Protrusive Dental Podcast

I am joined again by one of the most passionate people I know, Dhru Shah! He also helped me with Episode 3 – Transitioning to Private Dentistry which is one of the most listened to episodes on my podcast. What drives you? How you can be more engaged as a Dentist? What are your values and how it is relevant to your career? Where and how you can develop passion for Dentistry – the best thing is that it answers a burning question I get asked a lot – ‘Jaz you’ve done a lot of courses, which one should I do next?’ – Dhru talks about a system where you need your day list and a highlighter to figure that out yourself How can we get more Dentists in a state of Flow As promised in the podcast, do check out Scott Jeffrey’s Value Discovery System and be sure to get your family and staff involved! For the video teaser of the podcast: Click below for full episode transcript: Episode Teaser: If your mind has been conditioned by external sources where people have put fear, fear of litigation, the word GDC, all these things into your brain, that challenge, that anxiety becomes worse. [Jaz] What drives you? How can you be more engaged as a dentist? What are your values and how is it relevant to your career? As you know, by the theme of the things I'm saying, I am joined today by one of the most passionate people I know. He did episode three for me, which was transitioning to private dentistry. And it was a fantastic episode, very well received. Probably one of the most listened to episodes I have. And I think it's such a great thing for young dentists to listen to. So, we had grew back. Now we're talking about your values as a dentist and what motivates you and motivation in general. This isn't just for those people in a dark place. In our profession, there's so much negativity around us. For sure, these people will benefit. But if you're already passionate, you just have those final missing pieces in the puzzle, then this, I hope, will solve that for you. Because one of the things that we discussed is the importance of your values and how you can go through a values discovery process. And I'll share with you how me and Dhru, which we didn't even know he did it that way. And I did it a certain way and it turns out we did it the same way. So independently, we use the same tool, if you like, which is part of my Protrusive Dental Pearl, which I'll come on to in a moment. What me and Dhru cover here is how can you develop and sustain your passion for your profession, which is dentistry? And another great thing that came out of this recording with Dhru is that it answers a burning question that I get asked a lot. Which is, Jaz, you've been on a lot of courses, I've seen your photos, which course should I do next? And just using a highlighter and your day list, Dhru will discuss a system for you to use, so that you can answer that question in a bespoke way for you, in a customised way, so that it benefits you as a clinician, as a dentist, the most. One of the themes here is also, how can we get more dentists in a state of flow? And we discussed what that, what we mean by flow as well. I'd stick around until the end of the podcast because it sort of ends with my own values. I share with you my own values after going through the values discovery process, I'll share with you. And then my wife actually calls me to tell me that our baby's crying and I had to sort of attend to that. So we sort of ended this podcast abruptly in a way. I mean, we didn't really come to a conclusion because of that reason. But to fast it's, it's actually good the way it worked out. Protrusive Dental Pearl Otherwise, we could have spoken for hours, and no one wants that. Okay, so the Protrusive Dental Pearl for today is to do a values discovery process. This is important not just for you as a dentist, as a professional. But this is important for your life. If you're not in tune with your values,

In this mini episode (interference cast – see what I did there?), I discuss about key lessons in protocols and philosophies I have learned from 3 awesome Dentists: Prof Nicolas Martin, Dr Rajiv Ruwala and Dr Jerry Lim. Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! https://youtu.be/_CEXnLyE_rw Full episode also transcribed and on Video to watch, including my IGTV. Take home points: Have protocols in place in Clinical Dentistry so that your workflow becomes predictableTrain your staff well and make them familiar with your systems and protocolsHave a Philosophy for Occlusion – does not matter if it is Spear, Dawson, Kois, Pankey, Neuromuscular or whatever! Have A philosophyGo all in – immerse yourself deep with knowledge, we owe it to our patients! Click below for full episode transcript:  Opening Snippet: Have a philosophy and it doesn't actually matter which philosophy you follow just HAVE a philosophy... Jaz's Introduction: So welcome to interference cast. This is one of my top podcast episodes where I disrupt in the middle of the flow of having guests. And I just ramble on about important things, or things that I think are important anyway. And I hope you gain value from these. So this episode, or this interference cast is all about protocols and philosophies. Three really cool people I've learned from and they've all had the same message, the same key theme, and I want to share that with you guys. And that is from three different awesome clinicians who have helped me in my career. It's all about having protocols