541: Clicking&Popping in Your Practice - Dr. Jim McKee - a podcast by ACT Dental

Clicking & Popping in Your Practice

Episode #541 with Dr. Jim McKee

There's a quick way to build your practice — and no one wants to do it! Millions of patients have occlusal disease, and you can help them by adding joint and occlusion diagnosis to your practice. To help you become more confident in this space, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Jim McKee from Spear Education with advice for rethinking occlusion and understanding its value. Don't shy away from occlusion — embrace it! To learn how, and to learn more about Dr. McKee’s Advanced Occlusion workshop at Spear, listen to Episode 541 of The Best Practices Show!

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Links Mentioned in This Episode:

Spear Education: https://www.speareducation.com

Dr. Gary DeWood and Dr. Jim McKee’s upcoming Advanced Occlusion workshop: https://campus.speareducation.com/workshops/advanced-occlusion/details/schedule

Chicago Study Club: https://chicagostudyclub.com

American Equilibration Society: https://aes.clubexpress.com

Main Takeaways:

It is more important now than ever to understand joints and occlusion.

Occlusion and joint diagnosis is the fastest way to build your practice.

Embrace joints and occlusion rather than being intimidated by it.

Recommend treatment to patients who are ready to hear it.

Not all clicking and popping is the same.

Learn to redefine occlusion.

Quotes:

“[I] got out of school after four or five years and didn't really understand occlusion. I saw a lot of cases that intimidated me. I started to pull away from recommending treatment planning on more complex cases because I really didn't understand how the teeth should fit together. But what I really didn't understand is when someone came in with a clicking joint or a popping joint, what that meant to me. So, I did what most of us are taught to do. I ignored it.” (2:30—2:57)

“My journey in this whole area of occlusion started out as most people do, from a pain-based perspective, because if a clicking joint didn't hurt, I basically ignored it. And sometimes, that's the right thing to do. But what I've learned over the years is every clicking joint is not the same.” (3:12—3:33)

“A clicking joint is basically a structurally altered joint. And part of the problem is, as dentists, we’re taught about...

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