Philosophy of Functional Occlusion with Riaz Yar – PDP066

Published: April 1, 2021, 4:48 p.m.

Canine guidance is overrated. Read that again. Crazy, I know. In this episode, one of my mentors Dr Riaz Yar explains the rationale of a functional occlusion whereby the pillars are the central incisor and the first molar. https://youtu.be/aQRQ43R4Obg Dr Riaz Yar is SUCH a good Educator I found some similarities to the Posterior Guided Occlusion (click to listen to the episodes by Dr Andy Toy) in that we place too much emphasis on canine guidance. Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental Pearl: There is no joy in mediocre DentistryDr John Kois I hope you find this episode stimulating - and if you are a true protruserati, you will be grateful for another point of view AND NOT be upset that we all can't agree with each other, haha! Stay tuned for STRAIGHTPRIL! Did you miss out on SplintCourse enrollment? It will be relaunching in June - click here to register for the launch offer Check out Dr Riaz Yar's courses here - his book will also be launching in Q4 2021 - watch this space! If you enjoyed this episode, check out Posterior Guided Occlusion with Andy Toy! Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: I just couldn't get it out of my head. It took, you know, years and years of reading and reading and reading. I just, it just never comfortably sat in my head. And so there was always this niggling doubt and it always hit me when someone asked me a question, you know, and the biggest question that always got me. If the canine tip's well, why would you give them canine guidance again?... Jaz's Introduction: Hello, Protruserati. I'm jaz Gulati and welcome to Episode 66 of the Protrusive Dental podcast. Are you feeling a little bit less stressed off that phenomenal episode where Manuela Rodrigues which was Episode 65, which is all about how we can be more mindful in dentistry. So thank you again Manuela for that. This episode, I had to just squeeze in occlusion one more time before we came to the end of March because April is straightpril. Okay? Doesn't quite have the same ring to it as splintember but, you know, give me some props here straightpril is not bad. So it's all about orthodontics. Next month, we're gonna talk about retention protocols, the do's and don'ts of aligners elastic in aligner therapy, and the whole GDP vs specialist debates. So we have a GDP, and specialist on so you get both perspectives. So that's all coming in a few weeks very soon. Before we dive into the meat and potatoes of the main episode, just want to share some news with you guys some really cool news, the splintcourse enrollment, which some of you, many of you took part in, has ended and oh my god, it was phenomenal. I'm so pumped to have delegates from all over the world from Taiwan, Singapore, UAE, India, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. It's great to have a real community of people who just want to learn about splints. And already we've got this secret Facebook group, everyone's posting cases. And it's a really special group that's really engaging, I just want to share with you the feedback I got from the very first delegate who finished splint course his name is Nasir Javaid. And this is what Nasir had to say about the splint course, "What a brilliantly put together online course. This course is bursting with educational gems, patient videos, detailed explanations and easy to follow and digest format, you can tell a lot of thought has gone into preparing and delivering this course. And it's directly relevant to everyday practice makes it most engaging. One of the most value for money courses I've ever done. Thanks Jaz." Well, that is just spectacular. For my first delegate who's finished it, what can I am just absolutely made up after that feedback. Nasir, thanks for being the first delegate to finish and since now I'm recording this five people have finished a splint course entirely. And the feedback is just great.