Episode #121 - Visualizing the Treatment Plan From the Wax-Up to Definitive Restorations with Dr. Andrew Cobb

Summary: Dr. Andrew Cobb is the director of core curriculum at the Dawson Academy. This is where they share the core concepts instituted by Pete Dawson decades ago. He also has a private practice and is an experienced clinician and teacher. Today, we talk about Drew’s method for visualizing the treatment plan from the wax-up to the definitive restorations. He has a method for breaking everything down into steps that he follows with each and every patient. He uses checklists for each of the stages and makes sure to share his treatment planning with other specialists that may be working on the case. Through thorough planning and presentation, the work can be done in an easy and predictable way that gets the results you promise your patient. This process saves time, money, stress, and heart-ache. You can find Dr. Andrew Cobb here: <a href="https://www.cobbdentistry.net/">Andrew C. Cobb, DDS</a> <a href="http://dental.thedawsonacademy.com/author/dr-andrew-cobb">Dr. Andrew Cobb Dawson Academy</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AndrewCCobbDDS/">Andrew C Cobb, DDS on Facebook</a> Show Notes [02:09] Drew is the director of the core curriculum at the Dawson Academy. They share the core concepts that Pete Dawson instituted decades ago. [02:38] The core process of how we deal with patients who have a different need than the tooth by tooth process still stands. [02:46] It's a format and a protocol on how to deal with all of your patients. It's specifically to identify a process to find ideal treatment with long-term, predictable dentistry for these patients. [03:01] This process changed Dr. Drew's life as a dentist. [04:09] Treatment planning is where we live and breathe daily.We have to come up with treatment plans because that's how we fill our schedule. [04:28] Specialty patients have more advanced needs. We have a process to go through that makes these more complicated cases easier. [04:44] It's a repeatable process for each patient every time. We like a step wise process to get you from the beginning to doing the dentistry and to have a low stress, predictable outcome. [05:18] The potential for stress actually gets harder the better you get at dentistry. [06:47] How incredible it is to improve patient's life and appearance. [06:57] There are people who fix teeth and there are people who change lives. You just need to decide which one you want to be. [07:31] The would I do it on me phase. This is about doing ethical dentistry and taking the time to really evaluate your patients. You have additional records and models and photos. [07:43] You're going to work up the case and that's how you develop what the solutions actually are. The first step is critical. You can't do a good job without doing the first step. [08:15] The more you guess the more you will be wrong. You don't want to be wrong on the definitive restoration day. [08:41] The importance of slowing down and doing things right the first time.

Episode #121 - Visualizing the Treatment Plan From the Wax-Up to Definitive Restorations with Dr. Andrew Cobb

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