Build your skills and confidence in endodontic treatment
This course’s philosophy allows participants to slowly build their skills and confidence in carrying out endodontic treatment on all teeth. The two-day course will be treatment based with interactive demonstrations and discussions of all phases of endodontic treatment. Participants will carry out the clinical exercises on teaching models and natural teeth.
The clinical sessions will be preceded by practical demonstrations and hands-on exercises. These include the rapid application of rubber dam and endodontic radiology.
Clinically participants will have the opportunity to use the latest technology, including apex locators, rotary NiTi files and gutta-percha root filling devices. This workshop will include a comprehensive set of notes.
Learning Objectives
- Carry out pre-treatment procedures to assess if the tooth can be treated
- Apply rubber dam efficiently and quickly in all endodontic cases
- Take consistent radiographic images during treatment
- Understand access cavity design and clues to canal location
- Determining the working length by manual and electronic methods
- Understand the role and of irrigation and intracanal medication
- Understand the principles of rotary instrumentation regardless of the system being used
- Evaluate different obturation techniques and materials
Other Information
If you have loupes please bring them for both days. If you would like to trial loupes please contact the course convenor Dr Steven Cohn at steve.a.cohn@gmail.com
All clinical exercises will be conducted on life-like models so everyone has the same learning experience. You can bring extracted teeth but it is not required. Adult teeth with fully formed roots and no prior endodontic treatment are recommended.