Short course: Contemporary Endodontics

This blended-learning program covers online lectures by Specialist Endodontists and MCQs to help cement your learning. A full day preclinical session will also be held at the Melbourne Dental School.

Program Delivery - Online Blended Learning and Hands-on Pre-clinical session

• Online web lectures via Learning Management System, Canvas.
• A short MCQ (multiple choice questions) to cement your knowledge on the lecture topics. An additional one hour of Scientific CPD is awarded.
• Online Live Q &A Session for follow up questions and interaction with the presenters.
• Hands-on Pre-clinical lab session - this session is only available to participants who have first completed the online blended learning lectures, MCQ and Live Q&A session.

Major Topics

• Eight online lectures/presentations by Endodontists covering:
• Endodontic diagnosis
• Working length determination
• Rotary NiTi systems and techniques
• Sealing the root canal system
• Update on internal bleaching of teeth
• Endodontic radiography
• The roles of calcium silicate-based cements in endodontics
• Restoration of the endodontically treated tooth
• Management of the difficult patient
• Demonstrations of different rotary NiTi systems
• Demonstrations of obturation strategies
• One full day of hands-on practice supervised by endodontists
• Hands-on experience with a range of rotary NiTi systems in plastic blocks, plastic teeth & extracted teeth
• Hands-on experience with apex location
• Hands-on experience with obturation of canals using different systems
• Simple and effective root canal obturation techniques
• Experience working through an operating microscope
• Aseptic endodontic strategies to achieve maximum microbiological control

Learning Objectives

• At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to apply:
• Strategies and techniques for endodontic diagnosis
• The role of small hand instruments in contemporary endodontic instrumentation
• An understanding of concepts of working length determination, including the use of electronic apex locators
• Principles and practical aspects of rotary NiTi techniques and systems
• Criteria for optimal root canal obturation
• Current concepts of internal tooth bleaching
• Contemporary radiographic techniques in endodontics
• Calcium silicate-based materials in endodontic obturation, perforation repair and vital pulp therapy
• An understanding of the biology and technical aspects of the restoration of root-filled teeth
• How to efficiently and predictably manage difficult patients