Protrusive Dental Podcast

Lower Complete Dentures are the bane of Removable Prosthodontics. I know many Dentists who 'hate making lower full Dentures', likely because they are difficult to master. So difficult that I got Dr Rupert Monkhouse to give the Protruserati a podcast masterclass on how to improve in this frustrating area of Dentistry! https://youtu.be/cW41CHiLgGI Why won't you stop floating, damn you! Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: The power of silence! When you present your patients a solution or treatment plan, or tell them the fee, there may be a silence. Embrace it. Expect it. Don't panic. This is normal! DO NOT but in with a 'why don't you just think about it...' In this episode we discussed: How can you predict if a suction lower denture is anatomically possible? What materials Rupert likes to use What and how to adjust at the Try in stages of complete dentures How to get the wax try-in to stay in the mouth! Communication pearls surrounding lower complete Dentures If you enjoyed this topic, why not also check out the Master himself, Dr Finlay Sutton on Troubleshooting Chrome Dentures! For details on Rupert's Denture course, DM him on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/dentistrupert/ Click here for Full Episode Transcription:  Opening Snippet: I think pros actually is quite not easy but it's it has a few basic concepts if you master those and then sort of extrapolate them you can work out more difficult cases you know. Jaz’s introduction: Now we all know how annoying lower complete dentures can be. I could probably think about four dentists in the entire world who liked doing complete dentures. And the secret is because they’re good at it, right. And one of those dentists that I can think of is Rupert Monkhouse, who is doing some sensational things with his patients, with his photography. It’s just absolute art. And I’ve got him because he’s so good at removal prostho. So today we’re talking about exclusively the bane of our existence in removal prostho, which is a lower complete dentures.In this episode with Rupert, we’re going to ask about how to get more predictability, if that’s even possible with the lower complete dentures. What are the signs that actually you may be onto a winner and that you may be able to get a suction lower denture, that elusive suction from a lower denture, which you see flaunting on Instagram, I probably achieve this twice in my career so far. We’re able to get the lower denture suction, and both times you pull the camera out, you record it because it’s such a proud moment, right? To get suction on a lower complete denture.So I’m going to ask Rupert, is there a formula? Or is it all luck? As well as that we talked about all the different stages that Rupert utilizes to help him get a really stable, lower complete denture.Protrusive Dental PearlThe Protrusive Dental Pearl I have for you is a communication one. It’s something that I think as a profession on the whole, we’re not very good at and something that we were never taught. And now when I learned this technique, I guess it’s a technique in communication, it really made a huge difference. And I remember one time in Reading, we were doing an Invisalign open day, and I had two other dentists in the room while I was doing a consultation. So we were taking turns, one person was right in the notes, the other person was filling like the radiograph requests, that kind of stuff. So we’re working as a team for this Invisalign open day.And I went through my entire spiel, I showed the before and after’s I listened to the patient’s wants and needs and how we can help this patient to have a better smile. Now, when it came to the close, i.e., it’s going to cost this much and this much time, is this something you want to proceed with? Right, so that’s called a close when you close a treatment plan. When it came to a close, there was a silence, i.e.

