Protrusive Dental Podcast

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What do you say when a patient comes in wanting one tooth fixed, but you can see eight more heading the same way?

How do you tell a patient who has had a scale and polish every six months for twenty years that they now need something deeper without making it sound like you’re suddenly trying to sell them more dentistry?

Is there a magic sentence that makes patients say yes to comprehensive care?

And why can the patie...

Ever wondered what it’s really like to study dentistry abroad?

How different is it to train in Bulgaria, Slovakia, or Valencia compared to the UK?

And what happens when it’s time to come back home — can you easily register with the GDC and start practicing?

Dr. Hugo Medd joins Jaz for an honest and insightful conversation about taking the path less traveled — studying dentistry in Bulgaria after not securing a UK dental school place.

They dive into the realities of living and learning abroad, includin...

Have you ever removed plaque using a scaler or ‘air-polisher’ and notice that the demineralised enamel flaked away?

Scaling and polishing is a routine part of preventive dental care — but could some of our traditional cleaning methods be doing more than we realise? A whitening specialist who works without a drill, scaler or air polisher argues that some approaches to cleaning may affect the enamel, and that hydrogen peroxide gel can remove plaque without touching the tooth surface.

Dr Wyman Chan has done nothing but tooth whitening since 2002, when he closed his general practice for a...

Full mouth reconstruction — is the aim really the flawless before-and-after you scroll past on Instagram, or is that a trap?

How do you actually know you’re ready to step up from single teeth to a whole mouth?

And when your comprehensive treatment plan keeps getting declined — psychologically, financially — is that the patient’s problem, or yours?

This one is a “your questions answered” episode: the community sent in far more FMR questions than we could cover, and we put the best of them to two prosthodontists who literally wrote the book on it.

This...

When you walk through the door after work, are you actually present or are you still running the day’s to-do list in your head?

Is there ever a “good” time to have a baby in the middle of specialist training and how do you fund it?

How do the best dentist-parents you know protect time with their kids without their careers stalling?

And can technology actually give you hours back — or is that just another thing to feel guilty about?

This is one for the dads. In this Interference Cast episode...

Complete Dentures That Actually Work: Impressions, CR & Adaptation

You don’t have to suck at complete dentures — there’s a science to them, and an art you gather with experience.

Why do complete dentures feel so unpredictable — when a crown prep or an endo doesn’t?

What’s the number-one impression mistake dentists make — and the tissue-conditioning step most of us skip?

And when a new denture comes back painful — is it the extension, or the occlusion?

This one is a whistle-stop tour of complete dentures with Dr Leif Str...

Holistic, biological, functional — is there actually a difference, or is it all just marketing?
Are root canals really dangerous — or is that just what the algorithm keeps showing your patients?
When a patient wants their sound fillings out, do you test, reassure, or drill?
And how do you bring sleep, diet and blood tests into a dental appointment without it stopping being dentistry?
This episode sits down with Dr James Goolnik (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/james-goolnik)— clinical dentist, founder of the London holistic practice Optimal Dental Health, past President of the British Academy of Cosmet...

Injection moulding is meant to save you time. Too often it hands you a mouthful of flash and a cleanup that swallows the chair time you thought you were saving.

Dr Sandra Hulac is a Clinical Instructor at the Kois Center in Seattle and an Accredited Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. She uses full-mouth injection moulding to road-test occlusions and stabilise breaking-down dentitions, and she teaches the technique hands-on.

In this episode she works through where the mess actually comes from, and how design, matrix strategy, careful PTFE and a simple cleanup...

Your patient is nine years old. One first permanent molar is crumbling — the others look fine. Does it stay, or does it go?

Is that broken-down first permanent molar really down to poor brushing — or is it Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation?

When is the right time to take a first permanent molar out — and how do you read it off the X-ray?

And how do you tell a parent their child needs an adult tooth removed — without losing them?

First permanent molars of poor prognosis are one of the genuine head-scratchers of general...

Patient has patchy white spots after braces — do you really whiten, or will that just make the spots stand out more?

Tetracycline staining darker than your darkest shade tab — is bleaching even worth attempting, or is it veneers by default?

A single dark, root-filled central incisor — can you fix it without picking up a drill at all?

And how do you talk a patient through weeks, shades and cost so they actually consent to the slow, non-invasive route?

This is Part 2 of the trayless whitening series with Dr Wyman Chan — inventor of trayl...

Patient has patchy white spots after braces — do you really whiten, or will that just make the spots stand out more?

Tetracycline staining darker than your darkest shade tab — is bleaching even worth attempting, or is it veneers by default?

