Protrusive Dental Podcast Jaz Gulati

We need to talk about the ‘S’ word and our mental health.







I never, EVER want to lose a colleague again due to the pressures within Dentistry.







This is why I interviewed Dr Mahrukh Khwaja, a positive psychologist and Dentist, to help us with strategies to improve our mental health.







Why is it that we have so many support channels during a crisis, but no structured pathways to help us AVOID burnout, crisis and stress in Dentistry?









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Protrusive Dental Pearl: What are you doing on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to look after your Mental Health? Do not wait until a crisis, as we already know that prevention is better than the cure.







Take the first steps in looking after your mental health with Mahrukh and her Mind Flossing Toolkit







Buy Mahrukh's new Book on Resilience and Well-being for Dental Professionals







Highlights of this Episode:3:01 Protrusive Dental Pearl4:22 Dr. Mahrukh Khwaja Introduction7:34 Seeking Professional Help12:10 Helping Dental Professionals17:08 Suicide Issue within Dentistry20:02 Reducing Suicidal and Burnout Rate24:24 Inner Voice29:51 Cognitive Reframing36:31 Toxic Work Cultures42:24 Signs to Look Out For49:30 Learn more from Mind Ninja







If you liked this episode, you will also enjoy IC036 - The Secrets to Finding a Passion in Dentistry

THIS is the most impactful interview podcast I have published in almost 6 years of podcasting.







Do you resent bringing your work home with you (treatment plans, letters, CT scans)?







Do you struggle with work-life balance?







Do you have days where you feel unfulfilled?







The honest advice and mindset from Jorge Andre Cardoso might just change your career and YOUR LIFE. This is the real deal, Protruserati!









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As Stress Awareness Month continues, we're taking a close look at the challenges dentists encounter, from making clinical choices to achieving work-life harmony. 







Protrusive Dental Pearl: Explore Jorge Andre Cardoso's Cementation Guide. This resource allows you to access specific protocols tailored to your needs by simply selecting the type of abutment, retention type, and the cement restorative material you plan to use.







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Highlights of this episode:









* 02:39 Protrusive Dental Pearl







* 03:41 Catching Up with Jorge Andre Cardoso







* 05:50 Jorge Andre Cardoso’s Introduction







* 08:32 Practice Ownership: From Stress to Success in Dentistry







* 13:17 Balancing Clinical Work and Life







* 19:38 Education and Work-Life Balance







* 22:34  Embracing Diversity in Dental Practices







* 24:19 The Importance of Foundational Knowledge in Dentistry







* 30:27 Maximizing Practice Efficiency and Personal Fulfillment







* 37:44 Learning More with Jorge Andre Cardoso









For those interested in attending the Conscious Leadership Course this October or November, please act quickly.







Visit Soft Bites online to learn more from Andre and Manuela and secure your spot.







If you are interested in joining a Protruserati cohort - please indicate your interest in Protrusive Guidance. 







Got stress management tips of your own? Share them in the comments! just tell us about what was the most impactful thing that you gained from Andre in this episode.







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 love this episode, be sure to watch Dentistry is STRESSFUL with Manuela Rodrigues















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Jaz's Introduction: Protruserati, this might be the most important episode I've ever, ever, ever made. I'm not exaggerating. It is Stress Awareness Month and what me and my guest, Jorge Andre Cardoso, what we cover is just amazing. Mostly him,

I remember being a dental student and a simple 'check up' could take HOURS! Then the tutor would come along and complete the observation in 30 seconds...







‘How does a routine general dental examination work in the real world?’, asks Emma, our Protrusive student.







The humble ‘check-up’ - as far as you can get from sexy before and after cases. The stuff no one is posting about on socials…until now!









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Jaz and Emma dissect a ‘routine oral health exam’ and Jaz even includes a full video of a standard check-up, complete with the banter, bitewings and bad explanations! ;)







Be sure to check out this additional video freely accessible on our platform, Protrusive Guidance!







