Dental Trauma for General Dentists: Regenerative Endo & Vital Pulp Therapy | Dr. Rebeca Weisleder

Dental trauma is one of the scariest calls a general dentist gets, and the first few minutes decide whether the tooth survives. Endodontist Dr. Rebeca Weisleder, chair of endodontics in Kansas City and one of Dr. Jennifer Bell's dental school mentors, explains what GPs need to know: why every patient needs a trauma history, the free app and guidelines to keep on hand, how regenerative endodontics can save teeth with open apices, and why a pulp exposure no longer means an automatic root canal. In this episode: - Why GPs see trauma first, and why it always comes back - Taking a trauma history: patients don't call soccer, siblings or boxing "trauma" - How answering the after-hours trauma call can build your practice - The free ToothSOS app and the IADT and AAE trauma guidelines - What to tell a parent holding a knocked-out tooth: "just put it in" - Regenerative endodontics for open apices, step by step - Saving a fractured tooth, and why you need a CBCT - Vital pulp therapy and direct pulp caps with bioceramics - Whatever happened to Resilon? 📰 Plus dental news from June 2022: the COVID public health emergency extension, the dental insurance market heading to $313 billion by 2027, and why it's time to update your fee schedule. Dr. Rebeca Weisleder is a board-certified endodontist (American Board of Endodontics) and, at the time of recording, chair of endodontics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She trained in Mexico City and taught at UNC, where Dr. Jennifer Bell was her student. Chapters: 0:00 Intro: our 100th show 2:12 News: public health emergency extended 4:59 News: the $313 billion dental insurance market 6:38 Time to update your fee schedule 9:43 Meet Dr. Rebeca Weisleder 12:18 From Mexico City to UNC 16:38 Why endodontics? 17:35 Why GPs see trauma first 20:14 Trauma history, TMJ and resorption 23:32 "Not a contact sport" 25:32 Answering the after-hours trauma call 27:13 The ToothSOS app 28:44 AAE and IADT trauma guidelines 30:08 What to tell parents on the phone 30:54 Regenerative endodontics for open apices 34:01 The regenerative protocol, step by step 36:52 Saving a fractured tooth: why CBCT matters 38:06 Vital pulp therapy and direct pulp caps 41:06 Why saving the tooth matters for patients 43:15 Whatever happened to Resilon? 45:03 Closing 🎧 Listen to the podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dentists-in-the-know/id1543254763 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Elfj6LX0hCUyp0AgdTsij 📺 Make sure you subscribe to catch new episodes live every Wednesday at 8pm ET! https://www.youtube.com/@dentistsintheknow 🌐 Check out our brand new website: https://dentistsintheknow.com 🌟 Stay up to date on all the latest dental trends when you follow the DINKs: https://fanflet.com/dinks/social-2