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See blue dot. Erase blue dot. That was my clinical application of Occlusion at Dental school!
This episode was ‘Occlusion for Dental Students and New Grads’ – as featured on The Very Dental Student podcast.
Oklahoma based Dental student Mohamed Abo-Basha asked Jaz questions to make Occlusion tangible – exploring topics like using a face bow, understanding the importance of centric relation in everyday dentistry (and why in our DAILY bread and butter Dentistry, it’s not very important for 99% of our patients), and strategies for improving our ability to adapt to our patients’ occlusions.
Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below!
Highlights of the episode:
- 0:00 Intro
- 02:37 Mohamed Abo-Basha and The Very Dental Student Podcast
- 05:33 Always check Occlusion Pre-Op
- 11:29 Articulating Paper
- 16:43 Centric Relation
- 26:39 Facebows – what and why?
- 39:02 3D Scanner – can it replace traditional impressions and Facebow transfer?
- 43:57 Occlusal Diagnosis – does it benefit single tooth dentistry?
- 58:19 Outro
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