FS-1(2DAYS) Endodontics Skill Enhancement with device Integration & Rubberdamology - Dr.Balagopal

CANDIDATES MUST BRING 5 EXTRACTED MOLARS 

Day 1 – SCHEDULE

RATIONALE OF ENDODONTICS (9:00 Am to 9:15 am)

• Brief History

• Recent Concepts & trends

• Indications & Contraindications

• Advantage’s & Disadvantage’s

• Success & Failure

PAIN AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN ENDODONTICS (9:15 to 9:30 am)

• Pulpal, Peri radicular and Periodontal Pain

• Referred Pain

• Management of Pain prior to RCT,

• During RCT & Post-operative Pain.

DIAGNOSIS, CASE SELECTION AND PLANNING FOR ENDODONTIC TREATMENT

(9:30 am to 10:00am)

• History taking

• Clinical examination & Restorative Assessment

• Clinical Periodontal & Radiographic Assessment

• Pulp Vitality Testing

• Assessment Of Difficulty level of Treatment

ROOT CANAL MORPHOLOGY & ACCESS CAVITY PREPARATION

(10:00 am to 11:00am)

• Understanding Pulp Space Morphology & its Aberrations

• Assessment of Pulp Chamber- roof walls and floor.

• 3 Step approach to Pulp Chamber, location of Canal Orifices.

• Refinement of Access Cavity

COFFEE BREAK (11:00 am to 11:15 am)

ENDODONTIC HAND INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION (11:15 am to 12:15 pm)

• Canal Shaping Instruments, their features and Usage.

• Hand Instrumentation Techniques.

• Device Assisted Canal Shaping instruments and their features.

(12:15 pm to 1:15 pm)

WORKING LENGTH DETERMINATION (12:15 pm to 12:30 pm)

• Radiographic Methods

• Apex Locators and Operation.

SHAPING & CLEANING OF ROOT CANAL SPACE (12:30 pm to 1:15 pm)

• Objectives, Isolation, Pulp extirpation and Cleaning of the canal.

• Irrigation: Current devices and methods.

• Medicaments used in RCT.

• Exploration and understanding of the RC space.

• Methods of shaping the Root Canal Space.

LUNCH BREAK (1:15 to 2:00 pm)

ENDODONTIC DEVICE ASSISTED INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION

(2:00 pm to 3:00pm)

• Designs of Device assisted instruments

• Briefing on devices with Canal Shaping Instruments

• Merits and Demerits of Device Assisted Instruments

• Methods of using Rotary Instruments.

• Glide path creation and Canal shaping protocol.

ROOT CANAL OBTURATION (3:00 pm to 4:00 pm)

• Objectives, Materials used in Obturation.

• Methods of Obturating the Canal space

• Current trends in Obturating the RC System

POST ENDODONTIC RESTORATION (4:00 to 5:00pm)

• Objectives, Materials used in Obturation.

• Methods of Obturating the Canal space

• Current trends in Obturating the RC system.

 Q & A SESSION AND DISCUSSION (5:00 to 5:30pm)

• Use of Magnification

• Management of Difficult canals

• Broken Instrument retrieval

• Surgical Endodontics

• Regenerative Endodontics

Day 2 – SCHEDULE

9.30 AM to 01.00 PM (with refreshment break) Slides of the previous day will be taken to explain to the participants while the speaker demonstrates the technique on extracted teeth.

• HANDS-ON: Isolation with Rubber Dam

• HANDS-ON: Access cavity Preparation

Inclusive of:

• Exploration of Root Canals

• Working Length Determination

• Scouting to Tooth Length

• Preliminary RC preparation

• Understanding Apical Canal Curvature

(NOTE: TRAINING IN ACCESS CAVITY PREPARATION AND CANAL EXPLORATION IN MINIMUM 2 EXTRACTED TEETH)

LUNCH BREAK (1:00 to 1:30 pm)

1.30 PM to 5:30 PM (With refreshment break)

Inclusive of:

• Canal Preparation with Finger Instrumentation

• Glide Path Creation

• Canal Shaping and Cleaning

• Master Cone Selection

• Use Of Sealer

• Obturation techniques: Cold lateral & Warm vertical compaction