Protrusive Dental Podcast Jaz Gulati

Clinical Dentistry is a steep learning curve - it can be frustrating, frightening and quite frankly exhilarating.







This episode (better late than never! My wife finished her MSc so now I’m back on track!) picks up the theme of Stress Awareness and I discuss with Emma Hutchinson, our Protrusive Student, how students can manage stress effectively, prioritize their studies, and identify their unique learning styles. 







We also address imposter syndrome and the various difficulties encountered while learning something as complex as dentistry.









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Highlights of this episode:00:00 Introduction03:25 Welcoming Emma Back04:16 Protrusive Students06:30 Dentistry Students vs Other Courses08:24 Hobbies and Activities Outside of Dental School12:50 Communication Style14:48 Student-Life Balance19:01 Past Papers during Exam Time21:00 Networking in Dentistry28:51 Burnout and Mental Health Perspective33:45 Next Month - Orthodontics







This episode is not eligible for CPD/CE points, but never fear, there are hundreds of hours of CPD waiting for you on the Protrusive 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 love this episode, be sure to watch Adhesive Dentistry for Beginners – PS002

Implants can fail - we all know that…but what are the medico-legal implications when they fail at 6 months after restoring them…







Is it all the restoring Dentists’ problem? ‘He who touched it last’? Or does the implant placing surgeon also need to be involved in the ‘post-mortem’?







How can we handle the upset patient (and prevent this in the first place!)









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In the latest podcast episode, we introduced Dr. Joe Bhat and Neel Jeiswal, both prominent figures in Dentistry. Neel, representing PDI, has a rich background in clinical dentistry and medico-legal matters, while Dr Joe Bhat is a dual specialist in Oral Surgery and Prosthodontics. Joe established a pioneering multi-disciplinary clinic 20 years ago, which continues to thrive with numerous referrals.







Both guests provided deep insights into implant failures, patient management, and the importance of effective communication and collaboration in dental practices.







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Check out Dr Joe Bhat’s place of practice - Moor Park Specialists







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If you liked this episode, you will also like 4 Ways to Boost Osseointegration of Your Implants – PDP155 – Protrusive Dental Podcast















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Jaz's Introduction: Imagine you have a patient and you refer him to the implantologist, who proceeds to place an implant for the upper right molar. Some months later, you then restore that implant. But unfortunately, this one doesn't go to plan and six months later, you make a diagnosis of peri implantitis and the implant has officially failed.







[Jaz]You potentially have an upset patient on your hands. This patient is potentially pointing some fingers. Now who should the finger go towards? Should the finger go towards the implant placing dentist? or the implant restoring dentist. It's a bit of a medical legal minefield. So I'm joined today by Dr. Joe Bhat, who's both an oral surgeon and a prosthodontist, so he's in a great position to be our expert today, as well as Dr. Neel Jeiswal, who I rely on so much when anything, when it comes to medical legal, and indemnity







This episode is CPD eligible on the Protrusive app called Protrusive Guidance. I think you'll learn a lot about communication, consent, and a proper medical legal management when things go wrong, how they work with each other. So we can benefit and really help our patients because ultimately everything we do is It's for the benefit of our patients.







Dr. Joe Bhat, welcome to the Protrusive Dental Podcast for the first time. And Neel Jeiswal, welcome again, my friend. Neel, you are the representative of PDI and a clinical dentist that we love having on because your medical legal perspectives are absolutely fantastic, and also your years of clinical experience. But Joe, I don't think we've met before properly, so it's great to be introduced by Neel. Joe, tell us about yourself as a practicing dentist. What are your interests?







[Joe]Thank you so much for the invite. I know it came via Neel, but I've heard a lot about you, Jaz. So good to be e-connected finally. I am a dentist.

More brilliant questions from dental students as Jaz is joined by Dhruti Mysore from Plymouth University.









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We covered themes of student-life balance and professional development. Jaz shared the powerful technique of ‘Just-in-Time’ learning to gain structure and purpose to post-graduate development.







Jaz gave his top tips for preventing burnout and the power of a supportive network. 







And of course, we discussed Occlusion and Facebows!







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If you liked this episode, you will also like Occlusion Questions from Students – AJ005

Hear how Aidan went from anxious about exodontia to now feeling confident and enjoying his oral surgery list.









