Friday, October 22, 2010
9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
CE hours: 6.5
tuition: $ 350 plus $50 materials fee
course: M1022B

Hands-On Limited Enrollment

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Ever changing advances in endodontic techniques and technologies now afford the general dentist greater treatment options and confidence. These new techniques and protocols are presented nd explored in a multimedia format, benefiting the novice and experienced user alike. This presentation will update the latest rotary instrumentation and thermoplastic obturation schemes, highlighting irrigation protocols and hybrid instrumentation.

You will learn:
• the differences in file designs and the advantages/disadvantages of each type;
• the technique for employing carrier-based obturation successfully;
• techniques for canal location and negotiation;
• management and treatment of iatrogenic occurrences such as missed canals;
• perforations and separated instruments;
• the use of mineral trioxide aggregate in immature pulp therapies;
• the proper techniques for rotary instrumentation and carrier-based obturation;
• how to create a post space in the appropriate canal;
• how to properly use a surgical operating microscope; and
• the use of ultrasonics in refining acceses and locating calcified canals.

Participants should bring several extracted, accessed teeth.

RESULTS: Participants will learn current endodontic concepts and techniques and be able to better treat their patients.

This course is partially sponsored by Dentsply Tulsa Dental Specialties.

Stephen P. Niemczyk, D.M.D. Director, Endodontic Microsurgery, Harvard University School of Dental Medicine and at the Albert Einstein Medial Center, Philadelphia. Dr. Niemczyk is in private practice, limited to endodontics, in Broomall, Pennsylvania