Restoratively Driven Endodontics
Delegates who successfully complete this course will be awarded 64 hours Verifiable CPD
Aims:
To develop delegates' knowledge, clinical decision making and practical skills across the endodontic and restorative treatment continuum, from initial case assessment through to the definitive restoration of the endodontically treated tooth.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
Comprehensively assess a tooth of endodontic interest, including taking and interpreting relevant records, and determine prognosis
Assess restorability and apply this judgement to case selection before endodontic treatment is undertaken
Apply modern principles of access cavity design
Understand and apply the principles of canal shaping, and critique the range of contemporary instrument systems available
Select and deliver irrigation protocols appropriate to the case, including those supporting single-visit endodontic treatment
Demonstrate contemporary obturation techniques, including warm vertical compaction
Manage the calcified, ledged, curved and S-shaped canal
Apply anatomically driven preparation, selecting an approach appropriate to the canal presented
Manage complex obturation scenarios, including oval, confluent and bifurcating canals and internal resorption defects
Manage the open apex using collagen barrier and hydraulic putty techniques
Select and deliver appropriate pre-endodontic isolation and build-up techniques, including deep margin elevation and matrix selection
Critique and select appropriate post-endodontic restorative options, including fibre and titanium posts, short fibre composites, onlays, crowns and vertipreps
Provide appropriate provisional restorations for the endodontically treated tooth
Assess endodontic re-treatment cases and select those with a favourable prognosis
Demonstrate techniques for the removal of gutta percha, Thermafil, and metal and fibre posts
Plan and deliver the complete endodontic and restorative workflow on a complex case
Development Outcomes:
This CPD course meets the criteria for the GDC's development outcome C and has been Quality Assured by Incidental Training Ltd