and philosophies. So let's dive in. Main Podcast: [Jaz] The first person was Professor Nicholas Martin from Sheffield, he was one of my restorative consultants, he was one of the academic leads at the university. And he's the one who really planted the seed in my head. He basically taught me that with every procedure you do, you need to have a protocol. And that's how you make procedures predictable. If you don't have a protocol, then you do things based on your mood, or your nurse's mood, and your results will be inconsistent. And you'll never be able to pinpoint what goes well and what could be improved. Now, that doesn't mean that you can't change your protocols. And you can't try different techniques. But it's important to sort of make things consistent, so that you can pinpoint what is it in your practice that is being successful? And what is it that's causing, let's say, postoperative sensitivity, or pain, or any sort of restoration fractures or wherever it might be. So it's like yourself auditing right? If you keep changing and chopping one day you etched for five seconds, the other day, for 45 seconds, it's no consistency, you will never know what actually works. So it's important to have protocols in place, and have them laminated somewhere, let your nurses know, so that they know exactly, you know, you know, sometimes when you're etching, and then a nurse or leans over with the suction, it's only been seven seconds. Whereas on a different day, the nurse will wait half an hour, 45 seconds until he or she leans over for the etch. And if you're led by your nurse before your sort of wash, that's not dentistry, you need to have a protocol in place, see to have a time is in place so that you and the nurse both know how long you're etching for. That's just an example. So that's a first person who taught me about the importance of protocols. So fast forward some years later, when I'd qualified and dentinal tubules, website was in his early days, and it had a forum which was very active, it's now evolved. And it's way past that it's way bigger and better than the forum. Tubules is just a movement experience itself. So a dentist, who I really look up to is Rajiv Ruwala. He was posting a fair bit on the forum, and he actually posts a lot on Facebook, he were mainly saying on the dental groups. And again, I always, you know, I look out for his post because,

This episode is for all dental students, but particularly those in 4th and 5th year. I was joined by my friend Prateek Biyani who runs an awesome resource for students at Dental Notebook (check it out!) Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: If you’re a Dental student, I recommend attending the Dentinal Tubules Student Congress. It is jam packed with great speakers and really fits well with students. GREAT value and I wish we had something like this when I was a student! Our aim was to give away all our tips and advice that helped us during finals. We cover: MCQs App 9:06Key books that helped us 8:30Importance of study clubs 6:21Great resources 7:46SoundNote app 10:33Integrating evidence base in to your answers 15:50Top tips for OSCEs 17:14How to do well in a Seen patient or Finals patient exam 24:01 If you found this useful, be sure to share it with your dental student colleagues. Good luck everyone! Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: You should in all honesty, you should be quite proud of what you're presenting. This is your best clinical work in dental school that you've been working on for however long... Jaz's Introduction: This episode is dedicated students because I remember all too well. Being a student and how nervous, me and my flatmates were, we had this sick feeling to the core in our stomachs. So this one's dedicated for you guys. So you can smash your dental exams. And I've got today with me, Prateek Biyani, who is a total whiz and like computers and stuff. Me and him made an app together called food for teeth once one time and he did really all the hard work towards it. He's fantastic with computers and very intelligent guy. He's very well exams and that's why we thought we'd come together and share some of the tips. So this episode is jam packed with lots of different tips to help you you know from discussing example OSCE questions, how to set yourself up for a good OSCE tips for us to get through our finals, how I utilize technology, how Prateek utilize post it notes, so he was a very old school in some things and what to do when you don't know the answer. And an the importance of not worrying about small details, as well as body language. So we can discuss all these sorts of things. So you can smash your dental exams. Some of this will be relevant to any upcoming DFT interview as well. But really, this episode is specifically focused towards exams. I actually recorded this episode months and months ago, but I want to release it, you know, when the academic term started or after December so now obviously we're in October right now, so I hope you enjoy it there. The Protrusive Dental pearl is also therefore dedicated to students because I imagine none of my usual dentist listeners are listening to this episode just pretty much marketed, specifically for students. So dental students who haven't listen to my podcast before welcome, it's all about, it's a lot to do with occlusion, but it's a lot of general dental stuff to help people out and so I love doing. So this episode hopefully will help you in your journey. So the Protrusive Dental pearl for this episode once more is if you're a dental student, okay, and you want to do well and you want to mix the right people I strongly recommend look into attending, the Dentinal Tubules student Congress, if you know someone a year above you who went last year, just ask them. It is jam packed with great speakers. And it's really at the real pitch at the right level for students. And Dentinal Tubules has a great ethos, it's usually held a week before the main Dentinal Tubules congress. I think in 2020, it will be around about end of September mid September 2020. So watch out for that one. I'll post it on my Instagram and Facebook when the time is right. My Protrusive Dental pearl for today is to join and look out for the student Congress for Dentinal Tubules,