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We cover the themes of career progression, overcoming procedural fears and decision making early in our careers.







At the end, Aidan shares a clever way to deliver saline when washing out sockets!







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Highlights of this Episode:00:00  Intro 01:47 Imposter Syndrome02:45 Aiden’s Story05:16 Daunting Experiences with Stubborn Canine06:48 How Aiden would approach things now07:33 Dental Pearl - 6 second rule09:56 What happened during COVID?18:08 After the Ipswich post, what happened?25:04 Aiden’s advice for young dentists 29:53 Lesson about photography35:13 Whole tooth extraction vs. sectioning?36:26 Sectioning School39:31 Outro







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Jaz's Introduction: Naturally when we qualify as dentists, we're not the most confident in a lot of procedures, especially oral surgery. It's a common theme, and obviously it depends on where you qualified from and how much surgical experience you had, but a common theme is being scared of extractions. Like, I've definitely been through it, I've talked about it a lot in terms of the power of sectioning teeth.







[Jaz]But today I speak to a young dentist, Aidan, who went from being scared to now being really confident. And he's still a young dentist, about five years out, and he's found himself in an environment where maybe 50 percent of his diary is extractions. And this is what he wanted. This is what he designed.







So listen to this interference cast today to explore Aidan's journey. There's a few little exodontia tips thrown in there and a really cool tip right at the end about how to actually get saline into your socket a really clever way, which I didn't know about, and I think is going to blow your mind. So if you want to hear that tip, you have to go all the way to the end.







Hello, Protruserati, I'm Jaz Gulati, and welcome back to an interference cast. This is kind of like the non clinical arm of the podcast, although this is probably one of the most clinical ones that we've done. This one doesn't have premium notes. It doesn't have CPD, but this is a really warm episode when it comes to being inspired about someone's journey and the steps they take and learning about how someone came to a decision.







Like I love something that Aidan says that he recognizes that he's not the best at multitasking and he really enjoys the idea of having focus and oral surgery ended up becoming a focus of his and this young dentist is now pursuing an implant masters and how one thing leads to another. So this is a really cool journey to unpack.

Class II’s are only easy when they are small (but not too small), supragingival, easily accessible with straight-forward anatomy.







In other words, about 1% of the Class IIs we encounter - because the vast majority I see are subgingival, wide, with awkward root concavities and tricky access.







I went from using sectional matrices 97% of the time to now just using them 30% of the time - this is thanks to a circumferential matrix I started to use last year which is a game changer.







I now do not need to use a wedge in most scenarios (something I used to think was a crime!) and have been using the ‘contact opening technique’.







Meet Dr Sunny Sadana, who has brought the Greater Curve system to the UK and taught me a lot about efficiency with direct restorations.







We also discuss fee-setting and patient communication - this part of the video is only available for those on our Protrusive Guidance network.









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Pre-wedging; use this technique before beginning any restorative work on the tooth you are working on, this will allow a greater field of view to work in. It also helps suppress the papilla to get better access to the caries. This can all be achieved by numbing the area first and wedging with adequate enough pressure for there to be separation. It also reduced iatrogenic damage and is also worthwhile considering using a wedge-guard/fender wedge.







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If you liked this episode, you will also like PDP104 Back to Back Class II Secrets (Sectional Matrix Troubleshooting)















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Jaz's Introduction: The humble wedge gives us so many benefits when it comes to class II. Like, going back to basics, you put a wedge in for your class II, and it ensures that the matrix is right up against that cavity margin. So, wedging is important.







Jaz’s Introduction:The other benefit, of course, is that it gives you some separation. And this helps to accommodate for the actual width of the matrix span, so that once you finish your restoration, you remove the wedge and hopefully the teeth will rebound and you'll have a contact.







Another benefit of wedges is actually suppressing or depressing that papilla. It allows you to manage those deeper cavities with much more ease. So as you can see, I'm a fan of wedging and I even invest in all sorts of different types of wedges and those low profile diamond wedges for those trickier and deeper scenarios. So why is this episode on doing your class two restorations without a wedge? Isn't that a little bit crazy?

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.









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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!







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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















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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,