Dental Fillings are Actually Incredible

Invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: Purchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, and more. See important Masterworks disclosures: - - - - We’ve gotten way better in the engineering and design of fixing teeth in the last 70 years. Join me in uncovering the hidden secrets of what great dentistry means, ⭐ Update: March 28th Thanks for your comments. I realized in my ruthless writing optimization that I left out my appreciation for all dentists and how most are amazing professionals. I would have also mentioned that biomimetic principles aren’t unique, many are gold standard conservative dentistry practices. - - - - 👉 LAYPERSON RESOURCES • Dr. Nejad has a patient info course on Biomimetics that I found helpful when first learning about good dentistry • Youtube channel designed for dental students, helpful if you want to learn a LOT about the fundamentals of fixing cavities and other parts of dentistry: • Listing of some biomimetic dentists: Not all are listed (the one I found wasn’t here). Again as a disclaimer, biomimetic credentials don’t mean their work is bad, or their attitude sucks. Do your research, have a conversation with them. - - - - 👉 DENTIST RESOURCES Useful Biomimetic Summaries • Biomimetic Protocols: • Amazing video lecture on biomimetic principles, research, and clinical implementation by Dr. David Alleman: Video quality is a bit rough but the content is wonderful. Biomimetic Dentist Instagram - Clinical Cases & Research Discussion • Dr. Ash - Amazing biomimetic summaries plus she launched her YouTube channel! • Dr. Steven Schiffenhaus - Hilarious and informative, his analogies made me laugh and simplified my understanding of the research • Dr. Davey Alleman - • Dr. Bill Gergis - Other • Dental Digest Podcast: Incredible source of information, great host who asks excellent questions and drills into the details • 6 Fracture Modes of Teeth - Dr. Graeme Milicich: There’s a course on Academy of Biomimetic Dentistry and it’s one of the most useful sources of information I found for me to understand why teeth to fracture and not only with amalgams and how dentists can better handle crack identification, removal, and mitigation. - - - - SUPPORT ME If you enjoyed this video, consider supporting me so I can produce more of this kind of content: - - - - Table of Contents: 0:00 Intro - The Surprising Design of Dentistry 0:49 The Clever Mechanical Design of Silver Fillings 4:01 Masterworks Sponsorship #Ad 5:45 Why Silver Fillings are Bad 6:29 White Fillings - Better, But Harder For a Reason Few People Know 10:50 Dental Crowns - Good or Bad and the Fight Between Dentists 11:16 Biomimetic Dentists - The Secret Society of Amazing Professionals - - - - Creative Commons Attributions Licensed Under CC BY 3.0: My Dental Key Class I Amalgam Preparation Pediatric Class I Resin Composite Restoration Tofflemire matrix band placement How To Uncover GOLD From Liquid Mercury! PioneerPauly Replacement of dental Amalgam restoration for esthetic purpose ♠️😉 Dental Knowledge Class II Amalgam Restoration - Conservative Dentistry- MSA University - Stephanie Defus Amalgam Procedure - Apologies for the misattribution in the video Cervical resin filling. Class V composite resin restoration. Jinwoo Bae [ChyuieThuth] #19 MO Class 2 Amalgam Prep [ChyuieThuth] #19 Class 1 Amalgam Prep Creative Commons 4.0: Kingfisher Bird - Laitche