I first came across Dr. Griffin Cole when I started exploring biological dentistry in 2017.

For the first episode of Season 2, I wanted to sit down with him and hear how he found his own way into this work.

Griffin shares what he had to unlearn after dental school, the reactions he faced from colleagues, and the uncertainty of building a practice on his own terms. We talk about the mouth-body connection and why getting to know a patient means more than reviewing a medical history form.

The conversation also gets personal. Griffin opens up about his neck injury, making time for family, and the difficulty of following his own advice about rest.

We close with his advice on finding a dentist you can trust, and a conversation about preserving natural teeth through biomimetic dentistry.

Follow The Mindful Doctor Podcast for more conversations with Dr. Seth Gilson about dentistry, health, and being human.

Where Dentistry Meets Whole-Body Healing.

This episode is for educational purposes and is not a substitute for personalized medical or dental advice.

Many dentists assume that once the curing light turns off, the dentin bond is finished. It is not.

In this presentation, Dr. Seth Gilson explores Immediate Dentin Sealing, resin coating, and the importance of giving developing dentin bonds time before exposing them to additional polymerization stress.

Drawing predominantly from the biomimetic restorative framework of his mentors, Drs. David and Davey Alleman, Dr. Gilson explains the hierarchy of bondability, the hybrid layer, smear-layer management, air abrasion, self-etch adhesive principles, decoupling with time, the first five minutes after curing IDS, and the secure-bond strategy.

The discussion remains practical and clinically focused, using memorable analogies, audience questions, and restorative cases to show how small changes in isolation, timing, adhesive thickness, and resin coating can influence the foundation of a restoration.

The central takeaway:

Good adhesive dentistry is not only about what we bond with. It is about what we bond to, when we bond, and what we ask that bond to tolerate.

For the clinical photographs, diagrams, and technique videos referenced in this episode, watch the companion presentation on YouTube.

Dr. Seth Gilson, The Mindful Doctor
Where Dentistry Meets Whole-Body Healing

The Mindful Doctor Podcast, Episode #41 In this episode Dr. Seth Gilson and Dr. Michelle Jorgensen discuss topics such as:Dr. Jorgensen’s background and what lead her to dentistry 🪥 ⠀The challenges she’s experienced being a holistic practitioner👩‍⚕️⠀What is and how holistic biological dentistry is different from conventional dentistry💡Mindfulness🧘‍♂️How mindfulness practices show up in her life☯️How oral health is connected to full body wellness👄The future of holistic dentistry🦷⠀And much more! 🧬⚕️☯️Episode Quote: “Nature itself is the best physician; it heals three-quarters of all diseases and never speaks ill of its colleagues.”— Hippocrates

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