Are Class I Molars Important? – PDP007

Is this a silly question? Now that I know the answer, perhaps so. But I do think that many students and GDPs fail to see the main role of Class I molars in a pleasing smile… I am joined in this episode by Dr Mohammed Almuzian, Specialist Orthodontist and one of the best educators I have ever had the pleasure of learning from. Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! What we cover in this podcast: What is the significance of Class I molars?How you can calculate what the overjet may be if you carried out alignment only orthodontics in fraction class molarsIs there ever a suitable situation to accept a compromised orthodontic result? Does it always have to finish in Class I molars? As promised in the podcast, here are some helpful links: A guide for Orthodontists and Dentists for treatment planning Orthodontic cases: http://www.aviosanalyser.co.uk/ Dr Almuzian’s academy website: https://www.orthodonticacademy.co.uk/ The FAMOUS Almuzian notes which have been, to date, downloaded more than 350,000 times! https://www.orthodonticacademy.co.uk/almuzian-note Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: It's not the fact that we're chasing after the class one molar, it's because we're chasing after a good stable, pleasing looking smile. And that is led by the posterior... Jaz's Introduction: Hello, everyone, I've got a really good episode for you today. There's some useful links and resources that if you want to access them, you can download the show notes from www.jaz.dental That's Jaz with one Z. That's jaz.dental. And under this sort of episode title, it's like a blog post you can download a PDF version there's quite a few good links that Dr. Mohammed Almuzian shares today. So you can check those out on the website. So some of you know already I'm doing a diploma in orthodontics with ACE which is Academic and Clinical Excellence orthodontics. So it's ACE orthodontics, based in Manchester, and the specialist and the educator or mentor for this diploma is Dr. Mohammed Almuzian, who has been just a beacon of energy. He's been a fantastic educator, and I really wanted him to appear on the show, so he can share his orthodontic gems, and I thought just where a better start. Then one of the pressing questions I always had when I was student or with my restorative background and mindset to ask why our class one molars important. Why are orthodontists dare I say so anal about class one molars. Now if you're someone who's listening to this, who is an orthodontist, or someone who is well versed in orthodontics, you're probably thinking, what the hell is jaz all about? Isn't obvious why class one molars are important? Well, actually, not quite, I don't think is that obvious. And I think some of the points raised today is actually I'm hoping will help a lot of people, a lot of gdps. And maybe students think, oh, that suddenly makes sense, I want something to click, I want the penny to drop. So for example, in my restorative background, my previous sort of rehabilitations or veneer cases, I wouldn't actually always look at the molar classification. If I'm only working anteriorly, maybe slightly increasing of the occlusal vertical dimension, I wouldn't always like record or mentally note the molar classification. And I think that's a mistake. And then now obviously, after doing this diploma, I appreciate the molar classes, much more due to reasons that it will shed some light on why that is today. And also I appreciate faces, I look at faces long face, short face. I really look at that much more now as well. "Do they look brachyfacial? Have they got large masseters? So really learn to appreciate faces after doing the diploma as well. So what me and Dr. Mo cover in this short word valuable chat is, what's the deal with class one molars? Why is this classification so important? Why do we need to sort of appreciate the molars? What does it actually mean?