Sorry about the delay fellow dental geeks – I have been enjoying fatherhood, revising and sitting my Ortho Diploma exams, and then was part of the epic experience that was Dentinal Tubules Congress 2019! Now I am ready to edit more episodes =) Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! In Episode 12 I am joined by Ivan, aka The Implant Ninja! In this episode we discuss: Checking occlusion of your implantsImplant protected occlusionGrey area of implant occlusion – at what point do you shift the load and share it with implants?Canines that are restored with implants – do we still aim for canine guidance?Do we need balanced occlusion in full arches?What do you tell your patients about implant longevity?Work/Life balanceHow to identify red flag patients (absolute GEM!)Having a system for your practice to produce content for social media As promised in the episode, the link for early, early bird registration for Tubules Congress 2020: https://www.dentinaltubules.com/congress-early-bird Implant Ninja’s Instagram to learn about his books and courses: Implant Ninja Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: All right, so there's two categories. There's red flags, and there's deal breakers. Red Flags means like, watch out. Deal breaker means I'm not going to treat you. Okay? So if there's two red flags, so this is just how I trained myself, if there's two red flags. We can't see them... Jaz's Introduction: Hello fellow dental geeks and thank you so much for joining me for Episode 12 today. I am so sorry that I haven't been posting so much at the moment. Basically, life got in the way. My wife had a baby. His name is Ishaan. I sort of referenced it in this episode. So this was recorded when Ishaan was two weeks, now he's near a 10 weeks. So it's taken two months for me to produce this episode. But going back on track now for lots more episodes coming up your way. I also had two other big events happen in my life. So one was my ortho exam. I'm doing a postgraduate diploma in orthodontics. And that's now finished, please say a pass with distinction. So super happy about that. It was great to have been through the diploma but you know, when you're like studying for an exam, it's like finals. You like studying, studying, studying and then you just can't wait for it to be over. So I'm glad it was over but honestly had a great time in Manchester with Mohammed Almuzian and the ACE group of orthodontics. So that was amazing, so good news to share with you in that aspect. And of course, if you're on social media in dentistry, you would have heard about the Dentinal Tubules Congress 2019 it was a huge success. And I got to welcome to the stage Professor Marcus black because I was chairing the morning session on Friday, and also one of my heroes in occlusion. Dr. Michael Melkers. And he put on a great show. So the Congress was just phenomenal. So there is an early booking sort of system happening at the moment again, early bird discount for for the Congress2020, that's a Dentinal Tubules Congress 2020 I don't get paid to say this. I'm telling you because I want you to come I want to meet you there literally is the best dental conference/congress. I really is none of these things. It's an experience. Along with his post I'll post a link for you to become I think you can only book until the 17th or the 18th of October, so not long left for you to get your early bird discount to secure your place for next year. It's held in Heythrop park in Oxford, which is a great place we sort of dominate the entire sort of resort if you like, and it is just phenomenal to come next year some amazing speakers like Mario Semenza, Didier Dietschi, Ed McLaren, Ian Dunn and Boota Ubhi, Tif Qureshi, James Baker, Andrew Chandrapal and Gurvinder Bhirth again. So do check that one out. So today's episode is with implant Ninja, his name is Ivan, and it is full of gems,

