HANDS-ON: CONTEMPORARY ROTARY ENDODONTICS SATURDAY 18th MAY 2024

HANDS-ON: CONTEMPORARY ROTARY ENDODONTICS SATURDAY 18th MAY 2024

Time:  8.45am to 9.00am Arrival and Registration - Close at 5.00pm

Course Speakers:

Mr Rahat Ali: Consultant in Restorative Dentistry / Specialist in Restorative Dentistry, Prosthodontics and Endodontics, Liverpool University Dental Hospital.

Stephanie Hackett:  Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Liverpool Dental Hospital.

Who Should Attend?

The course is aimed at qualified General Dental Practitioners (GDP'S). It meets the new GDC requirements for enhanced CPD. Delegates can attend with an assisting dental nurse to enhance their skills and will receive verifiable CPD for the session

Aim: To help practitioners improve their skills in contemporary rotary endodontics, irrigation and thermal obturation of root canal systems with gutta percha.

A seminar and practical based session, covering endodontic strategies used to manage basic and advanced endodontic cases, as well as endodontic failure. To comprehensively discuss and demonstrate rotary instrumentation of curved canals and gutta percha removal with rotary re-treatment files.

Course Description

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the event delegates will be able to:

• Create a glide path and understand the importance of patency filing.
• Use rotary NiTi Protaper Gold and Wave 1 Gold Files
• Obturate canals with cold and thermoplastic gutta percha and be aware of the contemporary sealers available to optimize apical healing.
• Remove gutta percha with rotary re-treatment files.
• Identify which endodontic cases may need referral to a specialist for treatment such as removal of canal obstructions, management of open apices and endodontic surgery.

*This programme qualifies for 6.5 hours of verifiable CPD*

*This course links to Enhanced CPD development outcomes: A, B and C*