Dentistry is busy. How can we make sure that we live a balanced and fulfilled life in our hectic profession? As an associate, I am already struggling with time, I often wonder how practice principals and specialists play this game?! I am joined by my dear friend, Dr. Ricky Bhopal Specialist Prosthodontist to discuss how we work smarter and not harder. https://youtu.be/KpsHgDR2q6M Work Smarter Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: Do you carry out virtual consultations with your patients to discuss Orthodontics (Invisalign) or Smile Makeovers? How do you make notes for this? I am enjoying using Otter.ai to transcribe our Zoom virtual consultation In this episode we discuss: Ricky's top tips to be productive and overcome procrastination How to make time for our loved ones and hobbies What is green space and why is it so important? How can we live a more fulfilling life as a Dentist? If you enjoyed this episode, you will enjoy How to Win at Life and Succeed in Dentistry! Click here for Full Episode Transcription:  Opening Snippet: The way what you want in life changes. So you just have to listen to what you want to do as opposed to looking at other people who may be doing nine to five days or working six days a week or if you're crazy enough to do seven days a week. So it's just whatever you find comfortable for yourself. So, which goes on to my first point which is getting true with your mind and your body. What are you capable of? Jaz’s Introduction: Are you feeling just a little bit overwhelmed at the moment like one of my friends dentist, he said to me that I just wish things would just slow down like after the lockdown. After everything that happened during COVID when we experienced some sort of anxious tranquility. I feel as though now things are getting really busy for us and a lot of us are experiencing that huge dump to being overwhelmed and burnt out.If this is you, it certainly hasn’t me in many moments. And that’s not just because of the podcast right now that there are so many things in life. We try our best as dental professionals, as family members, as friends and colleagues to make everything work. And in such a busy life things can get really, really, hectic.Hello, Protruserati. I’m Jaz Gulati and welcome to this episode entitled Productivity with a Prosthodontist with my good friend Ricky Bhopal, because I wanted to learn myself like how does Ricky who’s a young associate recently qualified specialist prosthodontist. I look up to him as someone who is just full of systems and tricks and wisdom and knowledge in terms of how to live a fulfilled and productive life. I think now, we need to stop working so hard and start working smarter.So this episode is very much focused on getting that connection between mind and body, but also strategies to help improve your workflow, how to fit in those treatment plan letters that we’d write to our patients how to make sure we make time for our loved ones. I loved it when Ricky covered that actually. So this episode, I’m hoping to be very useful for all of us in terms of being able to enjoy life more, but also get more done.Protrusive Dental PearlBefore we jump into this, what I hope will be a very impactful episode for you is the Protrusive Dental Pearl. The one I’m showing you today is an add-on of the previous pearl I’ve shared which is the Otter app. So the Otter is the website is www.otter.ai. That’s O-T-T-E-R. And what this is, is a transcription service. This is not sponsored, I don’t get anything from this, this is just me sharing something that’s really working for me. So as you know, some of you know that I do some virtual consultations or Invisalign and smile design consultations, just to see who’s suitable and who’s not.Because there’s no point of seeing someone who really needs a full examination to come to see you in the practice for a Invisalign consultation as a waste ...

We wrap up STRAIGHTPRIL with a HUGE one - what makes aligners predictable? How can we make aligner treatment protocols efficient starting right from the planning stages and the Clincheck. I am joined by a fellow podcaster and specialist Orthodontist Dr Farooq Ahmed who is a wizard with Aligners! https://youtu.be/FL1nDqYX7Ls Make Aligners Predictable Again - Donald Trump Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: Use floss to create loops and use a chain retainer, like Ortho-Flextech which has made it much easier in my hands! In this episode we discussed: How to pick the winning cases Which movements are tricky and how we can overcome them (including deep bite!!) Should we overcorrect expansion? What is Farooq's take on elastics and aligners? Clincheck golden nuggets! Do check out Farooq on Ortho in Summary Podcast! If you liked this episode, you should check out IPR for Dummies with Dr Devaki! Click here for Full Episode Transcription: Opening Snippet: So that was the premise of the question, we have to know what is predictable in orthodontics, right? So if we can put aligners to the side for a couple of minutes, it's the fact what can we do put it to be with fixed appliances with other types of appliances. And the truth is, there's nothing which is 100% predictable. So we've got to start off with a golden truth that is not 100% predictable as a science. Jaz’s Introduction: Like with all things in dentistry, case selection is so, so, important and we all know that orthodontics, including aligners has a very steep learning curve. That’s why in this episode, I brought Dr. Farooq Ahmed to talk all about the do’s and don’ts of aligner treatment. I mean, I wish I had something like this when I was starting align treatment because it helps you to get more efficient treatment. I mean, I made a few mistakes, nothing serious, but it gives you that magic word which is PREDICTABILITY. That’s what we want in all our