Controversial aspects in Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology

 

First day :

• Caries pathology and its complications.
• Tissue response to shallow, medium and deep caries.
• Diagnostic tools in the diagnosis of reversible/irreversible pulpitis. Correlation between clinical and histologic pulp diagnoses.
• Controversies about the depth of caries excavation. Selective vs non-selective excavation.
• Indirect pulp therapy. A misconception in modern Dentistry.
• Direct pulp capping. Partial and full pulpotomy.
• Controversies concerning the success rate of Vital Pulp Therapy.
• Bioceramic materials. Are they an improvement compared to the “old” calcium hydroxide?

Second day:

• Infection of the root canal system. Patterns of microbial colonization of the canal space.
• Periapical lesion formation. Classification of the types of lesions.
• Apical limit of root canal instrumentation and obturation: the most heated controversy in modern endodontics.
• The controversial issue of apical “patency”.
• Lateral canals: is their obturation possible?
• Limitations in achieving a sterile root canal system with chemo-mechanical instrumentation. Do the “new technologies” work?
• Treatment of the large lesions of the jaws. Is a surgical approach always necessary?
• Regenerative endodontic procedures. Are we really regenerating the dentin-pulp complex?
  
  

HD videos will be used throughout the course to illustrate the clinical procedures.

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