LaRee Johnson – Restorative Dentistry-2025 CSPD Friday Session 2 Restorative Dentistry Part 2 Speaker LaRee Johnson

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Dr. Natalie Vanderkam introduces Dr. Vivian Valdez, a pediatric dentist from Image Specialty Partners, highlighting innovative dental practice ownership. Dr. Johnson then delivers an in-depth pediatric dentistry session focusing on compassionate caries management, vital pulp therapy, and restorative techniques. She emphasizes avoiding silver diamine fluoride on front teeth due to esthetic concerns and bullying implications.<br /><br />She discusses Hall Technique usage, alongside an extensive review of pulp therapies, detailing her transition through various medicaments from formocresol to modern calcium silicate-based products like NeoMTA and Neoliner. Traumatic dental injuries are covered, showcasing pulp healing via calcium silicate materials. Discourse on indirect pulp caps reveals the necessity for adequate caries removal, emphasizing slow-speed burrs over spoons to minimize pulp exposure.<br /><br />Advanced restorative care with zirconia and bioflex crowns focuses on proper tooth preparation, cementation, and fitting protocols. Dr. Johnson advises on space maintainers, highlighting band fitting, cementation techniques, and appliance management, stressing the importance of orthodontic considerations like molar substitution and crossbite correction appliances. She addresses surgical tooth extractions with tips on forcep usage and flap management.<br /><br />Digital impressions with scanners such as iTero streamline workflow, reduce patient discomfort, and minimize lab errors. Special needs patient care, including phrenotomies and full-mouth treatments under anesthesia, is discussed compassionately. Dr. Johnson also details handling trauma cases, tooth fragment reattachment techniques, and postoperative pain management following intraosseous anesthesia.<br /><br />The session concludes with office operational insights emphasizing efficient, part-time staffing models promoting work-life balance. Overall, the lecture offers a comprehensive, pragmatic approach blending clinical excellence, patient-centered care, and innovative practice management in pediatric dentistry.

Keywords

pediatric dentistry

compassionate caries management

vital pulp therapy

restorative techniques

silver diamine fluoride

Hall Technique

calcium silicate materials

NeoMTA

Neoliner

traumatic dental injuries

indirect pulp caps

zirconia crowns

bioflex crowns

space maintainers

digital impressions