Endodontics 3.0

– Proper case selection and treatment planning

– Techniques and instruments to remove teeth without fracturing

– How to preserve the periodontal ligament to avoid resorption

– The root end preparation and filling materials

– When it is necessary to splint or not to splint

– Prognosis and success rates of replantation

– Inclusion of replantation with your standard treatment modalities

– The success rates and benefits to retaining natural teeth.

Recommended for: Endodontists.

– Teeth sealed with Resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) resin: reasons for the prohibition of the method;

– Differentiated approach to dental treatment after the resorcinol-formalin method, depending on the clinical situation;

– Cement-filled root canals, obliteration, ledge: treatment protocols;

– Orthograde and retrograde access to the root canal system.

– The procedural guidelines for intentional replantation and autogenous transplantation aimed to prevent external root resorption and persistent infection;

– The indications for intentional replantation and autogenous transplantation;

– The long-term outcomes for intentional replantation and autogenous transplantation.

– Choice of material: classical and alternative (glass ionomer, MTA, bioceramics, composite);

– Types of matrix for working with old perforations;

– Clinical tactics depending on the size and location of the perforation;

– Features of work in one visit with perforations;

– Impact on the forecast based on 15 years of observations.

– The reasons for failures of root canal treatments and the aims of treating periapical periodontitis;

– The difference between disease centered outcomes and patient centered outcomes;

– The advantages and disadvantages of treating asymptomatic persistent periapical periodontitis;

– The reasons to treat or not treat periapical periodontitis;

– The risks and alternatives of endodontic retreatments;

– The significant factors that determine the success of a retreatment.

– The examples of technical innovations in endodontics that have unknown (or negative) effect on the outcome;

– The “ outcome dilemma“ in endodontology;

– A few preventive strategies in endodontology and their advantages;

– Current protocols for vital treatments and their limitations;

– How endodontic treatment will look like in 50 years…!

– The different classifications requiring endodontic microsurgery

– Diagnosis and treatment plan of complicated endo/perio cases

– The basic principles of endodontic surgery and when it is necessary to graft

– Different materials used for guided bone/tissue regeneration

– Possible complications with different grafting materials and by overgrafting

– Prognosis of surgically treated endo/perio cases including 3D criterion for healing.

Recommended for: Endodontists.

– Etiological factors of open apex;

– Apexification: detailed protocol;

– Use of MTA and bioactive cements - an alternative to traditional apexification;

– Treatment of open apex in teeth with root resorption: detailed protocol;

– Treatment of complex clinical cases: combination of methods;

– Regenerative treatments suitable in immature teeth.