Endodontic Continuum 2024

Endodontic Continuum 2024 is organized by UCLA School of Dentistry and will be held from Apr 25 - May 04, 2024 at UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

Description:
This 6 day lecture / workshop course will give you the fundamentals for excellence in endodontic treatment. Our world-renowned, university and private practice faculty have the knowledge and real world experience to help ensure you are successful in providing endodontic therapy to your patients. This course is designed for clinicians with basic to intermediate RCT experience. We maintain a very high faculty to student ratio during the workshops to ensure a very high quality learning experience for all participants.

This is an intense course, with extensive time spent working on extracted teeth and/or 3D printed tooth replicas. Each participant will be required to proficiently complete at least 3 separate teeth (1 anterior, 2 posterior including 1 molar) during the workshops.

Course Topics / Learning Objectives:
• Endodontic diagnosis and treatment planning
• Predictable and conservative access preparation designs
• Irrigation and disinfection protocols
• Proper use of intracanal medicaments
• Initial canal negotiation
• Safe, predictable, and efficient use of NiTi rotary file systems
• Warm vertical and single cone obturation techniques
• Trouble shooting common problems in endodontic treatment
• Restoration of endodontically treated teeth, with or without posts
• Canal anatomy and morphology
• Use of ultrasonics in Endodontics
• Reading the pulpal floor “map”
• Use of microscopes in Endodontics
• Pain management in complex tooth pain scenarios