treatments. And in particular with aligners.Hello, Protruserati, I’m Jaz Gulati and welcome to this final episode of STRAIGHTPRIL. I hope you found this month interesting and stimulating and it’s going to help you with your future orthodontic cases. I want to also take this opportunity to apologize to you for not emailing you guys like usually I did my newsletter full of the episode, I started off by doing a per episode. So now I do like a roundup of some of the bigger episodes. So maybe I’ll do one for straightpril, all the orthodontic series in one email.But emailing has been very difficult for me because I’ve moved house, it’s officially happened. It’s been a roller coaster, I’m sure any of you who have moved before will be able to relate with me. It’s been funny, I moved back from Singapore, back to the UK in 2017. I lived with my parents, it was nice living in a very traditional Indian household.During the pandemic, it was brilliant to have six of us including my son living in the same household. I think as a bubble during the pandemic that was really special. I think I’ll cherish those memories for the rest of my life. But I think it’s time to now flee the nest. So we have our own space now. And it comes with its own challenges of childcare before I just give a shout out to my parents and have some more free time to do this kind of stuff, but I don’t have as much time anymore. But that’s fine. That’s the beauty of being a father beauty of having a family and everything just has to fit around that right?So before we join the main episode, we’re going to look at the main things that make aligner treatment predictable, which kind of movements are favorable, which ones are unpredictable, and how to program your clinchecks to overcome that.Protrusive Dental PearlNow before we get to that with Farooq Ahmed, I’m going to share the Protrusive Dental Pearl which is a retention one following on for that awesome episode with Dr.

As you get more experienced with clear aligner therapy you learn a universal truth about those pesky lateral incisors that will refuse to extrude! I am joined by Dr Robin Bethell from Aligner Nation to help us learn more about the use of Elastics as auxiliaries for Clear Aligner protocols. https://youtu.be/mOADKbT1uyo Dr Robin Bethell might surprise you! Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: The Bethell IPR Technique! Click Here for the Video of how Dr Bethell uses the bur for IPR Interestingly, Dr Robin Bethell has not used intermaxillary elastics for over 3 years. He primarily uses them for vertical movements. I personally have used them extruding lateral incisors, which works very well. Here is the video to share how to extrude lateral incisors with elastics: https://youtu.be/eAsbJBvYA2I 1/8 inch and 3.5 Oz would be ideal We also discussed: Common causes of Posterior Open Bites during aligner treatmentHow to manage Posterior Open Bites (the key is diagnosis)The role elastics play in clear aligner treatmentDr Bethell's views on GDP Orthodontics Here is the link to the evidence base Dr Bethell referred to Be sure to follow Robin Bethell on Insta and check out @protrusivedental for more if you enjoyed this, you will also like Comprehensive vs Compromised Orthodontics as part of the Straightpril series! Click here for Full Episode Transcription: Opening Snippet: Over the years i've realized what is best for me to do and what isn't. I think that a lot of general dentists get in this and because invisalign looks like magic. It truly like it's amazing that plastic can do this. They get in over their heads a little bit and i can see why some orthodontics get upset... Jaz's Introduction: Hello, Protruserati, I am Jaz Gulati. And welcome to another episode in this orthodontic month. This episode is focused on Invisalign and elastics. Like one of my most popular episodes before was IPR, like getting into IPR and the nuances of that. And I feel that one of the biggest pain areas of dentists who are getting started with aligner treatment or even experience with aligner treatment is using elastics. Now whether it's to extrude lateral incisors, which is the way that I learned to use elastic with aligners, or to use them in intermaxillary. So from across the arch, so for example, class two or class three elastics, we're going to cover that with someone really cool. His name is Dr. Robin Bethell. He's based in the US. He runs the Facebook group aligner nation, which is just phenomenal. You guys should totally follow it if you're not part of that already. And I'm going to ask him the nitty gritty details. Now, this episode is an amalgamation or a marriage of part one and part two, because when we first record, it was going really well. But then there was a storm in Texas of all things. And this storm in Texas meant that we had to cut short because he was having signal issues. So we rearrange, and a few weeks later, we thought we'd take two, but the biggest shocking thing you might hear today is the fact that actually, should I ruin it or not. Should I continue shall continue saying I'm saying, Okay, fine. I'll give you the spoiler. Okay. But there's more to it in this episode, I promise you, but Robin basically said that the wealth of evidence that we have, and the position statement we have is that intermaxillary elastics, like class two and class three elastics, they don't really add very much into your aligner treatment. So that was a massive shocker. Because you know, every time I have a guest on a podcast, and I prepare like three or four questions, my first question was, Okay, tell us about elastics and aligners. And then the second and third and fourth question was like the nuances, okay, which ones do you use for class three? And lastly, how do you stage it and that's quite kind of stuff. But can you imagine how shocked I was one of the f...

