Protrusive Dental Podcast

How much money is enough? Let’s face it, General Dentist is one of the most challenging jobs in the world – what level of income is worth the stress and health risks? This is a very personal question and will vary according to each Dentist’s money mindset and personal values. Dr. James Martin joins us again to discuss personal finances for Dentists. https://youtu.be/QwtQ43cU2uY Check o...

Today, we will share with you some of the lessons that Dr. Avi Patel and I learned at the very beginning of delivering clear aligner treatment. If you’re just starting out, this is an excellent episode for you because it’ll help you avoid some of the pitfalls that we encountered. For example, best protocol for attachments or accurately estimating what level/complexity of aligner treatm...

This was the most difficult interview I ever recorded for Protrusive Dental Podcast. I was approached by a representative from Smile Direct Club to appear on the podcast. I had mixed feelings but knew this was an opportunity to ask some good questions and gain an insight into how this active and significant stakeholder in clear aligner therapy (whether we like it or not) operates. https://youtu.be...

Is every dental CPD/CE really awesome? I think the best investment I ever made was in postgraduate courses, but with escalating costs and ever-expanding choices for courses, how does the confused Dentist pick a course? Is there a toxic culture whereby Dentists are afraid to give less than perfect reviews for a course? https://youtu.be/Idgy1YfXaTY The highlights of this episode: 7:07 Importance of...

Virtual Hands-On Suturing Masterclass enrolment ends 2nd May 2022 – click here to get your hands-on kit + video instructions Your suture is the signature you leave on your surgery. I actually suck at suturing, and so does my handwriting, so I’m really not winning at signatures! This was a really selfish episode because I really wanted to improve my suturing skills – I enrolled on...

Welcome back to the second episode of #AskJaz where I answered questions from the Protruserati – from communication to caries management, I will try my best to help. When I don’t know the answer (far too often!) I usually know someone who does! https://youtu.be/Pvt-czUEZ3Q Click Here to watch on YouTube In this #AskJaz I tackled: Picking Courses – Which Year Long Restorative Cour...

Consent. It’s one of the most important parts of your practice—and it’s somehow turned in to a tick-box/paperwork exercise. Is it truly possible to automate the consent process for an individual? Dr. Shaun Sellars and Zak Kara are here to break it down for you, so you can get your patient on board with the treatment they need while keeping yourself out of legal trouble. We’ve cov...

You will LOVE this series with Protrusive Colonel Dr. Zak Kara and Dr. Shaun Sellars who has an interest in law and ethics and is also the host of the INCISIVE DECISIVE Podcast . This is an episode you DON’T want to miss. Get ready for some fun and engaging conversation about record keeping (is that even possible?!), emotional intelligence, and some of your most requested topics like how we...

Be proactive. Be the master of your destiny. We have another non-clinical topic all about ‘making your own luck’ in Dentistry and in life including landing your dream associate position with Dr. Rupert Monkhouse, the removable prosthodontic wizard from Suction Lower Complete Dentures – Improve your Removable Prosthodontics   https://youtu.be/7AODxoWKwTs Check out this full episode...

Hi Protruserati! Welcome to the first episode of #AskJaz. This segment is all about sharing some gems I have learned from my mentors – I will address a combination of the questions YOU have sent in over the last few weeks. https://youtu.be/qMEGcs1XP4A Check out this full episode on YouTube In this episode, I answered some of these questions: Inlay that kept coming out 3:15 Stable Income vs R...

Psst! Hurry, www.splintcourse.com Enrolment ends Thursday night! No matter what kind of Dentist you are and what niche you are in, chances are that you will encounter TMD acute pain patients. This practical episode with TMJ Physiotherapist Krina Panchal is going to equip you with 3 simple exercises you can confidently prescribe your patients and WHY they are effective. https://youtu.be/fNay0J6NlS4...

Welcome back to the third part of this EPIC series! I hope you gained more value from this than from PAID education. Dr. Devang Patel guides us through Appoint 5 of the Adhesive Full Mouth Rehabilitation – this is when things very saucey as we discuss sequencing and staging the rehab. Onions on the ready, my fellow Protruserati! This episode is sponsored by Enlighten Whitening – thanks...

