. It's fiddly and it just gets a little more complicated when it's sub gingival. Every now and then I ask you guys for a recommendation for a topic to cover on the podcast. And so many times you guys have requested SUB GINGIVAL DENTISTRY and RETRACTION CORD. Which cord shall use when? Shall I always use double cord? Single cord? Shall I use PTFE? Should I soak both cords or soak one cord? Is it okay to sometimes remove the gingiva? Sometimes, can I remove the papilla to allow my matrix to access the restorative margin? All these things we're going to cover today with Dr. Lincoln Harris. Now as a Protruserati you probably already know who Lincoln Harris is, but just in case you don't, you should totally check out Episode 54. Dr. Lincoln Harris is one of my heroes and one of my mentors. I've seen him twice once in Sydney, once in Singapore live. These are live lectures. His energy, his engagement. He is well known all over the world. He's got one of the biggest groups in dentistry of 80,000 members of Ripe Global's. I'll put the link in the show notes. This is a movement that he started. He encouraged dentists to share full protocol photos and now it's evolved into ripe global. Which is making dental education accessible to all the world and in a brilliant way with remote dentistry. And we talked about that a few episodes before, but essentially today, I'm going to steal him and his expertise to talk about this very sought after topic of sub gingival dentistry. Lincoln Harris is the definition of a super GDP. He's just annoyingly brilliant at everything with all facets dentistry. His communication powers that he shares. His trim planning advice he shares is the best that I've ever come across. It helped me a lot in my career so far. If you're in Europe or anywhere near London, then I would invite you to come and join us to see Lincoln Harris live in London for a full day keynote lecture. From class one composites to complicated crown preps.