18th February 2011

Excellence in Endodontics - Dr. Julian Webber

This seminar is designed for both general practitioners and endodontists and will take participants to a level of excellence in all aspects of endodontics whilst bridging the gap where many are now and where they should be in the 21st century.

Endodontics is clouded with myths and controversies. The lecture will look at the issues that still cause continuing debate within the speciality and attempt to resolve these issues in a move to towards a greater understanding of how to achieve endodontic excellence. The seminar will deal with new concepts and new technologies as they relate to clinical endodontics. Active audience participitation will be encouraged throughout this multimedia presentation.

Topics to be discussed will include

• Understanding success and failure
• The importance of irrigation
• The question of patency
• Controversies in Endodontics: Single versus Multiple visit treatment.
• The role of Calcium Hydroxide.
• Working length principles, historic and modern.
• The importance of magnification and illumination
• Access cavities and the role of ultrasound
• Rotary Nickel Titanium technology / Rotary and Hand files systems
• The latest in three dimensional obturation of the root canal (obturators vs warm vertical condensation
• advances in retreatment : ProTaper Universal Retreatment files, removing gutta-percha and carrier based devices, broken instrument retrieval,
• The role of MTA in General Practice

Table demo under microscope

- Mishaps and common mistakes in the preparation and filling of the root canals
- Achieving the “glide path” for rotary instruments to follow.
- Understand irrigation and how to enhance it
- Predictably fill root canal systems quickly and efficiently