Apical surgery: for endodontists and surgeons

– Piezosurgical procedures in dentistry: indications

– Piezosurgical instruments: physical properties and clinical benefits

– Flap design: selection criteria depending on the clinical situation

– Apicoectomy: step-by-step protocol

– Use of bone graft in apical surgery

– The focus of destruction near the maxillary sinus: tactics and protocol

– Sawing according to the type of bone block using a piezosurgical instrument

– Differences in apicoectomy techniques

– Apicoectomy vs dental implants.

Recommended for: Implantologist, Periodontist, Endodontist, General Dentist.

– Indications for endodontic surgery

– Materials for retrograde root canal filling

– Factors affecting the results of surgical procedures in endodontics

– Advantages of modern microsurgical techniques

– Ultrasonic devices in endodontic microsurgery

– Retrograde sealing: material requirements

– Properties of materials for retrograde filling:

- Amalgam

- GIC and their modifications for retrograde filling

- COE Cement and Super EBA

- MTA

- Bioceramics.

– Tools for retrograde filling of root canals

– Bioactivity and biocompatibility of bioceramic materials

– Tape perforation of the tooth: treatment protocol

– Histological aspects of tissue healing after apical surgery

– Technique of introduction and compaction of the material during retrograde filling

– Extraoral root apical resection:

- Indications

- Technique

- Clinical recommendations.

Recommended for: Implantologist, Periodontist, Endodontist, General Dentist.

– Root apical resection protocol

– Apical surgery for a through defect in maxilla

– Prognostic factors of apical surgery

– Apical surgery on mandible: anatomical aspects

– Strategies in apical surgery: tools, techniques, indications

– Protocol of primary endodontic treatment of a tooth with periapical pathology

– Endodontic failures: tactics of actions

– Non-surgical retreatment: factors of dental survival

– Biocompatible materials for bone regeneration

– Contraindications for apical surgery

– Planned replantation: indications and techniques

– Replantation vs apical surgery: criteria for choosing a technique

– Advantages of piezosurgical methods in endodontics

– Surgical templates for apical surgery

– Digital planning in apical surgery

– Possible causes of apical surgery failures.

Recommended for: Implantologist, Periodontist, Endodontist, General Dentist.

– Clinical aspects of strategic treatment planning;

– Pain control in apical surgery:

- Premedication

- Local anesthesia

- Postoperative therapy.

– Flap design: paramarginal vs full muco-periosteal flap;

– Features of creating access to a pathological focus near:

- Chin hole,

- Maxillary sinus,

- Inferior alveolar nerve.

– Deep apical dissection technique;

– Strongly curvature of the roots: features of resection of the root tip;

– Isthmuses: classification and features of retrograde filling;

– Tools for retrograde root canal preparation: NiTi condenser;

– Apical cracks: tactics and prevention;

– Silers and compaction techniques of materials;

– Intentional reimplantation.

– Technological aids to modern endodontic microsurgery

– Anatomical challenges in endodontic microsurgery

– How to perform less invasive surgeries with better results

– 3D Planning of the surgical approach

– Computer guided endodontic microsurgery:

- Static navigation

- Dynamic navigation.

– Advantages and disadvantages of guided microsurgery.

Recommended for: Implantologist, Periodontist, Endodontist, General Dentist.

– Rationales of apical surgery

– Tooth preparation prior to surgery

– What to have in mind when creating a suitable incision

– Instruments to perform grafting

– Apex exposing techniques

– Preparing the site

– Choosing the most suitable grafting materials

– Closing the wound, materials and methods.

Recommended for: Implantologist, Periodontist, Endodontist, General Dentist.

– Types of osteotomy: with bur, piezotome or piezosurgery and trephine

– Cortical Window Technique

– Apicoectomy (3mm rule. More or less?)

– Retropreparation (3mm or more?)

– Isthmus Managment

– Apical Filling

– Commun mistakes.

Recommended for: Implantologist, Periodontist, Endodontist, General Dentist.