The Dr. Phil Klein Dental Podcast · 2026-06-15 · 27 min
How much are contamination issues costing you in failed restorations and remakes? When saliva or blood inevitably contacts your bonding surface, do you know the exact protocol to salvage the case? Join us as we welcome Dr. Nathaniel Lawson, DMD, PhD, Director of the Division of Biomaterials at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry. With over 15 years of clinical practice and research experience, Dr. Lawson serves as program director of the Biomaterials residency program and interim director of the Advanced Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry residency program. He has published over 200 articles, abstracts, and book chapters on dental materials, earned the Stanford New Investigator Award and 3M Innovative Research Fellowship from the American Dental Association, and lectures internationally on dental materials science. This episode breaks down the critical relationship between isolation quality and bond longevity in modern adhesive dentistry. Dr. Lawson explains why meticulous moisture control has become non-negotiable as we've shifted from mechanical retention to adhesive-based restorations.
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