{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Protrusive Dental Podcast","title":"A Practical Guide to Modern Caries Management – MIOC and MID Part 1 – PDP268","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3718,"description":"If you showed the same bitewing to 10 dentists, would they all agree on whether to pick up the drill?\nWhy does the word monitoring mean nothing to a patient — and how does swapping it for active surveillance change everything from your notes to your indemnity to your government policy meetings?\nIs it overtreatment to act on an E2 lesion — or is “watch and wait” actually the lazy answer dressed up as minimally invasive?\nAnd what should you actually do with AI caries detection that flags shadows your eye doesn’t see?\nIn this episode, Professor Avijit Banerjee— Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry at King’s College London, Honorary Consultant at Guy’s & St Thomas’, and First Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at the College of General Dentistry — sits down with Jaz for what is genuinely one of the most important caries conversations on the podcast. Part one of two.\nAvijit doesn’t do soft answers. The drill-fill-bill model is broken. “Monitoring” needs to go. “Treatment planning” is antiquated terminology medics dropped twenty-five years ago. And AI in caries diagnosis? Useful — but the moment it gets things wrong, you are the one with indemnity, not the software.\nWhat you walk away with is a framework (MIOC), a decision filter (three factors that decide whether to pick up a bur), and a vocabulary shift you can implement tomorrow. Part two covers peptides, SDF, hydroxyapatite, stepwise excavation, and managing caries in xerostomia.\n https://youtu.be/YriLo8_hXNw \nWatch PDP268 on YouTube\nProtrusive Dental Pearl: Delete the Word “Monitor” from Your Vocabulary\nStop saying monitor. Start saying active surveillance.\n⚠️ Active surveillance must not mean passive delay — document your reasoning, risk assessment, and what would trigger intervention.\n✅ Explain it to patients as structured, proactive care: clinical checks, radiographs, risk review, behaviour support, and timely action if things change.\nKey Takeaways\nMinimum intervention oral care is bigger than minimally...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hLSIeRiYSp0oTfIk0BzEukFutShD18hH3f6fq4QHsWw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lZmM0/ZTNjYzdiZDJhNGFj/MzBiYmU2NTUwNmM2/NzQ2My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}