Is it possible to be a Comprehensive Dentist on the NHS? How did Dr Devang Patel rise within NHS Dentistry to provide high level, complex care to his patients? https://youtu.be/Wy3NiZVa-3U Only on Protrusive Website Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl Free Communication course by Dr Devang Patel >>>click here<<<< Free for Protruserati! Sponsored: If you want to provide your patients with written treatment plans that looks amazing and are easy to understand, do a 21-day free trial of MakeMeClear and see for yourself why I love it so much. Use code 'protrusive' for 25% off MakeMeClear (it works after you submit payment credentials) In this episode we hear Dr Devang Patel's journey from working in a 99% NHS clinic to now carrying out complex general Dentistry at a very high level. I quizzed him on how it's possible in a public funded system? If you enjoyed this episode, you will like the Case Acceptance in Smile Design episode with Gurs Sehmi! Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: Because I don't think I’m still quite distant from that past because what happens I think that's what one of the issue is that everywhere you go like all the courses John West or whatever you know they all are aimed towards private dentistry. They all are either a private dentist I mean I have yet to see a mixed dentist, a dentist who's doing in a mixed NHS practice running a really big courses and promoting that. I'm sure there are out there but most of the big names are all private dentists and that leaves dentists with the illusion that okay you know we can't really do this in national health because we don't have the patience cohort and they can do it because they're NHS, they're private you know they can do whatever they like. Jaz’s Introduction: This episode is brought to you by Make Me Clear. Now makemeclear.com is a website I use to make really beautifully presented treatment plans for my patients so anytime I’m doing a bigger plan I will use make me clear you can slot in your photos your text all the diagnoses it’s got these visual charts which are nothing like the nasty ones you have on your uh software that you use at work. These are really easy to understand for the patients with a great way to communicate costs and different phases of treatment and if you haven’t already listened to episode 49 with the founder of Make Me Clear, Dr. Jorge Cardoso you should definitely check it out and listen to the value it can have for you as a dentist even if it increases your case acceptance by one patient for the whole year it’s totally worth it.So do check out Make Me Clear in fact one of the Protruserati, Robert Young had this to say Rob said “I’ve started using mmc the other day it’s a game changer for me and my practice patients love the report and communicating costs is made so much easier. ” So guys check out episode 49 and if you like make me clear do the 21 day free trial to get 25% off use the coupon code “protrusive”. So once again makemeclear.com coupon code protrusive for 25% off but see for yourself do the 21 day free trial, give the treatment plans to your patients and just see for yourself the impact it has to your practice hope you enjoy this next episode.Hello, Protruserati. I’m Jaz Gulati and welcome to this interference cast on NHS versus Private Dentistry. Now it’s not what you think it’s not the cats versus dog sort of fights that you see on social media where NHS dentists and private dentists are going at each other’s throats. None of that. It’s not happening. Think of this episode as NHS versus private in terms of is it possible to be a comprehensive dentist on the NHS? Is it possible to practice a high level of dentistry whilst also having an NHS contract?That’s the kind of burning question I want to answer today and to answer I’ve got Dr Devang Patel, who is such a brilliant dentist and you’ll hear his journey I me...

