The Bioclear Philosophy of Adhesive Dentistry – Part 2 (Anterior) – PDP179

Managing black triangles with composite resin - often these are periodontal patients. Doesn’t that mean you’ll be bonding to root dentine?! Continuing our Adhesive Month series in to March (oops!), we're excited to bring you Part Two of our journey into the Bioclear Adhesive Philosophy. Building on the rich discussion from Part One (PDP 178), we're joined once again by Dr. David Carroll and Diana McKenna as we shift our attention to anterior restorations. We focus specifically on the intricacies and challenges of closing black triangles. https://youtu.be/AFlhZXTm32w Watch PDP179 on Youtube Protrusive Dental Pearl: Protect the unrestored teeth and restorations from air particle abrasion! Using a soft steel matrix strip, similar but softer than a matrix band, protects the adjacent tooth's enamel when air abrading the tooth. Example one I found on the market: Polydentia soft matrix strip (no financial interest) Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Highlights of this episode: * 1:33 Dental Pearl - Protect from Air Abrasion * 04:19 Ceramic vs Composite Debate * 11:17 Informed Decision Between Ceramic and Resin * 19:22 Bonding to Root Dentine * 22:33 Anterior Restoration Protocol - Heated Composite * 29:57 BT Matrix System of Choice * 34:35 Guidelines for Anterior Bioclear Composites * 39:55 The Importance of Proper Set-up * 41:46 Learn more from David and Diana Take advantage of our upcoming Documentation Month this March! If you want CPD or CE credits from this episode, just take the quiz. For premium app users, scroll down to download the notes. You'll also get access to our special content like ‘Verti Preps for Plonkers’, Sectioning School, over 30 rubber dam videos, webinar replays, and clinical videos on various dental procedures. All these are available with our Ultimate Education Plan. If you liked this episode, you will also like PDP178 - The Bioclear Philosophy of Adhesive Dentistry - Part 1 (Posterior) Click below for full episode transcript: Jaz's Introduction: Hello Protruserati, I'm Jaz Gulati and welcome to PDP 179. Now I know we are well into March at the time of publishing and we're still stuck on adhesive month, which was February. March is supposed to be documentation month, but don't worry. I've got some cool stuff coming to catch up in March, including what software I'm using at the moment to write my notes for me. Jaz's Introduction:I know it sounds crazy. I have two, I have two dreams in my life. One is to never have to wash dishes ever again. And no, I don't have a dishwasher. My kitchen is not big enough at the moment. And number two is to never have to write my notes again. So, you know, dishwasher can wait, but number two is actually almost happening. And I've been on this crazy journey to discover the best software or the best way. So as part of documentation month, I'll make it up to you by the end of this month to reveal which softwares I've tried...