The Operating Microscope in Endodontic Practice
| Course No: | 124712 |
| Format: | Lectures & Hands-on |
| Date: | Thursday 28 & Friday 29 June 2012 |
| Time: |
Thursday - 1:00am - 5:00pm (Registration from 12:30pm) |
| Venue: | Sydney Dental Hospital, 2 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills |
| Cost: | $1895 |
| Audience: | This course is open to specialists and Postgraduate Endodontic students. General Practitioners should enrol in The Microscope in Everyday Dentistry: Getting a Closer View |
| Limit: | 8 |
| CPD Hours: | 8 |
Overview
This course is open to postgraduate endodontic students and all specialists. It has an emphasis on advanced endodontic practice.
The enhanced magnification and illumination provided by the dental operating microscope can be applied to many clinical situations, ranging from the inspection of crown preparations to endodontic, periodontic and oral surgery procedures.
The microscope is particularly useful in endodontics for identifying cracks, finding calcified and additional canals, removing posts and broken instruments, repairing perforations and performing periapical surgery.
This course will emphasise the application of the microscope to conventional and surgical endodontics by exercises on extracted teeth.
Each participant will have their own microscope and have the opportunity to try other brand products.
A team approach with the dental chairside assistant will be emphasised. Everyone will receive a reading list and technical information about the microscopes.
Topics
- Adjusting and parfocaling the microscope
- Access cavities, canal location and instrumentation exercises
- Post removal exercise
- Broken instrument removal exercise
- Microsurgical instrument selection and usage
- Apical preparation and retro-filling exercise
- Dentist, assistant and patient positioning for optimum results
Presenters
Steven Cohn, BA, DDS, Cert Endo, DABE, FADI, FICD, FPFA
Donna Richards, BDS, GradDipClinDent (Endo), DCD (Endo)
Attendance at this course may assist with the assessment in the MRACDS examination. The RACDS does not endorse any specific course or institution as the provider of all information required to successfully complete a MRACDS module.