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How to Do a Beautiful Class Four in the Same Time as a Regular Filling with Dr. Susan McMahon

Dr. Susan McMahon with host Dr. Reza Ardalan

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About this episode

Dr. Susan McMahon, an AACD-accredited restorative dentist in Pittsburgh, shows how she delivers a beautiful Class IV in the 30 minutes a regular filling takes. She also traces her path from a drill-fill-and-bill amalgam office to Smiles in the City, the fee-for-service practice she built.

Inside this episode

  • The $100,000 laser whitening machine she signed for without reading the contract — and why it changed her career
  • Why a beautiful class four takes the same 30 minutes as a regular class four — if you know the system
  • The invisible class three: how to finish without gray shadow or lost sheen
  • Using provisionals as the prototype for final restorations — the move most GPs skip
  • The full enamel treatment toolkit: microabrasion, infiltration, and whitening combinations
  • Why AACD accreditation is closer to a board exam than a CE certificate
  • How she became a restorative referral source for teenagers coming out of ortho
  • Why 40% of clear orthodontic cases finish with black triangles
  • What four trips to Italy taught her about being conservative with the drill
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