A single dark, root-filled central incisor — can you fix it without picking up a drill at all?

And how do you talk a patient through weeks, shades and cost so they actually consent to the slow, non-invasive route?

This is Part 2 of the trayless whitening series with Dr Wyman Chan — inventor of trayl...

What if the tray is the reason your whitening results are inconsistent?

Why would a dentist who owns a whitening lab — and holds four patents on making bleaching trays — tell you to skip the tray?

Trayless whitening does not mean strips. It means the patient puts in a retractor and paints the gel directly onto the teeth, twice a day, for half an hour. No impression, no lab bill, no two-week wait, and no soft plastic reservoir quietly absorbing your peroxide.

This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Dr Wyman Chanand Dr Elvi...

What if the tray is the reason your whitening results are inconsistent?

Why would a dentist who owns a whitening lab — and holds four patents on making bleaching trays — tell you to skip the tray?

Trayless whitening does not mean strips. It means the patient puts in a retractor and paints the gel directly onto the teeth, twice a day, for half an hour. No impression, no lab bill, no two-week wait, and no soft plastic reservoir quietly absorbing your peroxide.

This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Dr Wyman Chan and Dr E...

Just qualified — so why does it feel like the learning is only just beginning?

What should you actually focus on in year one: the flawless dentistry on your feed, or something far less glamorous?

How do you tell a patient their nerve might die — without it sounding like YOUR fault?

And when a patient says “just do whatever you think” — what do you say back?

This is the conversation every new dentist needs and every experienced one recognises. Our guest is Dr Emma Hutchison — a former dental nurse who trained at the Universi...

Your patient brushes well, avoids sweets — and still keeps getting decay. What if the answer isn’t in their mouth at all?

What if two inexpensive finger-prick tests told you more about a patient’s gum disease and implant prognosis than anything on the radiograph?

And here’s the uncomfortable one: if the science is this clear, is not checking starting to look like a medico-legal risk? Especially for imlpant surgery!

This is a conversation with Dr Tif Qureshi— the dentist who changed how the profession thinks about the lifelong patient, the envelope of functio...

Your patient brushes well, avoids sweets — and still keeps getting decay. What if the answer isn’t in their mouth at all?

What if two inexpensive finger-prick tests told you more about a patient’s gum disease and implant prognosis than anything on the radiograph?

And here’s the uncomfortable one: if the science is this clear, is not checking starting to look like a medico-legal risk? Especially for imlpant surgery!

This is a conversation with Dr Tif Qureshi — the dentist who changed how the profession thinks about the lifelong patient, the envelope of functio...

Filling, stainless steel crown, pulpotomy or extraction — how do you actually decide on a deciduous tooth?

Why is the lower first primary molar the one that always seems to flare up?

When should you reach for silver diamine fluoride instead of the drill — and when is a child’s cooperation telling you to change the plan entirely?

And how do you actually do a pulpotomy, step by step, without it blowing up under the crown?

This is a paediatric dentistry masterclass with Dr Nidhi Kotak — “The Baby Tooth Dentist,”. It’s built for the...

Filling, stainless steel crown, pulpotomy or extraction — how do you actually decide on a deciduous tooth?

Why is the lower first primary molar the one that always seems to flare up?

When should you reach for silver diamine fluoride instead of the drill — and when is a child’s cooperation telling you to change the plan entirely?

And how do you actually do a pulpotomy, step by step, without it blowing up under the crown?

This is a paediatric dentistry masterclass with Dr Nidhi Kotak— “The Baby Tooth Dentist,”. It’s built for the...

How good is your consent for orthodontics — really?

More adults are having ortho, and more GDPs are providing it. So which risks should you be discussing with every single patient — and which ones depend on the person in the chair?

When a case is heading for a big overjet or a tricky rotation, is that a conversation you have at the start, or one you scramble to explain halfway through?

And what actually makes a consent form legally valid — the signature, or everything around it?

This episode brings together two perspectives you do...

How good is your consent for orthodontics — really?

More adults are having ortho, and more GDPs are providing it. So which risks should you be discussing with every single patient — and which ones depend on the person in the chair?

When a case is heading for a big overjet or a tricky rotation, is that a conversation you have at the start, or one you scramble to explain halfway through?

And what actually makes a consent form legally valid — the signature, or everything around it?

This episode brings together two perspectives you do...

Ever fancied teaching dental students part time… but no real idea how you’d actually get in?

Are you the kind of person teaching would energise — or quietly drain?

Is a PGCert in dental education actually worth it, or just wishy-washy theory?

And the honest question nobody asks out loud: does it pay anything?