Our views on Retention have changed over the decades - it is now regarded as a lifetime commitment and Dentist are getting good at letting patients know this from the start. In this episode, I ask Dr Angela Auluck questions from the Protrusive Dental Community as well as talking clinical steps of fiddly fixed retainers. https://youtu.be/BoZyHo9RGjY Dr Angela on Orthodontic Retention Protocols Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Pearl: The Harridine paper helping to explain that wisdom teeth likely do not cause lower incisor crowding. In this episode we discussed: Fixed retention vs Removable Retention Why retention is individual to every patient Tips on placing Fixed retainers correctly What is the best retention on expansion cases? When should you consider a Hawley Retainer? I hope you are enjoying the Straightpril series of episodes! If you liked this episode, you will also enjoy Dahl Technique Part 2 with Tif Qureshi! Click below for full episode transcript:  Opening Snippet: Sometimes i send them back so they know that she's fussy, she's you know i'm not actually you know my therapist doesn't put my fixed retainers on for me i do them myself i'm that fussy about it so i think it's just really making sure that your technician knows what you're expecting and you're expecting a well adapted passive fit... Jaz’s Introduction: Imagine you’ve hired some builders to create a building view maybe let’s say you’re building a new dental practice okay? So these builders come and they start building the foundation and then they build the building upwards for your new dental practice. And while they’re doing this maybe they put some scaffolding everywhere to support the structures as they’re sort of building everything up and making everything join up. Now imagine the building is now complete, it’s all done but as the builders are leaving you say to the builders, wait what about all the scaffolding you know you need to get rid of the scaffolding right? It looks ugly it’s done you know take off the scaffolding and the builders say to “No if we take the scaffolding away the entire building would collapse you.” You’d freak out, you’d be like what the hell is this? What kind of building is this, that’s not stable.Well someone once explained orthodontics to me in this way we’re using that analogy and they said to me that orthodontics like what is that about? Like they get everything straight, they get everything aligned but unless you wear your retainers everything will just collapse and go crooked again and that’s when they told me this building analogy. They said orthodontists are like these people who are leaving this scaffolding behind because without the scaffolding, the building will collapse.Well our understanding of retention has changed a lot over the years. I know back in the day it’s probably the reason why we see so many relapse cases is that back in the day we thought or rather orthodontists thought that if you put everything in a stable position and everything is class one and you get the correct inter incisal angle et cetera, that everything will remain stable and retention is not really needed long term and we all know that this is completely false and that retention now the thinking is, is that retention is for lifetime.Welcome, Protruserati. I’m Jaz Gulati to this episode all about retention with Dr Angela Auluck. I mean this is a mammoth, this is a huge topic in orthodontics and in general dentistry because if they’re going to an orthodontist guess who they’re coming back? To their general dentist to maintain their fixed retainer or their attention. So I think as general dentists even if you’re not doing like orthodontics we need to be well versed in retention because this is something that affects so many of our patients.In this episode we’re going to talk about the very nitty gritty details of placing a fixed retainer about which is the...