Have you ever encountered the patient with all the signs of bruxism/parafunction, yet they deny this passionately? I see this daily. Patients are in denial that they parafunction – how can we communicate better with these patients? I am joined on this Protrusive Dental Podcast episode by Dr Barry Oulton to help us communicate better with bruxers! Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! In this episode, which has a brilliant Protrusive Dental Pearl about ‘colouring in your dental splints’, we discuss: How to get patients to accept accountability of their parafunction and how it may attribute to restoration failureAre you looking for the signs of parafunction in your patients?Travell and Simon pain chart for referred pain Muscle examination video (linked below)The role of your team in communicating BruxismHow to show patients their wear facetsWhat if your patient declines a splint? (They are allowed to!) How to communicate with them the consequencesHave you ever restored an incisal edge that keeps chipping?Use analogies and stories to communicate – here we share the Fence Post analogySci splints and B splintsHow to PROVE to your patients with a splint that they have actively been grinding on it! Dr Barry Oulton B.Ch.D DPDS MNLP, Owner, The Confident Dentist Academy Dr Barry Oulton owned Haslemere Dental Centre in Surrey for 20 years, turning it into an award-winning practice with a reputation for outstanding customer service before joining the Portman Dental Care Group in 2018.  In 2017, he founded The Confident Dentist Academy to help dental professionals learn effective communication skills and sell with integrity so they can have more impact and make a bigger difference, both professionally and personally. His 2 day course ‘Influencing Smiles’ course teaches Dentists and their teams how to communicate and sell  that translates into happy patients, a great working environment and, ultimately, sees profit increase.  He also offer in-house training programming and coaching for practices and dental companies and also online training products. He is on the editorial board for The Probe and lectures for companies such as Septodont, Cerezen, S4S, Practice Plan, Henry Schein and Wisdom Toothbrushes.  His website is – www.theconfidentdentist.com Take a look at his muscle exam video which is currently on www.theconfidentdentist.com/s4s which is very helpful demonstration of how to carry out a dentally relevant muscle examination. Social media sites – Twitter – @drbarryoulton  Facebook – The Confident Dentist  Instagram – drbarryoulton  Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: I don't believe that dentistry should be done in order to treat parafunction. I think it should be done once we've protected people from parafunction so that dentistry is a choice rather than a necessity... Jaz's Introduction: Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining me today. I'm Jaz Gulanti. And this is the protrusive Dental podcast episode 11. I'm joined today by Barry Oulton really excited to have him on because he is someone who lectures all over the country about communicating with patients. And he also lectures about parafunction and parafunction control. So what I decided to do and the reason I approached him was to marry these two together about an episode about how to communicate with Bruxists. It's a huge topic is something that's probably born out of frustration, my earlier years when I used to speak to patients and the signs of parafunction are obvious to me at one stage they weren't when I learned what I was looking for. And we'll discuss that in this episode, it becomes obvious, you know, patients that exhibit signs of parafunction. When you speak to these patients, invariably, they actually deny the fact that their parafunction, I don't know, I don't grind my teeth. And there's a there's a way you can approach this so that they can actually ta...

Zak Kara is one of the best communicators I know. He is too humble to even entertain that statement, but it’s true! He shares with us real-world communication gems and they will blow your mind. In this episode we cover: How to communicate to our patients about longevity of dental work Importance of asking questions – ‘how long are you expecting this to last?’ What’s a linchpin and how we can ‘lead from the bottom’ Helping the team see the bigger picture – empower them – for example, how to handle the patient that walks in late? Why you should not care to treat everyone in your area What NOT to say to your patients Are you practicing proactive or reactive dentistry? Are we under-diagnosing? How to present a comprehensive plan Are you in the right practice? Design your work life The importance of ‘showing your working out’ in your clinical notes (you will love this one!) How Zak uses his iPad Pro to draw on his patient photos and explain – PDF Expert app Protrusive Dental Pearl Episode 10 – Use a UV torch to clearly see composite! Perfect for removing aligner attachments. UV torch for composite available on Amazon. I have tried this and it’s a game changer! Dr Zak Kara Whilst only a ten year career to date, Zak draws together a wealth of experience in dentistry from various parts of the world.From years spent developing his skills in practice on the East Coast of Australia, to relationship-focused independent private practices here on the South Coast, Zak has developed a reputation for providing a unique modern dental experience with old-fashioned rapport.Along the way, he has made valuable additions to the ‘patchwork quilt’ with a Postgraduate Diploma at the University of Bristol, further training at the world-renowned Pankey Institute in the USA, and Expert Witness Certification at Cardiff University.But on reflection, the most significant influences on his day-to-day approach come from humble beginnings. He grew up ‘behind the shop counter’ of his parents’ record shop learning to understand others and what makes people tick, and he annually leads dental teams in volunteering their skills with Bridge2Aid in rural East Africa.This unique personal journey informs his personable and unhurried style. Colleagues have described his approach as ‘contagious’ and ‘refreshing’.