This is an Interference Cast — the non-clinical arm of the podcast — with Dr Rima Hussain, a general dentist who teaches restorative dentistry to undergraduates at King’s a couple of days a week. It’s a candid look at what a...

Ever fancied teaching dental students part time… but no real idea how you’d actually get in?

Are you the kind of person teaching would energise — or quietly drain?

Is a PGCert in dental education actually worth it, or just wishy-washy theory?

And the honest question nobody asks out loud: does it pay anything?

This is an Interference Cast — the non-clinical arm of the podcast — with Dr Rima Hussain, a general dentist who teaches restorative dentistry to undergraduates at King’s a couple of days a week. It’s a candid look at what a...

Sleep, Airway and Mouth Breathing: An ENT’s Guide for Dentists

Could a “normal” sleep study still be missing your patient’s airway problem?

Why do women and children with real symptoms keep scoring “mild”?

Should a mouth-breathing child see a myofunctional therapist — or an ENT first?

And which four questions screen a child for sleep problems in under a minute?

The roof of the mouth is the floor of the nose — so ENT and dentistry should be in constant dialogue. In practice, they rarely are. In this one, Dr David McIntos...

Sleep, Airway and Mouth Breathing: An ENT’s Guide for Dentists

Could a “normal” sleep study still be missing your patient’s airway problem?

Why do women and children with real symptoms keep scoring “mild”?

Should a mouth-breathing child see a myofunctional therapist — or an ENT first?

And which four questions screen a child for sleep problems in under a minute?

The roof of the mouth is the floor of the nose — so ENT and dentistry should be in constant dialogue. In practice, they rarely are. In this one, Dr David McIntos...

The most important part of your surgery isn’t plugged in, mounted, or calibrated. It’s the person standing beside you.

Have you ever dreaded walking into a beautiful practice with lovely patients — purely because of who you share the surgery with?

What do you actually do, in the moment, when your assistant rolls their eyes at a request for rubber dam?

And should you be friends with your assistant at all — or does that cross a line you’ll regret?

This is an Interference Cast — a non-clinical but deeply practical episode — wi...

The most important part of your surgery isn’t plugged in, mounted, or calibrated. It’s the person standing beside you.

Have you ever dreaded walking into a beautiful practice with lovely patients — purely because of who you share the surgery with?

What do you actually do, in the moment, when your assistant rolls their eyes at a request for rubber dam?

And should you be friends with your assistant at all — or does that cross a line you’ll regret?

This is an Interference Cast — a non-clinical but deeply practical episode — wi...

Is rotary really better than reciprocating?

Can you safely skip the glide path with modern reciprocating systems?

What is the best file system for a GDP who wants predictable endodontic results?

And perhaps the biggest question of all: does the file system matter as much as we think it does?

In Part 2 of the Endo Showdown, Dr Samuel Johnson returns to tackle some of the most common questions dentists have about file systems, glide path preparation, retreatment, and endodontic workflow. From practical negotiation tips to choosing a system that works in...

Is rotary really better than reciprocating?

Can you safely skip the glide path with modern reciprocating systems?

What is the best file system for a GDP who wants predictable endodontic results?

And perhaps the biggest question of all: does the file system matter as much as we think it does?

In Part 2 of the Endo Showdown, Dr Samuel Johnson returns to tackle some of the most common questions dentists have about file systems, glide path preparation, retreatment, and endodontic workflow. From practical negotiation tips to choosing a system that works in...

Rotary or reciprocating files — which should you actually be using?

Is one safer than the other? Does reciprocation really reduce file separation? Are you choosing your system because it suits the canal anatomy, or because it is simply the one you were taught?

Endodontic file systems can feel like a maze of brands, tapers, alloys, motions and marketing claims. But beneath all that noise, the real question is much more practical: what is your file doing inside the canal, and what compromise are you accepting?

In this episode, Dr Samuel Johnson returns to un...

Rotary or reciprocating files — which should you actually be using?

Is one safer than the other? Does reciprocation really reduce file separation? Are you choosing your system because it suits the canal anatomy, or because it is simply the one you were taught?

Endodontic file systems can feel like a maze of brands, tapers, alloys, motions and marketing claims. But beneath all that noise, the real question is much more practical: what is your file doing inside the canal, and what compromise are you accepting?

In this episode, Dr Samuel Johnson returns to un...

Should we still be drilling early caries lesions?

Where do peptides, resin infiltration, fluoride varnish and SDF actually fit in modern practice?

Is hydroxyapatite toothpaste a genuine alternative to fluoride, or just another dental trend?

And when you see that suspicious grey occlusal shadow, do you seal it, explore it, or actively surveil it?

