Author's course of Arnaldo Castellucci

Lesson 1. DIGITAL ENDODONTICS: THE USE OF CBCT IN СLINICAL AND SURGICAL ENDODONTICS

• Digital radiology: the importance of 3D research in endodontics
• CBCT: planes and principles of 3D image formation
• Limitations of using 2D images

Visualization of anatomical formations on CBCT:

• Mental foramen and mental nerve,Dens in dental,Inferior alveolar nerve,Calcification of root canals,Traumatic root injuries,Missed root canals,Internal and external root resorption
• Indications for CBCT before and during surgery.

Duration: 1 h 23 min

Lesson 2. MODERN TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE AN ACCURATE WORKING LENGTH IN ENDODONTICS

Goals of conservative endodontics;

Causes of endodontic treatment failures:

• Under-sealing ,hyper sealing

Methods for determining the working length of root canals:

• Tactile,X-ray,using the apexlocator,application of paper pin
• Anatomical apex and radiological apex: the main differences
• Physical principles of operating on the apexlocator
• The role of the file to check the patency.

Duration: 1 h 27 min

Lesson 3. THE USE OF MTA IN CLINICAL AND SURGICAL ENDODONTICS

• Evolution and properties of MTA
• Indications for the use of MTA in conservative and surgical endodontics
• Apical barrier technique
• Perforation closure by vertical compaction method
• MTA removal: indications and tactics

Protocols for the use of MTA in endodontics:

• How to seal an open apex,perforation under the microscope,how to protect a pulp exposure to perform a direct pulp capping,retrograde filling
• Long-term results of using MTA in endodontics.

Duration: 1 h 25 min

Lesson 4. MANAGEMENT OF INSTRUMENT FRACTURE

• Silver pin extraction: detailed protocols, recommendations, life hacks
• Tools for removing broken files from canals
• Saving the instrument in the canal: indications
• Remove or bypass a broken file: choosing tactics
• Factors affecting the removal of broken files
• Causes of endodontic instrument fracture
• Indications for surgical methods of removal of broken files
• Method of removing the cast pin tab
• The technique of removing the threaded tab
• Methods of extraction of fiberglass pins.

Duration: 1 h 23 min

Lesson 5. THE USE OF ULTRASONICS IN CLINICAL AND SURGICAL ENDODONTICS

• Advantages of working with a microscope and ultrasound in endodontics
• Indications for the use of ultrasonics in clinical and surgical endodontics
• Finishing protocol of the access cavity using ultrasonics
• Protocol for creating an access cavity using the example of a central incisor
• Overview of various types of ultrasonics and their clinical application
• Removal of calcifications from the tooth cavity
• Methods of endodontic retreatment with the use of ultrasonics
• Broken files: removal protocol
• The use of ultrasonics in surgical endodontics.

Duration: 1 h 25 min

Lesson 6. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN MICROSURGICAL ENDODONTICS

• Periodontal dental health: criteria
• Periapical curettage vs apectomy
• Advantages and importance of using a microscope
• The concept of microsurgical endodontics and its differences from endodontic surgery
• Protocol of microsurgical operation in endodontics
• Causes of endodontic surgery failures
• Planning of treatment in endodontic surgery
• Limitations of using a 2D image
• Fistula: tactics and a scientifically based approach
• Application of ultrasonics in retrograde sealing: protocol
• Indications and contraindications for endodontic surgery
• Histological aspects of endodontic surgery
• Flap design: scar-free operations and flaps of choice
• Methods of bone grafting during surgery in endodontics
• Suture: materials and terms of suture release.

Duration: 1 h 32 min