simplyendo – 10 day endodontic programme
This programme runs on two consecutive days a month, allowing you to rapidly acquire a new confidence in your endodontic diagnosis, case planning and treatment.
Aims and objectives
simplyendo provides an endodontic coaching programme for dentists that:
- teaches the biology of endodontic disease
- demonstrates and discusses contemporary endodontic techniques, using an evidence-based scientific approach
- is delivered by the simplyendo team of dentists and clinical assistants
- this results in predictable endodontic care of the highest quality
Participants will develop:
- an understanding of the aetiology of endodontic disease
- the ability to assess the likely prognosis for successful endodontic treatment
- the ability to carry out an appropriate treatment with a high degree of predictability
They will:
- experience the use of rotary canal preparation techniques and thermal obturation systems
- appreciate the importance of both apical and coronal seals
- understand the difficulties of retreatments and concepts such as resorption
- understand the management of trauma
They will also:
- experience the very latest and evidence-based endodontic opinions
- be in an excellent position to make valid diagnosis and choose appropriate treatment plans
Module topics
Hands-on techniques are demonstrated both live and with the use of video. The ratio of didactic to hands-on training is 50:50.
Participants are encouraged to have a go themselves, using all of the contemporary endodontic preparation and obturation systems currently available in the UK. The hands-on sessions allow participants the opportunity for an unbiased look at the different systems and materials.
Module 1
- Aetiology of endodontic disease
- Prognosis of non-surgical endodontic treatment
- Mechanical properties of endodontic instruments
- Endodontic instrumentation techniques: balanced force filing
Module 2
- To understand aims and objectives
- Critical evaluation of research papers
- Endodontic instrumentation techniques
- Stepback and balanced force
- Creating tapers with hand files
- Bacteriology of endodontic disease
- Focal infection, bacteraemias, anachoresis and the hollow tube theory
Module 3
- Diagnostic procedures
- Diagnosis of non-odontogenic pain
- Medically-compromised patients
- Tooth morphology
- Radiographic interpretation
- Present day irrigants
- Endodontic instrumentation
- Techniques: crown down vs stepback, effect of varying instrument geometry, neutral vs positive rake angles
Module 4
- Pulpal response to caries and dental procedures
- Pulpal irritants
- Anatomy of the pulp and periapex
- Endodontic length determination
- Apex locators
- Vertical root fractures
- Introduce the variants of the K3 rotary filing system
- Importance of a glide path in preventing instrument separation
- Mechanism of fracture of rotary NiTi files
- Introduce Thermafil
Module 5
- Navigating pulp chambers
- An overview of Nitinol alloy: its use in the development of rotary NiTi instruments
- The role of NiTi in preparation of curved canals
- Tomorrow’s irrigants
- Review of thermal obturation: history and contemporary techniques
- Introduce the RaCe NiTi rotary system and compare with Protaper
Module 6
- LA failure in endodontics: mechanisms and management
- Use of antibiotics in endodontics
- Prediction of endodontic pain and use of analgesics
- Alternative obturation materials: introducing resin base GP replacements
- Thermal obturation using resilon, gutta flow, endorez.
- Introduce the TriNiti filing system
- Interappointment medicaments and temporary fillings
Module 7
- Assessing success and failure of endodontic treatment using clinical and radiographic parameters
- Review periods
- Endodontic retreatment
- Causes of failure of endodontic retreatment
- Biology of the failed endodontic case
- Tactics in overcoming failure
- Removal of GP from canals: instruments and solvents
Module 8
- Restoration of the endodontically treated tooth
- Importance of coronal seal: endodontics and intraosseous implants
- Treatment planning
- Use of root filled teeth as abutments
- Amalgam dowels
- Nyaar cores
- Gold posts
- Gold sectional posts and cores
Module 9
- Tooth lightening: internal and external
- Internal and external resorption
- Orthodontics and endodontics
- Endodontic trauma: pathogenesis and treatment
- Apexification and apexogenesis
- Use of apical barriers in endodontics, eg MTA, and other bioceramics
Module 10
- Endodontic/periodontal relationships
- Procedural misadventures
- Pulp capping and pulpotomies
- Removal of instruments, posts etc from canals
- Use of ultrasonics
- Course evaluation
- Ongoing training programmes