A Practical Guide to Modern Caries Management Part 2 – Peptides, SDF, Hydroxyapatite and Xeristomia! – PDP269
About this episode
The episode discusses modern approaches to caries management, including the use of peptides, SDF, and hydroxyapatite toothpaste.
Should we still be drilling early caries lesions? Where do peptides, resin infiltration, fluoride varnish and SDF actually fit in modern practice? Is hydroxyapatite toothpaste a genuine alternative to fluoride, or just another dental trend? And when you see that suspicious grey occlusal shadow, do you seal it, explore it, or actively surveil it? In part two of this modern caries management episode, Jaz continues the conversation with Prof. Avijit Banerjee on minimal intervention dentistry. This episode moves beyond diagnosis and communication into the practical management of early and progressing caries lesions, including peptides, SDF, hydroxyapatite toothpaste, fissure sealing, xerostomia, root caries and selective caries removal. https://youtu.be/dGt7FW7C4N0 Watch PDP269 on YouTube Protrusive Dental Pearl Use the Contemporary Caries Management Implementation Pack as a chairside aid to turn the episode into daily clinical action. ⚠️ Learning the evidence is not enough if it never makes it into your patient conversations, risk assessment or treatment planning. ✅ Print it, laminate it, and use it to support communication, diagnosis, active surveillance and minimally invasive…
People in this episode
Host: Jaz Gulati
Guest: Prof. Avijit Banerjee
Topics covered
- modern caries management
- minimal intervention dentistry
- early caries lesions
- peptides
- SDF
- hydroxyapatite
- xerostomia
Mentioned in this episode
Products: hydroxyapatite toothpaste, SDF, fluoride varnish, peptides
Places: xerostomia, root caries, early caries lesions, fissure sealing
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