When it comes to direct composite restorations, shape is more important than shade. Mastering primary anatomy with well defined line angles is the difference between mimicking nature or ending up with flat white blobs with no definition. In this Group Function I'm joined by Dr Matt Parsons who answers the following question from the Protruserati: Once you have drawn on the desired line angles, how would you suggest to really define them? When using bur or disc I tend to find I get a result which is rather flat and lacks line angle definition. Dr Devin Firstly, if you don't already follow Dr Matt Parsons on Instagram....you will now, and therefore you're welcome. It's dental porn. https://youtu.be/CFvmFm5FhQk Dr Matt Parsons on Nailing Line Angles Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! If you have any other questions that would make a good group function, please do message me on @protrusivedental Instagram page or the Facebook Page If you enjoyed this, you will like my 3 reflections on a Composite Veneer case. Click below for full episode transcript:  Opening Snippet: Hello Protruserati. I'm Jaz Gulati and welcome to this group function all about line angles this was inspired by Dr Devin Mandalia... Jaz’s Introduction: I’m going to ask Devin’s question now. So in episode 52, I gave a Protrusive Dental Pearl about the use of a pencil on its front and on its side to reveal different things about the line angles when you’re doing direct composite restorations like veneers for example.And on that YouTube video of the Protrusive Dental Pearl Dr Devin Mandalia, Devin thanks so much sending your question buddy. He says once you have drawn the desired line angles, how would you suggest to really define them? When using a bur or a disc, I tend to find I get a result which is rather flat and lacks the line angle definition so I got someone who’s absolutely phenomenal at line angles I look at Matt Parsons cases on instagram and every single case he’s absolutely nailed the line angles.And I think that is really the most fundamental thing about what defines the anatomy of your in sciences is about getting those line angles crisp and perfect so they don’t look like flat tic tacs. So Devin, I hope you enjoy and everyone hope you enjoy this group function with Matt Parsons all about how to redefine those line angles. Thanks so much. Main Episode:For those listening we need to congratulate Matty Parsons I want to say your name now so you can introduce yourself in a moment but congratulations will be becoming a father to little George who’s seven weeks old. Describe the last seven weeks for us.[Matty]A roller coaster of nappies, no sleep, screaming kind of the moment where you get home from work and Meg just looks like she’s had hit constantly all day and just kind of like throws him at me like get him off me for half an hour at least. But and he was so annoying at the same time. So he can be just crying for no reason for two hours and you’re kind of saying what is wrong with you and then he just gives you one little smile and it’s like oh you’re so annoying because now I can’t be angry with you.[Jaz]So it sounds like George might have what my son had like the whole colic term right I mean my son was pretty colic for the first three four months crying for no reason and stuff. I’ll never forget that. But don’t worry the end is in sight eventually they will grow out of it don’t worry. Well George’s awesome.[Matty]Hopefully sooner rather than later.[Jaz]We’ll have to do a fatherhood podcast another day because today is about it’s a group function about nailing those line angles. Matty your work that I’ve seen on social media is just stunning like even the full protocol cases that you post on mini smart mocova and the before and afters that we see on instagram those line angles and the anatomy is just absolutely brilliant and that’s what we need your help with today.

How does Orthodontist Mandeep Gosal feel about GDP 'Alignment Only Orthodontics' - in this hilarious episode (where I compared Orthodontists to builders) Mandeep 'Gos' shares his thought provoking views on how Orthodontics should be carried out (and how it shouldn't!) https://youtu.be/eH_gfNc0IqY Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! This episode will be 'unlisted' on YouTube so it cannot be searched. For lots of reasons. Protrusive Dental Pearl: For better portrait photos (Extra-oral) - point the ring flash to the ceiling! I use F8.0, ISO 800 with my Canon 60D body, 100mm lens and Canon Ring flash. This is the difference in lighting compared to point the ring flash at the face: One of the best bits from this episode I thought was Gos' description of the 3 types of consent being carried out for Orthodontics. Which one did you identify with? If you enjoyed Mandeep Gosal's style of teaching, do check out his Orthodontic course for GDPs. If you enjoyed this episode, you will also like 5 Lessons from Lincoln Harris where we also discuss consent in Dentistry. Click below for full episode transcript:  Opening Snippet: The first statement I'm going to make is you cannot do any kind of compromise treatment if you don't know what the comprehensive treatment entails.. Jaz's Introduction: Hello, Protruserati. I'm Jaz Gulati and welcome to the second episode of straightpril today we have a specialist orthodontist Dr. Mandeep Gosal following on from that last episode with the general dentist, Dr. Nick Simon, who does a lot of ortho. Let's get the specialist perspective in because what we're talking about is alignment only orthodontics, right? How does that sit with a specialist? What do they think? And more importantly, how can we serve you the dentist listening to this who wants to do more orthodontic cases, but you're having to accept "compromises" right? Compromises in orthodontics, I explained it a little bit in