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed within this interview are those of Aws Alani and do not necessarily represent the opinions or viewpoints of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust or Kings College London Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! In this episode we discuss: Restorability is subjective – are there any objective criteria we can rely on?Implants vs teeth – implants are not a panacea. Implant systems go obsolete, teeth are timelessImportance of informing patients and managing expectationsWhat to do in scenarios where one wall of a molar is completely missing – how would YOU restore it? A few case examples discussedImportance of the pulp for proprioceptionImportance of both the vertical and HORIZONTAL FERRULEHow do you manage patients with asymptomatic cracked teeth?Influence of parafunction on predictability and restorabilityPartial exodontia techniqueImplants vs teeth – advantages of teeth over implants Protrusive Dental Pearl: Use an Iwanson gauge to measure crowns, burs, cusp thicknesses and anything else! You can buy one on the cheap from Amazon. Occlusion symposium September 7th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/key-topics-in-restorative-dentistry-presents-the-occlusion-symposium-tickets-58076533475 Operative Dentistry Diploma-Applications open:https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught-courses/operative-dentistry-pg-dip Aws Alani qualified in 2003 from King’s College London. He completed vocational training in Essex and held junior hospital positions at Guy’s Hospital and King’s College Hospital, before completing an MSc in Endodontics at the Eastman Dental Institute. He moved to Morriston Hospital in South Wales to work in the Maxillofacial Unit, initially as a Senior House Officer before becoming a Specialist Registrar. After three years in Wales he moved to Newcastle, where he completed his specialist training in Restorative Dentistry. During his training he completed relief work trips to Romania and Ghana with ‘Young Smiles for Romania’ and ‘Global Brigades’. In 2013 Aws became the International Team for Implantology Scholar in Toronto, Canada, working at the Hospital for Sick Children and Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. He returned to London in 2014 to become a full time Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at King’s College Hospital. His main remit is the management of congenital and acquired defects within an MDT environment, working alongside Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics. He has published over 40 peer reviewed papers  and maintains an active interest in current clinical issues and research. He has won grants from the British Endodontic Society and the Royal College of Surgeons to examine novel tooth filling materials. He is a previous British Society of Restorative Dentistry and British Endodontic Society council member. He recently completed a Masters Degree in Medical Law; his dissertation was titled ‘Social Media and the Dental Patient: A medicolegal perspective’. He is the course director for the Diploma in Operative Dentistry at KCL which looks to upskill in a multifaceted manner through seminars, hands on simulated exercises and clinical treatment. More information on the course can be found here.  He has built 4 separate websites from scratch, his most recent platform (www.restorativedentistry.org) has over 100,000 reads and is subscribed to by dentists from all over the world. He administers 4 dental facebook groups, the largest of which has 28,000 members. BLOG www.restorativedentistry.org ​ Facebook Group Restorative Dentistry For All Facebook page Key Topics in Restorative Dentistry Insta restor6tive_dentistry Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: Now if you say to a patient that you are overloading the system and as a result of that overloading of the system something has to give in maybe your TMJ or it may be your tooth that also increases pati...

