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Module 1- 5 topics

Hands-on techniques are demonstrated both live and with the use of video. The ratio of didactic to hands-on training is 50:50.

Participants are encouraged to have a go themselves, using all of the contemporary endodontic preparation and obturation systems currently available in the UK. The hands-on sessions allow participants the opportunity for an unbiased look at the different systems and materials.

Module 1

• Aetiology of endodontic disease

• Prognosis of non-surgical endodontic treatment

• Mechanical properties of endodontic instruments

• Endodontic instrumentation techniques: balanced force filing

Module 2

• To understand aims and objectives

• Critical evaluation of research papers

• Endodontic instrumentation techniques

• Stepback and balanced force

• Creating tapers with hand files

• Bacteriology of endodontic disease

• Focal infection, bacteraemias, anachoresis and the hollow tube theory

Module 3

• Diagnostic procedures

• Diagnosis of non-odontogenic pain

• Medically-compromised patients

• Tooth morphology

• Radiographic interpretation

• Present day irrigants

• Endodontic instrumentation

• Techniques: crown down vs stepback, effect of varying instrument geometry, neutral vs positive rake angles

Module 4

• Pulpal response to caries and dental procedures

• Pulpal irritants

• Anatomy of the pulp and periapex

• Endodontic length determination

• Apex locators

• Vertical root fractures

• Introduce the variants of the K3 rotary filing system, and Lightspeed

• Importance of a glide path in preventing instrument separation

• Mechanism of fracture of rotary NiTi files

• Introduce Thermafil

Module 5

• Navigating pulp chambers

• An overview of Nitinol alloy: its use in the development of rotary NiTi instruments

• The role of NiTi in preparation of curved canals

• Tomorrow's irrigants

• Review of thermal obturation: history and contemporary techniques

• Introduce the RaCe NiTi rotary system and compare with Protaper