the last episode. It's like imagine someone's got a large overjet and they got crowding but you only treat the crowding but you leave them with a large overjet, that is a compromised, that is potentially alignment only orthodontics, but is that the right thing to do? That's exactly why I had Mandeep on today to speak about really saucy, really controversial, really cool topic and I think 'gos' as we call him did a fantastic job today I think you're in for an absolute treat. He's no stranger or he's not fearful of the the beautiful controversy this poses and I'm know you're gonna find this episode really entertaining. The Protrusive Dental pearl I want to share with you is to help improve your portrait photography, right. So if you're doing orthodontics, you're probably already taking portrait photos, I use my normal setup my Canon body, my ring flash, my lens, my macro lens, so I'm just using it for also my portrait photography. Now, a tip that I learned from Dr. Alina Ruzanova who's an Estonian dentist, and she creates content for ripe global, and she has this fantastic several hour anterior dentistry series on ripe global, which I highly recommend you watch and I'll put it in the show notes. So you can click on it and find it when you go to a protrusive.co.uk website. The tip that she gave me which really improved my portrait photography with a ring flash is the following. So without having to change my flash system is instead of pointing the ring flash at the patient, when you're taking the photo, you actually detach the ring flash and you point it to the ceiling. And that gives you a much softer lighting like just look at the photograph I'm showing you now on the screen. This is before I started using this trick. And now this is after I started doing this trick now the annoying thing now is the poor before and afters I'm getting of those patients who I saw before I change the technique. It's annoying because the lighting is not consistent.

We don't refer all our extractions, root canals and crowns - then surely there is a role of GDPs to carry out Orthodontics? In the last 10 years we have seen a boom in GDP Orthodontics and much of this is 'Alignment Only Orthodontics'. Protruserati, welcome to Straightpril! https://youtu.be/EuHTN4CXCxs Dr Nick Simon shares his journey and advice with Jaz Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! In this episode we discuss: How GDPs can get involved in OrthodonticsWhich, according to Dr Nick Simon, is the best Orthodontic system for GDPs?His views on all the Dentists jumping on the Invisalign bandwagonHow significant is the loss of anterior guidance in 'STO' (Short Term Ortho) casesThe 2 most common mistakes GDPs make while carrying out Orthodontics Sponsor: Did you check out the Mini Smile Makeover course? You can attend again in the future at no additional cost - THAT's awesome! Protrusive Dental Pearl: I use the Beauty and the Beast Mirror to ask patients what they hate most about their smile. It injects personality and humour - but you also find out exactly what the patient does not like about their smile! If you enjoyed this episode, you should also check out Are Class I Molars Important? With Dr Mo Almuzian Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: There aren't any systems that are better than each other. There may be an educational system and i do believe that the IAS from what i have experienced because it travels from simple to complex removable to fixed... Jaz's Introduction: What's the best thing about online courses like i mean i've done a lot of online courses and even more in-person courses and what i love about online courses is the ability to rewind and re-watch and skip forward and to go to that exact point which you need which sometimes in like an in-person course if you're watching someone do a technique or if you're in a lecture component you sometimes just relying on your notes thereafter and you lose that magic of revisiting that exact moment which you can with online courses. So i think the future of dentistry and dental education is very much online courses i mean i know in-person courses has its place but there is something magical about the revolution with online courses in dentistry, however and it's a big however is because i want to tell you about the mini smile makeover course this is a sponsored episode by enlightened and mini smile makeover but i wanted to give you some context and perspective right? So online course is awesome because you get to revisit. Now what i loved about the mini smile makeover course where i went around about 18 months ago so and really enjoyed all the pearls that Dipesh Palmer shared and i relied on my notes and the little handouts they gave but the beautiful thing about the course is that they allow you once you go on the course and you become a delegate, they allow you to come again in the future and sit at the back so you're not actually you don't actually get to the hands-on bit again because obviously that's for the paying delegates but because you've done their course you get to sit in the back and you can bring your laptop you know note making and sometimes the ability to re-watch that live presentation, the live lectures and the beauty of being able to network again with fellow dentists is just sensational. So i think that's a wonderful model to carry out dental education i actually really wish and hope that this catches on and other course providers will also allow you to you know once you go on their course allow you to come again in the future and just sit in the back and absorb and that's another reason why when someone asked me which composite core should i go on i'm very quick to recommend the mini smile makeover of course because of this ability to go again and i look forward to joining them this summer for my revisit. Hello Protruserati .

