Day 1: May the 30th 2020
Topic: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
After attending this lecture, the participants should be able to :
- 1. Understand the importance of the medical and dental histories to endodontic diagnosis.
- 2. Conduct a comprehensive extraoral and intraoral examinations of both hard and soft tissues, including the application of pulp sensitivity tests.
- 3. Consolidate all data from the history, clinical examination, and radiographic exam to form a diagnosis of pulpal and periapical conditions using appropriate terminology.
- 4. Integrate the endodontic diagnosis and treatment plan into an overall treatment plan.
Day 2: June the 1st 2020
Topic: Endodontic Emergencies
After attending this lecture, the participants should be able to :
- 1. Identify causes of emergencies as they occur before treatment, between appointments, and after obturation
- 2. Describe when pretreatment emergencies might occur and how to manage these emergencies
- 3. Outline the steps involved in treatment of teeth with vital and non-vital pulps as well ad teeth with acute apical abscess and the indications and procedure for incision and drainage
- 4. Detail pharmacologic supportive therapy (analgesics, anxiolytics, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory agents) used in emergencies and its role in controlling pain and infection
Day 3: June the 3rd 2020
Topic: Techniques of Cleaning and shaping root canals
After attending this lecture, the participants should be able to :
- 1. State reasons and describe strategies for enlarging the cervical portion of the canal to promote straight-line access
- 2. Describe the objectives for biomechanical cleaning and shaping
- 3. Describe techniques for shaping canals
Day 4: June the 4th 2020
Topic: Success and Failure
After attending this lecture, the participants should be able to :
- 1. Describe signs and symptoms of successful and unsuccessful treatments
- 2. Describe the most common modalities to determine success or failure.
- 3. State the outcomes of surgical and non- surgical root canal treatment as well as single implants