In part two of this modern caries management episode, Jaz continues the conversation with Prof. Avijit Banerjee on minimal intervention dentistry. This episode moves beyond diagnosis and communication into the practical management of early and progressing caries...

Should we still be drilling early caries lesions?

Where do peptides, resin infiltration, fluoride varnish and SDF actually fit in modern practice?

Is hydroxyapatite toothpaste a genuine alternative to fluoride, or just another dental trend?

And when you see that suspicious grey occlusal shadow, do you seal it, explore it, or actively surveil it?

In part two of this modern caries management episode, Jaz continues the conversation with Prof. Avijit Banerjee on minimal intervention dentistry. This episode moves beyond diagnosis and communication into the practical management of early and progressing caries...

If you showed the same bitewing to 10 dentists, would they all agree on whether to pick up the drill?

Why does the word monitoring mean nothing to a patient — and how does swapping it for active surveillance change everything from your notes to your indemnity to your government policy meetings?

Is it overtreatment to act on an E2 lesion — or is “watch and wait” actually the lazy answer dressed up as minimally invasive?

And what should you actually do with AI caries detection that flags shadows your eye doesn’t see?

In this ep...

If you showed the same bitewing to 10 dentists, would they all agree on whether to pick up the drill?

Why does the word monitoring mean nothing to a patient — and how does swapping it for active surveillance change everything from your notes to your indemnity to your government policy meetings?

Is it overtreatment to act on an E2 lesion — or is “watch and wait” actually the lazy answer dressed up as minimally invasive?

And what should you actually do with AI caries detection that flags shadows your eye doesn’t see?

In this ep...

Why does dentistry on social media look so perfect?

Are those flawless before-and-after cases the reality of everyday practice—or just the highlight reel?

And why aren’t we talking more openly about the failures, frustrations, and imperfect outcomes that every dentist experiences?

In this episode, Dr Artem Mkrtichyan joins Jaz for a refreshingly honest conversation about the realities of modern dentistry. Known for his candid and relatable social media posts, Dr. Artem has built a following by sharing what many dentists think—but rarely say out loud: dentistry is hard, results aren’t always...

Why does dentistry on social media look so perfect?

Are those flawless before-and-after cases the reality of everyday practice—or just the highlight reel?

And why aren’t we talking more openly about the failures, frustrations, and imperfect outcomes that every dentist experiences?

In this episode, Dr Artem Mkrtichyan joins Jaz for a refreshingly honest conversation about the realities of modern dentistry. Known for his candid and relatable social media posts, Dr. Artem has built a following by sharing what many dentists think—but rarely say out loud: dentistry is hard, results aren’t always...

Why does occlusion feel so confusing at dental school?

What if the problem is not that occlusion is too complex, but that it was taught in the wrong order?

How do you make sense of worn teeth, bite scans, shimstock, leaf gauges, provisionals and T-Scan without getting overwhelmed?

And which small ideas can genuinely change the way you diagnose, plan and restore?

In this episode, Jaz is joined by Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim for a brilliant occlusion-focused conversation. They each bring five clinical “pearls” that helped occlusion finally click for them — from facial...

Why does occlusion feel so confusing at dental school?

What if the problem is not that occlusion is too complex, but that it was taught in the wrong order?

How do you make sense of worn teeth, bite scans, shimstock, leaf gauges, provisionals and T-Scan without getting overwhelmed?

And which small ideas can genuinely change the way you diagnose, plan and restore?

In this episode, Jaz is joined by Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim for a brilliant occlusion-focused conversation. They each bring five clinical “pearls” that helped occlusion finally click for them — from facial...

Are we overcomplicating posterior composites?

Are those beautiful fissures and stains actually helping the patient… or just us?

Why does that “perfect” restoration suddenly need 20 minutes of occlusal adjustment after rubber dam removal?

And how can we make functional, predictable composites without burning time or stress?

In this episode, Dr. Vishaal Shah shares a refreshingly practical approach to posterior composites. From understanding the basics, to simplifying anatomy and improving efficiency, this is a grounded, clinically focused conversation on how to deliver restorations that actually serve the patient.

Are we overcomplicating posterior composites?

Are those beautiful fissures and stains actually helping the patient… or just us?

Why does that “perfect” restoration suddenly need 20 minutes of occlusal adjustment after rubber dam removal?

And how can we make functional, predictable composites without burning time or stress?

In this episode, Dr. Vishaal Shah shares a refreshingly practical approach to posterior composites. From understanding the basics, to simplifying anatomy and improving efficiency, this is a grounded, clinically focused conversation on how to deliver restorations that actually serve the patient.

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