To Drill or Not to Drill? – PDP027

Many Dentists still believe that caries in to dentine on a radiograph automatically means they need to start drilling – why might they be wrong? https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=564343240902780 Remember that case I posted on my FB and IG page some months ago? It had SPLIT our profession down the middle as to whether you should drill those carious lesions or not. https://www.facebook.com/protrusive/posts/670960430338941 Well, I asked Louis McKenzie about this case, as well as about caries detections systems and WHEN we should be picking up the drill? Why should use a caries detection system (such as ICDAS)? Which is the best system? We share THAT case – the one that split the opinions of THOUSANDS of Dentists – find out what Louis would have done! Find out what I DID end up doing! What about cracks? Does that count as a ‘cavitation’ and therefore warrant restoration? We discuss a classification to describe radiographic caries. Pearl: when you place immediate resin bonded bridges, consider a split pontic technique! www.rbbmasterclass.com for the full online course – use MAY2020 before 31st May 2020 to get a discount!