Dental school does not teach us everything we need to know to succeed in Dentistry (hardly surprising). There are certain procedures that we learn (just about!), but it doesn’t give us those soft skills, the people skills and a heck of a lot of basic competencies. This episode is NOT about bashing Dental Schools. It’s about recognising where were were ‘let down’ and taking the st...

Articulating paper has been around for over a hundred years, and it’s still the most common way we evaluate the way our patients’ teeth touch or occlude. But there’s so much we cannot tell by looking at those marks! We cannot tell which ones are higher force or low force, and we definitely cannot tell anything about the timing of contacts. In this episode with Dr. Robert Kerstein...

I’ve had a few questions from Dentists who are interested in learning how to place fixed retainers, something I personally have found so fiddly! The whole process can be a little intimidating at first, so Dr. Raj Jabbal takes the fear out of it and makes it fun and easy. We also talked about different types of Fixed Retainers and the daily conundrums that we have when deciding on the recipe for re...

Check out the TOC IPR Kit with the Intensiv Swingle – Protruserati Discount! Email TOC Dental for the discount IPR can be a tough gig – from the feeling of ‘making it up as you go along’, to the genuine threat of repetitive strain injury from using strips. Let me help you take guesswork out of it! By the end of this episode, you’ll know exactly what instruments to use...

After the success of PDP103 Adhesive Full Mouth Rehabs in 11 Appointments , we’re here again to discuss how to plan the Wax Up, Mock up and temporaries using bis-acryl with Dr Devang Patel. https://youtu.be/GuqSkCvFWNk Check out this full episode on YouTube Protrusive Dental Pearl: How I communicate a high RCT risk: For ordinary patients, I would always say “YOUR tooth decay (in YOUR tooth)/ YOUR...

Principal’s tell me it’s difficult to find associates. Associates tell me it’s hard to find good principals. What on Earth is going on?! In this episode I’m going to share with you a really powerful, underutilized technique to to help associates boost their chances of getting an associate position. https://youtu.be/Bjnud4VQ7rI Check out this full episode on YouTube “Sometim...

You HAVE to check out the music video to catch the REAL vibes! Watch Fresh Prince of Appliances on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ_Czt6TDWA Singing Dentist – you ready for the collab? 😉 Next cohort of SplintCourse will be open for enrolment in March. Sign up for the launch email by clicking here !

Dental Acupuncture made tangible thanks to our guest Dr David Johnson. We cover the basics of trigger points relevant to Dentistry and Temporomandibular Joint Pain, as well as the two main applications of acupuncture in for Dentists. https://youtu.be/sHGJcsIAses Check out this full episode on YouTube Protrusive Dental Pearl: How I communicate an Oro-Antral Communication:  I will pull up the r...

Today we pick up where we left off on the 1st part of Group Function Episode 13 “ Can I Probe This Implant ?” In this episode I asked Dr Pav Khaira about bone loss around implants – what is normal and when should I worry? Another very interesting and controversial issue we tackled is how to manage implant screw loosening as a GDP? https://youtu.be/C1Y_AdDhLzU Check out this full episode on Y...

“Don’t probe implants with a metal probe or you’ll scratch it!” – and so for years I was afraid to check the gingival health around implants. Crazy right? Dr Pav Khaira is here to bust that myth – but like with everything, it’s not a simple answer – it has some interesting anatomical considerations. His answer is so eloquent, check it out! https://yo...

Mesial first? Largest cavity first? Or cure them all together?! Class II composite resin restorations (done properly) are not easy. There is a whole circus and drama involving clamps, rings, matrices and wedges! Whether you’re starting out with class IIs, or you’re a seasoned practitioner, you will gain some gems and pearls from this episode. Open your minds, ears and eyes (what’...

Happy New Year, Protruserati! In this episode we geek out with Dr Dev and Jaz as they discuss the initial stages of a Full Mouth Rehabilitation. In this 3-part series we will go on to describe the step-by-step stages for an Adhesive Full Mouth Rehab . Before we dive into the meaty part of this series later on, Dr Devang Patel will take us to the journey  of the clinician’s mindset who’s...

Heated confrontations with patients are never fun. Nobody likes to argue, and no Dentist likes being pressured or micro-managed by patients! In this episode we cover a lot of communication gems with Dr Vy Phan that will definitely allow you to remain calm and be effective the next time you face a ‘difficult’ patient (you know who I mean!) https://youtu.be/vDP5wIaK3Ok Check out this ful...