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The Postgraduate Certificate in Endodontology, Core Subjects

Principles of endodontics

Aims:

Explore the historical influences on contemporary root canal techniques.
Review the biology of endodontic disease and the evidence base for treatment
Review the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of endodontic cases.
Introduce different filing techniques

Some examples of module content are:

Biology and aetiology of endodontic disease, underpinning evidence and research, critical evaluation of evidence, statistical outcomes.
History taking, diagnostic techniques, differential diagnosis.
Likely outcomes from different pre-operative statuses. Appropriate treatment regimes, referral strategies, the use of published flow charts to assess case complexity.
Treatment planning with patient to obtain valid consent.
Techniques of filing curved canals using a variety of files, the limitations of these techniques.
Technique of balanced force to keep instruments centred in the canal, the use of balanced force filing in developing a ‘glide path’ in curved canal preparation
Efficacy of crown down technique with NiTi versus coronal flaring/glide path and NiTi as finishing instruments, concepts of neutral and positive rake angles to vary cutting efficacy.
Tapers and the limitations of producing a tapered preparation with instruments that are not tapered.
Roles of irrigants and lubricants in canal preparation
Use of disinfectants in the management of infections.

Endodontic Treatment

Aims:

To further develop practitioners’ endodontic techniques
To analyse the role of medication in endodontic therapy

Some examples of module content are:

Local anaesthesia. Antibiotics and analgesics in endodontics ; their roles in controlling pain.
Different causes of pain; management of failure of analgesia
The role of intra-canal medicaments and inter-appointment dressings where indicated for different diagnoses.
The indications and roles of various root canal irrigants and disinfectants
Anatomy of the apical third of the root canal, vertical and horizontal aspects of canal preparation
Techniques and protocols to produce consistent tapered root canal preparations with various rotary NiTi instruments.
Contemporary thermal obturation techniques including warm vertical condensation, injectable thermo-plasticised technique and thermomechanical compaction

Referral Endodontics

Aims:

To understand the concept of success and failure in endodontics
To highlight the concept of the restoration of the endodontically treated tooth and coronal seal.
To highlight the relationship between endodontic and periodontal disease
To understand risk factors for iatrogenic damage and how this can be repaired

Some examples of module content are:

Criteria for success and failure of endodontic treatment, review intervals, future treatment options, tactics to overcome failure
Techniques and materials needed to remove gutta percha and cements from the root canal system, the potential complexities that retreatment entails when compared with endodontic treatments on virgin teeth
Techniques to include placement amalgam Nayaar cores
Treatment protocols for tooth bleaching (lightening)
Internal and external resorption and its relationship to trauma
Management of trauma and techniques to manage incomplete root formation. Techniques to prevent and/or minimise root resorption
How to avoid iatrogenic damage and how to repair root canal systems that have suffered procedural misadventures
Contemporary techniques and methods for pulp capping and pulpotomies. The use of ultrasonics for the removal of instruments and posts from root canals, other methods of removing fractured posts from teeth.

If you have any further questions about the programme, please contact, Lorna, our programme administrator, either via email or via telephone, details below.

t: 0845 363 0400

email: lorna@simplyendo.com