2021 UPDATE: If you want to learn more about Splints, check out the SPLINTEMBER Series I recently did: Which is the Best Dental Splint? Stay Away from TMD Michigan Splints are Overrated Anterior Only Occlusal Appliances Part 1 Anterior Only Occlusal Appliances Part 2 Pre-register for the Online Splint Course which will get rid of Splint confusion and teach you theory and practical you need to know to be confident with Splints (all types!) The use of anterior mid-point stop appliances (AMPSAs) in Dentistry is surrounded with controversies and misconceptions, so I am joined by Dr Barry Glassman in this episode to answer this much debated question. Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Attending Dr Glassman’s lecture last year was eye opening and career-transforming for me. It changed the way I thought about Occlusion! In this Episode with Dr Barry Glassman we discuss: To what extent are occlusions designed for Function?How much does Occlusion matter?Why canine guidance?Do Anterior midpoint stop appliances cause posterior teeth to over-erupt?When to avoid using AMPSAs?What mechanism is behind patients developing AOB after splint therapy? This is an example of a lower NTI or SCI (Sleep Clench Inhibitor). This falls in to the category of an anterior mid-point stop appliance (AMPSA) TLDL (Too Long Didn’t Listen): Jump to 22 mins and 30 seconds if you want the main question answered. Protrusive Dental Pearl: The BRB technique for incisor Class IV build ups to create an ‘instant wax-up’ within the putty. You can read more about this technique at Style Italiano. Do not miss out on the next Dentinal Tubules Congress in October! Dr Glassman will be lecturing again in the UK on ‘Myth-busting Occlusion for the General Dentist‘. He will be lecturing in Sheffield and London and this can be booked on the S4S website. If you use the discount code BG-PODCAST, this will give 30% off (RRP £179.99). If you want a substantial online training for Splints, the Online Splint Course is just weeks away from launch!   Barry Glassman, DMD, maintained a private practice in Allentown, PA, which was limited to chronic pain management, head and facial pain, temporomandibular joint dysfunction and dental sleep medicine.   He is a Diplomate of the Board of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, a Fellow of the International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management.  He is a member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and the American Headache Society.  He is on staff at the Lehigh Valley Hospital where he serves as a resident instructor of Craniomandibular Dysfunctions and Sleep Disorders.  He is a Diplomate of the Board of the Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.  He has published articles that have appeared in both peer and non-peer reviewed journals in the fields of dental sleep medicine and orofacial pain.  Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: Most of us, unfortunately go to lectures to have what we already know. Justified. So as long as long as someone is telling me what I know and is what I'm doing is right has been right, then I can take on a new parole or something and add to it. I'm comfortable with that. If someone's telling me that what I've been doing may not be right, that's upsetting. And what I've been saying, Jaz, for years is that I'm not saying that what you've been doing is right... Jaz's Introduction: Do anterior midpoints stop appliances cause anterior open bites? Right, so if you're unfamiliar with these appliances, it's basically a night guard that only covers that say, 2-2 or 3-3 or 5-5. And there's many combinations and you know, opposing and whatnot, a larger, smaller, but essentially they don't cover all the teeth. They are segmental appliances. And the classic version of it, for example would be like an NTI or in the UK is known as a SCi,

Is this a silly question? Now that I know the answer, perhaps so. But I do think that many students and GDPs fail to see the main role of Class I molars in a pleasing smile… I am joined in this episode by Dr Mohammed Almuzian, Specialist Orthodontist and one of the best educators I have ever had the pleasure of learning from. Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! What we cover in this podcast: What is the significance of Class I molars?How you can calculate what the overjet may be if you carried out alignment only orthodontics in fraction class molarsIs there ever a suitable situation to accept a compromised orthodontic result? Does it always have to finish in Class I molars? As promised in the podcast, here are some helpful links: A guide for Orthodontists and Dentists for treatment planning Orthodontic cases: http://www.aviosanalyser.co.uk/ Dr Almuzian’s academy website: https://www.orthodonticacademy.co.uk/ The FAMOUS Almuzian notes which have been, to date, downloaded more than 350,000 times! https://www.orthodonticacademy.co.uk/almuzian-note Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: It's not the fact that we're chasing after the class one molar, it's because we're chasing after a good stable, pleasing looking smile. And that is led by the posterior... Jaz's Introduction: Hello, everyone, I've got a really good episode for you today. There's some useful links and resources that if you want to access them, you can download the show notes from www.jaz.dental That's Jaz with one Z. That's jaz.dental. And under this sort of episode title, it's like a blog post you can download a PDF version there's quite a few good links that Dr. Mohammed Almuzian shares today. So you can check those out on the website. So some of you know already I'm doing a diploma in orthodontics with ACE which is Academic and Clinical Excellence orthodontics. So it's ACE orthodontics, based in Manchester, and the specialist and the educator or mentor for this diploma is Dr. Mohammed Almuzian, who has been just a beacon of energy. He's been a fantastic educator, and I really wanted him to appear on the show, so he can share his orthodontic gems, and I thought just where a better start. Then one of the pressing questions I always had when I was student or with my restorative background and mindset to ask why our class one molars important. Why are orthodontists dare I say so anal about class one molars. Now if you're someone who's listening to this, who is an orthodontist, or someone who is well versed in orthodontics, you're probably thinking, what the hell is jaz all about? Isn't obvious why class one molars are important? Well, actually, not quite, I don't think is that obvious. And I think some of the points raised today is actually I'm hoping will help a lot of people, a lot of gdps. And maybe students think, oh, that suddenly makes sense, I want something to click, I want the penny to drop. So for example, in my restorative background, my previous sort of rehabilitations or veneer cases, I wouldn't actually always look at the molar classification. If I'm only working anteriorly, maybe slightly increasing of the occlusal vertical dimension, I wouldn't always like record or mentally note the molar classification. And I think that's a mistake. And then now obviously, after doing this diploma, I appreciate the molar classes, much more due to reasons that it will shed some light on why that is today. And also I appreciate faces, I look at faces long face, short face. I really look at that much more now as well. "Do they look brachyfacial? Have they got large masseters? So really learn to appreciate faces after doing the diploma as well. So what me and Dr. Mo cover in this short word valuable chat is, what's the deal with class one molars? Why is this classification so important? Why do we need to sort of appreciate the molars? What does it actually mean?

