# Filling episode — sources and credits

AI-assisted patient (Kenji) and presenter (Dale) performances. Educational illustrations are generated, not clinical photographs. Clinical images are separate examples and do not depict either speaker.

- Clinical cavity photograph: Ickyvickywiki, [Dental Caries](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dental_Caries_.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Resized for layout; clinical content unchanged.
- Radiograph: Partynia, [Sekundärkaries](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sekund%C3%A4rkaries.jpg), [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Resized, original arrow retained. Decay beside an existing restoration; separate from the preceding photograph. The montage source was evaluated but is not used.

- [NIDCR: Tooth decay](https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health-info/tooth-decay).
- [ADA caries-management guidelines](https://www.ada.org/resources/research/science/evidence-based-dental-research/caries-management-clinical-practice-guidelines/): nonrestorative and restorative treatment guidance.
- [2023 restorative treatment guideline](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37380250/).

Educational illustrations and the procedure animation were revised with Dale’s editorial feedback. The procedure is an illustrative, time-compressed example of a small pit filling; steps and materials vary by tooth and technique.

Supporting visuals revision: brushing, toothpaste, water/snacks and the iPad display are generated educational illustrations. The iPad is a simulated software display, including its simulated image-history panes, not a real patient record or a screenshot of an actual product. Charting conventions were referenced from Planet DDS official documentation; official reference screenshots were not inserted into the episode.

Homepage card: AI-created educational illustration matching the existing Teeth.com series.
Published Descript version: https://share.descript.com/view/04BnNR51avm