AGD 2015 Annual Meeting

P11: The Art of Endodontics: A Hands-on Workshop

Subject:	070 - Endodontics
Credits:	12 Participation
Thursday, June 18:	9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Lunch: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.)
Friday, June 19:	9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Lunch: 12 to 2 p.m.)
Audience:	D, R
Fee:	$795 {$845}
Location:	Day 1 Lecture is in Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2004 Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2005

Speaker Bio: Santa Barbara, CA; private practice; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Endodontics, USC/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Owner, Dental Education Laboratories

Description (DAY 1): The morning presentation will relate the most fundamental and unchanging endodontic issues—pulp, dentin, root, and root-canal anatomy—to principles of treatment, simplifying the choices among evolving procedural technologies. The afternoon presentation will show Dr. L. Stephen Buchanan’s most current treatment methods, shown in HD through clear tooth replicas and live patient cases. Procedures to be covered include guided access preparations, rotary negotiation, shaping canals with one to three files, bug-jarring irrigation, and 3-D obturation accomplished in seconds.

Learning objectives:

Understand the influence of endodontic anatomy on pulp degeneration and how the complexities of root-canal systems dictate treatment to their full apical and lateral extents.
Understand how 3-D and 2-D radiography with thermal pulp testing can deliver 100 percent diagnostic confidence.
Understand how to plan emergency care, endo vs. implant, and how to successfully invade a patient’s root-canal systems.
Understand how cutting with guided-access burs reduces loss of tooth structure while improving file paths.
Understand how rotary negotiation brings the 10X improvement that rotary shaping did 15 years ago.
Understand why 3-D obturation can improve success rates and how simple it is to do with today’s technology.

(DAY 2): State-of-the-art endodontic procedures will be taught and practiced in anterior and premolar TrueTooth™ training replicas, using contemporary concepts of access, negotiation, shaping, irrigation, and 3D obturation. I will demonstrate conservative access preparations ; shaping with rotary files; and centered-condensation obturation techniques using both carrier-based and continuous wave obturation methods. We will use digital radiography to evaluate results.

Learning Objectives:

Learn how to achieve ideal convenience form while conserving all tooth structure possible.
Learn how to safely cut tapered shapes in canals with 1-3 rotary files.
Learn how to clean and fill complex lateral anatomy such as lateral and accessory canals.

Course Cancellation Policy:

Full refunds will be granted if written requests are received by the AGD on or before May 16, 2015. Cancellation requests received less than 30 days prior to the first official day of the annual meeting, with the exception of AGD member dentist registrants who have been elevated to delegate or alternate delegate status, will not be eligible for a credit or refund. All cancellations will be processed within 60 days after AGD2015. Email your request to courses@agd.org, or fax it to 312.440.0513.