Stop Getting Open Contacts in Tricky Class II Restorations – GF008

TIME SENSITIVE - 50% off Maciek's Online Contact Point Ambassador Course! Click here Let's face it, Class IIs may be our bread and butter Restorative Dentistry but they are ANYTHING but simple. In some scenarios, achieving a perfect contact on a class II restoration seems impossible.You have likely been in a scenario where everything is going to plan and your matrix is looking like it will achieve a lovely contact area - however, as soon as you insert the wedge or tighten the band (circumferential matrices) the matrix leans away from the adjacent tooth, revealing a ghastly looking open contact. How can we overcome this? Is soft tissue removal an option? In this Group Function, I’m again joined by my boy Dr Maciek Czerwinski who answers this emphatically! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6pu7FLb9Kw The full episode! Minor video issues with Maciek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvX-oaEaqUI How to do Teflon Floss Technique - the Main Interview Podcast Video has some syncing issues, please bare with us! Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! “If you use the stiff wedge, if the wedge is too big it will just move the matrix (and you lose your contact), but if you've got something soft, it will go under the curvature of the matrix, and then it will just self adapt.” - Dr Maciek Czerwinski In this group function we also discuss: Is it necessary to remove soft tissue? - Why? How? What to use? How to improve the contact areaWhy and when to place an orthodontic separator to help your future restoration Tired of spending hours just to customise your stiff wedges and matrices? Check this gem shared by Dr Maciek - FINALLy the video on how to do the Teflon Floss technique (as promised in the episode): Also, Dr Maciek is giving 50% off to all Protruserati up until June 30. Click here to check it out! I have done his online course and it was very comprehensive and is guaranteed to improve your contact points no matter how tricky the situation. It is an all-encompassing direct restorations online course - with play by play explanation of matricing, wedging, ring selection and isolation! Click on the image to check out Maciek's course! If you have any other questions that would make a good group function, please do message me on @protrusivedental Instagram page or the Facebook Page If you enjoyed this, you might also like my other episode with Dr Maciek Czerwinski on Which is the Best Matrix System for Class II Restorations  Click here for Full Episode Transcription: Opening Snippet: When I first saw this I was disgusted when I first saw this I was like you're removing healthy papilla, you're gonna destroy the biological width. The patient will die, the patient will get necrosis you know all these things. Jaz’s Introduction: Have you ever had that scenario where you’ve got your matrix band in and you’ve got this lovely looking contact area and thinking great there’s gonna be a home run restoration but then you put in your wedge and okay the whole contact is now open right? The matrix that was beautifully contacting the adjacent tooth before is no longer contacting that tooth. What’s happened there and how can we overcome this really simple basic but daily bread and butter issue? I’ve got none other than Maciek Czerwiński obviously came on to do an amazing episode all about Matrix Selection which is the best Matrix and I hope you enjoyed that episode.So today we’re gonna be talking about this class two woes. Do you make these class two mistakes? We’re gonna be talking about the importance of recognizing how to overcome this issue that as soon as you put wedge in the contact area opens or the second scenario is the importance of soft tissue removal. Like I couldn’t believe that when I spoke to Maciek, He revealed that in 70% of his Class II cases he’s having to remove some soft tissue.Now if you’ve seen some of his work on Facebook you’ll see why he’s dealing with some p...