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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS EPISODE:04:28 - Emma's Dive into Dentures05:45 - Pop Quiz Time: Testing Dental Composite Knowledge06:30 - Success in Dentistry: It's in the Details 08:13 - What Does a Check-Up Look Like?09:20 - Personal Touch: Jaz's Check-up Style10:50 - Defining a Healthy Mouth14:55 - Neck Lumps Discovery16:33 - Masseter Muscle Insights18:29 - TMJ Movement Evaluation21:21 - Temporalis Muscle Assessment38:27 - Patient History39:10 - Soft Tissue Evaluation39:28 - Basic Periodontal Exam40:25 - Magnification Importance51:10 - Confidence







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.







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If you liked this episode, you will also like PS002 -  Adhesive Dentistry for Beginners















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Jaz's Introduction: When I was a dental student, I remember being on clinic and doing an examination, and it would just take me so long. And it's overwhelming when you're learning and you realize, oh my goodness, there's so much to check. You try and remember the oral medicine lectures. They tell you to check every single lymph node under the sun.







Jaz's Introduction:And then of course, you remember the occlusion, the very few occlusion lectures you had, and you get the patient to bite together and you don't know what you're doing. You don't know what you're checking for, but you're just checking that the bite exists. And then to try and compute all the things you're seeing and try and put it in some sort of diagnosis and explanation, when you're a student, it's tricky.







Which is why I've got Emma, our Protrusive Student on today to talk about routine, just routine, gold standard, daily examinations, something that you will see in general practice in the future. Whilst I am recording with Emma Hutchinson, the student, this is suitable for anyone who wants to learn, any dentist at any stage of career, who just wants to get back to basics, back to foundations.







For a, what I call a Real World Examination. The reason I call it a real world examination is because the things that I'll be discussing today and what I'll be sharing video form on the Pr...

When the patient feels pain during an ID block. When a matrix does not seal the cavity perfectly. When the shade of your crown doesn’t blend as well as you would like. When the endo you did last year failed.







All of these cause us anxiety. All of these are failures in some form, and as Dentists, it eats at us.







Let’s admit it: we are perfectionists.







Life isn’t about being perfect, but it is all to do with the effort we apply to better ourselves day to day. Failure is a major part of success, but being hung up on our shortcomings will only lead to a downward spiral, which in turn will affect our results and general practice. In this episode we are joined by Dr Marco Maiolino, all the way from beautiful Sicily, Italy.







One of the biggest takeaways from my chat with Marco was the abolishment of the ‘gold standard’ or the standard of perfection - but rather, let’s aim for the ‘daily standard’









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Protrusive Dental Pearl: We cannot be depressed AND grateful at the same time. Let us find moments in our day and in our Dentistry to be grateful.







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Highlights of the Episode:01:43 DENTAL PEARL - Be Grateful!02:37 - Dr. Marco Maiolino05:13 - The Technician's Perspective 08:15 - Beating Imposter Syndrome10:55 - Ideal vs. Real: Marco's Take on Dental Perfection13:00 - Lessons from Aviation17:48 - Embracing Imperfection31:00 - From Failures to Standards42:08 - How to Bounce Back from Failure  







Learn more from Dr Marco Maiolino







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 IC030 - Toxic Work Cultures in Dentistry















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Jaz's Introduction: Let's face it, no one really enjoys failure, but nothing teaches you as well as failure does. Failure really is the best educator in any discipline, especially in dentistry.







Jaz’s Introduction:Of all the clinical educators that I know, the kind of people that I have the most time for are those who are happy and willing to share their failures with us.







This next guest we have on today, Dr. Marco Maiolino from Siracusa in Sicily. Apparently on his three-day course on VertiPreps, the last day, like the half day is just dedicated to all his failures. And I really, really respect that. I try and emulate that. I love sharing. Well, I say love is a strong word, but I like to share my failures so we can all learn together.







And with Marco, like, what he writes on his blog, it's just brilliant. There's a blog he had titled The Imperfect Dentist. And now we need to stop chasing perfection. Perfection should not be the standard. And so it's with great pleasure as part of Mental Health Month. April is Mental Health Month and so at least half the episodes...

Dental Student in THREE different countries?!







This is a story of grit and determination. I hope that it will allow us all to reconnect with that burning desire we once had to enter our profession.







