4 Ways and 6 Great Reasons to Document Your Dentistry – IC046

As part of Documentation Month, Jaz dives into the crucial realm of documenting dentistry. In this episode, he shares four methods he utilizes to document his daily dental practice, followed by six compelling reasons – in reverse order – why documenting your dentistry is indispensable. So, get ready as we count down from six to one! But first, let's recap: In our previous episode, we explored the marvels of employing AI to automate note-taking, saving precious time and boosting efficiency. If you missed it, make sure to catch NEVER WRITE NOTES AGAIN! HOW I USE AI FOR AWESOME AND EFFICIENT DENTAL RECORDS – PDP181. https://youtu.be/e6pNhWhyhNU Watch IC046 on Youtube Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Highlights of this episode:00:53 Utilizing Intra-Oral Camera2:30 Investing in good DSLR Camera3:16 Documenting with Intra-Oral Scans3:51 Camera Mounted on Loupes4:56 Portfolio Building7:34 Monitor Changes9:00 Patient Communication11:35 Good Mentorship13:24 Medico-Legal14:29 Fulfillment in Dentistry Access the CPD quiz through our app on https://www.protrusive.app, either on your browser or by downloading our mobile app. For the full educational experience, our Ultimate Education Plan gives you access to all our courses, webinars, and exclusive monthly content. Join us on Protrusive Guidance, our own platform for dental professionals. No need for Facebook anymore! 😉 If you loved this episode be sure to watch 6 Signs You are a Comprehensive Dentist – IC010 Click below for full episode transcript: Jaz's Introduction: In this episode, I'm going to share with you the four ways that I document my daily dentistry. And I'll give you six great reasons in reverse order. So like my top six, if you like. So six, five, four, the countdown all the way to the number one reason. So if you listen to the end of the episode, I'll tell you the number one reason to document your dentistry. Jaz’s Introduction:Hello, Protruserati. I'm Jaz Gulati and welcome back to your favorite dental podcast. This is kind of like the non clinical arm of the podcast, but actually you could argue that it is clinical. I've just got so many mishmash of episodes, and because it's still just about documentation month, like if it's March, and hopefully we managed, our team managed to publish it in March, then it was documentation month. In the previous episode, I talked about how I use AI to to auto generate my notes so I don't have to type my notes anymore, which is the most blissful thing ever. So if you haven't listened to that, please do check it out. But just to wrap up Documentation Month, I just want to go a bit deeper into what are the ways I'm documenting my dentistry and give you six great reasons to do so. So the first great way to document the dentistry is with an app. intraoral camera. Now, I know so many of you have suggested I make some content specifically for this and it's coming soon. We're just going, literally, by the time you'll be hearing this, I'll probably be coming back for my vacation. I'm going to Tenerife. Family holiday much needed. Oh, it's been so nice to have this holiday to look forward to. So when I come back, top of my list is to make a video showing you exactly which intraoral camera I'm using. And by the way, it's like super cheap. It's like amazingly cheap and it's been brilliant. I'll tell you how to look after it. So it's essentially nurse proof. And the ROI on that is just phenomenal. So I'll make bespoke content just about the intraoral camera. And this is just magic. Every dentist I truly believe needs to have an intraoral camera to take a quick snap of a tooth to explain something to a patient or an ulcer or a swelling or a sinus tract or a crack big time. Like I will air abrade a crack and I'll take a photo of it. And so just so handy and easy to do it. Like if you have to reach for a DSLR, then you have to get your mirror out and zoom in and take this s...