Canine guidance is overrated. Read that again. Crazy, I know. In this episode, one of my mentors Dr Riaz Yar explains the rationale of a functional occlusion whereby the pillars are the central incisor and the first molar. https://youtu.be/aQRQ43R4Obg Dr Riaz Yar is SUCH a good Educator I found some similarities to the Posterior Guided Occlusion (click to listen to the episodes by Dr Andy Toy) in that we place too much emphasis on canine guidance. Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: There is no joy in mediocre DentistryDr John Kois I hope you find this episode stimulating - and if you are a true protruserati, you will be grateful for another point of view AND NOT be upset that we all can't agree with each other, haha! Stay tuned for STRAIGHTPRIL! Did you miss out on SplintCourse enrollment? It will be relaunching in June - click here to register for the launch offer Check out Dr Riaz Yar's courses here - his book will also be launching in Q4 2021 - watch this space! If you enjoyed this episode, check out Posterior Guided Occlusion with Andy Toy! Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: I just couldn't get it out of my head. It took, you know, years and years of reading and reading and reading. I just, it just never comfortably sat in my head. And so there was always this niggling doubt and it always hit me when someone asked me a question, you know, and the biggest question that always got me. If the canine tip's well, why would you give them canine guidance again?... Jaz's Introduction: Hello, Protruserati. I'm jaz Gulati and welcome to Episode 66 of the Protrusive Dental podcast. Are you feeling a little bit less stressed off that phenomenal episode where Manuela Rodrigues which was Episode 65, which is all about how we can be more mindful in dentistry. So thank you again Manuela for that. This episode, I had to just squeeze in occlusion one more time before we came to the end of March because April is straightpril. Okay? Doesn't quite have the same ring to it as splintember but, you know, give me some props here straightpril is not bad. So it's all about orthodontics. Next month, we're gonna talk about retention protocols, the do's and don'ts of aligners elastic in aligner therapy, and the whole GDP vs specialist debates. So we have a GDP, and specialist on so you get both perspectives. So that's all coming in a few weeks very soon. Before we dive into the meat and potatoes of the main episode, just want to share some news with you guys some really cool news, the splintcourse enrollment, which some of you, many of you took part in, has ended and oh my god, it was phenomenal. I'm so pumped to have delegates from all over the world from Taiwan, Singapore, UAE, India, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. It's great to have a real community of people who just want to learn about splints. And already we've got this secret Facebook group, everyone's posting cases. And it's a really special group that's really engaging, I just want to share with you the feedback I got from the very first delegate who finished splint course his name is Nasir Javaid. And this is what Nasir had to say about the splint course, "What a brilliantly put together online course. This course is bursting with educational gems, patient videos, detailed explanations and easy to follow and digest format, you can tell a lot of thought has gone into preparing and delivering this course. And it's directly relevant to everyday practice makes it most engaging. One of the most value for money courses I've ever done. Thanks Jaz." Well, that is just spectacular. For my first delegate who's finished it, what can I am just absolutely made up after that feedback. Nasir, thanks for being the first delegate to finish and since now I'm recording this five people have finished a splint course entirely. And the feedback is just great.