In this episode, we meet Nav, AKA the_stu_Dent who has had the craziest journey as a Dental Student. Not only defined as a mature student, but as a British born overseas one now working his way to qualifying in Slovakia, with hopes of eventually returning to the UK where he wants to practice full time in the near future.









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Check out this entertaining episode, where we uncover what makes the_stu_Dent tick and why he ended up pursuing Dentistry with such determination, the highs and lows, and how he ended up trying at 3 different Universities in 3 different countries, just to fulfill his dreams.







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Highlights01:35 - Nav, the-stu-dent Introduction 04:25 - Why Ukraine and what year did The-stu-dent enter?09:18 - How did Egypt come about?14:16 - Failure was not an option16:24 - What happened when The-stu-dent visited Egypt first-time around?19:14 - 3rd STOP - Slovakia.21:54 - What are the fees like in Slovakia?25:13 - What was the decision behind choosing Slovakia over alternative countries in the EU?27:15 - What has The-Students experience of Slovakia been like, and how much clinical exposure do you get?30:58 - Are you working part-time to fund your dentistry?35:17 - What are The-Stu-dents final words of Wisdom?







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 PS002 - Adhesive Dentistry for Beginners















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Jaz's Introduction: Imagine being a mature dental student who has to go to study in Ukraine. And then you realize actually the course you're on actually was potentially a fake course, and then you had to go to Egypt.







Jaz’s Introduction:And then for one reason or another, which we will reveal on this podcast, you end up then moving, transferring to Slovakia, and it's now been something like seven years, but you're only still in your third year.







Sounds crazy. I know, but trust me, this guy, Nav Bhatti. His desire and his hunger to get into dentistry is amazing. It's really admirable and I think he's got a really funny story if he doesn't mind me saying this. It's funny because, like, he's the type of guy who's very happy go lucky. He's very straight talking.







He's humble and someone who you can look back and laugh about it. But he's been through a real tough time with all these countries. And I have so much respect for, again, once again, for his desire and his hunger. And so now he's in a good place in Slovakia, but it makes for a fantastic episode. I think guy's in for a real treat, something a little bit different.

Rubber Dam isolation can be tricky enough sometimes - it is especially awkward when the TERMINAL MOLAR needs restoring. How on earth does one isolate AND matrix this tooth?







In this episode, Dr. Celine Higton delves into the intricacies of rubber dam isolation, particularly focusing on the last tooth in the arch. This discussion ties into the broader theme of mental health, highlighting how mastering such techniques can lead to a more enjoyable and stress-free practice. 









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Protrusive Dental Pearl: "Cow Mode" as a technique to improve access to the mouth's hard-to-reach areas, especially around the last molars. By instructing patients to shift their jaw to one side, akin to a cow's chewing, this approach aids in better oral hygiene practices and facilitates procedures like rubber dam isolation when clamping the terminal molar.







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Highlights of this episode:









* 02:24 Protrusive Dental Pearl







* 5:36 Introduction to Dr Céline Higton







* 7:07 The Journey from Architecture to Dentistry







* 9:15  Mastering Rubber Dam Isolation: Tips and Techniques







* 14:12 Types of Clamps Ideal for Isolating the Last Tooth (Upper)







* 18:01 Dental Pearl - Cow Mode







* 19:22 Accessing the Last Tooth







* 22:13 Dr. Céline’s Personal Choice of Rubber Dam







* 23:11 Proper Lubrication for Rubber Dam







* 25:00 Correct Flossing Technique







* 27:01 Matrixing the Last Tooth







* 32:09 Cavity Preparation







* 35:37 Isolating the Last Tooth (Lower)







* 37:28 Coronoid Process in Clamp Placement







* 38:36 How to get in touch with Dr Celine









Reach out to Dr. Céline Higton via her Instagram, @drcelinehigton and via her website, #RUBBERDAMFAM







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 love this episode, be sure to watch 10 Commandments for Staying Out of Trouble















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Jaz's Introduction: When you're going through the journey of learning rubber dam isolation, because you want to level up your restorative dentistry and become better at adhesive dentistry.







Jaz's Introduction:And for me, I've talked about before, like for me, rubber dam is my tranquil environment. It's when I'm least stressed. I've got rubber dam on,