Retraction Cords and Subgingival Dentistry with Lincoln Harris – PDP124

Sub-Gingival dentistry: the dark, scary, bloody world you don’t see as much on Instagram. Straight talking Dr Lincoln Harris will help you choose the right retraction cord protocols to reduce your stress during subgingival caries removal and crown/onlay preparations. https://youtu.be/RyOIO61wfpE Check out this full episode on YouTube Join us to see Lincoln Harris LIVE in London for a full-day keynote lecture: From Class 1 Composites to Complicated crown preps.  Protrusive Dental Pearl: When inverting/tucking in the rubber dam, instruct your DA to blow air continuously at your flat plastic instrument as it works around the sulcus. This will effectively and efficiently tuck/invert the rubberdam for a better seal (and sexier photos!) Highlights of this episode: 3:33 Protrusive pearl regarding inverting/tucking the rubber dam 6:40 Deep Subgingival Caries cases 11:44 Deep Subgingival Caries Protocol 22:44 Which Retraction Cords to Use 25:10 Retraction cord protocol on Silicone Impression 30:50 Retraction cord protocol on Digital Scanners  31:48 Teflon as Retractor 35:53 Isolation of Class V restorations 42:02 Place of rubberdam on class V restorations Check out Ripe Global, one of the biggest groups in Dentistry with 80,000+ members! As a bonus, check this one-page summary of this episode Head over to protrusive.link under the Infographics Tab for the other one-page infographics summary of the past episodes If you enjoyed this episode, then do check out this 5 Lessons from Dr. Lincoln Harris and also this Rubber Dam Isolation by Dr. Harmeet Grewal