Good morning ya jailbirds,
So SmileDirectClub is officially done. Rejoice. Dance. Celebrate🍾🍾🙌🙌
But those not celebrating? The patients who no longer receive a lifetime guarantee and still have to pay for the rest of their treatment- despite not receiving any more aligners
Not great.
Here are today’s topics:
👮Dental School Jail. Selective caries removal and a recurring nightmare from dental school.
☕Coffee Break. Prophy for a horse and why mental health awareness might be hurting mental health.
🟢Next Week. A poll on the bad guys killing your dentin bonding.
Avoiding Dental School Jail
You’re just about to finish prepping that #30-DO back during your dental school days….this ever happen to you?
This poor dental student has a point!
What about selective caries removal?
Before we dive into the literature of caries excavation, here’s a poll for the people:
In dental school...
Our answer?…we were definitely not allowed to perform selective caries removal…especially not on a practical.
But that’s why this good-looking guy is stepping in…
Yup, that’s the ADA and they are having a discussion about the old-school ways of caries excavation…
Brown dentin…not necessarily a reason to remove…because new guidelines from the ADA are preaching this:
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