Protrusive Dental Podcast

48:56

Thoughts Become Things - How to Be Happier in...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/10/02

When a filling doesn’t go to plan, how many times do you replay it on the drive home?Have you fallen out of love with dentistry — or just with the way you’re experiencing it right now?Why do the habits that could help your headspace get forgotten by Wednesday?And when did you last ask yourself: have my thoughts been serving me today?This is an Interference Cast episode — no margins, no bonding protocols. Jaz is joined by Neo Positivity, a former Camden, New Jersey police officer turned

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81:38

How to Explain Treatment Risks and Fees Without...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/09/30

How do you explain everything that could go wrong with a root canal — without the patient walking out?Why does a signed consent form protect you far less than you think?What should you say in the exact moment after you tell a patient the fee?And which single word is quietly sabotaging every future conversation you have about maintenance?This is Part 2 of our communication masterclass with Dr Zak Kara, principal dentist at Smile Stories in Bournemouth, who coaches and mentors dentists on

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81:00

How to Talk to Patients Who Only Want One Tooth Fixed...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/09/23

NEW: 15% OFF FIGS Worldwide 🌍 - use code FIGSPD15 at wearfigs.comWhat 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 patient you’ve

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55:32

Studying Dentistry in Bulgaria / Spain / Hungary and...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/09/18

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,

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59:34

No More Air Polishing or Prophy Paste! Revolutionary...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/09/16

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

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89:28

Full Mouth Reconstruction with Lukasz Lassmann and...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/09/09

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

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58:26

Daddy Dentist: Balancing Fatherhood and Dentistry -...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/09/02

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,

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55:32

The Art and Science of Complete Denture Success - PDP282

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/08/28

Complete Dentures That Actually Work: Impressions, CR & AdaptationYou 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

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55:17

Biological Dentistry vs Holistic - Trend or Future?...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/08/26

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,

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48:43

How Not to Cry Whilst Injection Moulding - Secrets to...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/08/19

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

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53:06

Maintain or Extract? First Permanent Molars of Poor...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/08/12

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

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62:43

TRAYLESS Whitening Technique Part 2 - Tetracycline...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/08/05

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

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TRAYLESS Whitening Technique Part 2 – Tetracycline...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/08/05

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

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66:50

TRAYLESS Whitening Technique Part 1 - with Dr Wyman...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/07/30

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

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62:25

Why is Dr Tif Qureshi doing Blood Tests for his...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/07/15

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

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56:42

Mastering Pediatric Dentistry: Pulpotomy and Crown...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/07/08

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

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46:31

Consent in Orthodontics Should Be Individualised –...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/07/03

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

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43:15

Thinking About Teaching Dentistry? Here’s What You...

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/07/01

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

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59:35

Putting the ENT into dENTistry – PDP272

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/06/24

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

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47:32

Your Dental Assistant Can Make or Break You – IC075

Protrusive Dental Podcast ·

2026/06/17

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

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