I am joined in this episode of Protrusive Dental Podcast by the likes of Harjot Bansal, Mahul Patel, Dhru Shah, Catherine Tannahill, Lourens Bester, Kiran Juj and Sunny Luthra. Yes, that’s an awful lot of guests! It HAD to be done to help answer such a monumental question that crosses every Dentists’ mind: Should you specialise? My main guest, Harjot Bansal, is studying his MClinDent in Prosthodontics at The Eastman (London). He is always happy to help and his instagram is @harjsb Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: Show your human side! This will help calm your patients down and create rapport. Here is the photo, as discussed in the podcast, I have in my surgery which has been eye-opening: Dental Elective April 2012, 1 hour from Da Nang Here is what we discuss in this episode: Why specialise?The true cost of specialising – think loss of earnings!Financial planning for specialisingHow to know which speciality is right for you? Endodontics? Perio? Prostho? Ortho?Can you be fulfilled and skilled as a General Dentist?Is it right for you? A massive thank you to all my guests on the show! Music credits: Life by KV https://soundcloud.com/kvmusicprod Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/jH8ryRw1cWgBedtime Stories by mezhdunami. https://soundcloud.com/mezhdunami Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/WCYCRged0r0Escape by Declan DP Music https://soundcloud.com/declandp Licensing Agreement 1.0 (READ) http://bit.ly/DeclanDP_MLA1 Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/PiQK_KYirio Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: Don't think you need to specialize to be good per se... Jaz's Introduction: Should you specialize? Do you ever regret that perhaps reach your full potential as a dentist because you didn't become a specialist. Or maybe you can't stand being a GDP and you yearn to limit your practice to specialize in something. Or maybe you love the variety and you don't think you could do the same kind of stuff day in day out. And the thought was puts you off. We interview today with Harjot Bansal, who's doing his MClinDent in prosthodontics at the Eastman. And it's great to have a perspective in terms of what it's like in terms of commitment, time, money, intensity, and all those things that so if you're thinking of specializing that, and that could be quite a helpful thing to consider. I've also got some gdps, and people with special interests, given their two pence about the subject, it is a bit like a debate, you know, I'm a little bit biased towards team GDP if you like, because you know, someone has to represent gdps, I will be sort of having a debate with Harjot and the guests to sort of gather different perspectives. The Protrusive Dental Pearl for this episode is to show your human side to your patients. Okay? So I sort of discovered this by accident where six months ago, I changed my surgeries, computer desktop background to a photo of me on my elective in Vietnam, it's a lovely photo op, I'll put it in my blog post. It's me with these Vietnamese children in a rural village and everyone's smiling, I think I'm handing out stickers or something, it was just a perfect shot captured. When new patients come in the addition of that photograph really creates a warming environment. If you can find a way to make an icebreaker with your patients, then that's always a great thing to do. So that has worked really well for me, I think when patients sit down, and directly in front of them, we have this big TV screen, it's got the photo of me as a desktop background. They really feel at ease, and I can see it in their body language since I put this photo up. So I mean,