Saturday October 22, 2011 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Hands-on Clinic
Advanced Endodontic Solutions: Strategies for Predictability and Profitability
Attendees must provide their own extracted pre-accessed
fully developed teeth that are
soaked in full strength bleach for 24 hours.
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  Co-sponsored by Sybron Endo, Henry Schein and the Thompson Okanagan Dental Society |
Course Outline
This advanced hands-on participation course addresses the concepts and details the skills necessary for acquiring the expertise and confidence to perform the highest quality endodontics. As a participant in our program, you will become familiar with the use of the “apex last” approach to canal shaping with nickel-titanium instrumentation using the TF™ (Twisted File) System, predictable irrigation protocols, and vertical condensation of thermo-softened gutta percha using The Continuous Wave of vertical. This program is taught digitally by combining PowerPointTM, FlashTM animation, and Quick Time™ video clips.
Join us and Learn How To:
1) Achieve straight line access to allow precise tactile control of shaping instruments to the apical constriction
2) Remove the smear layer with effective irrigants and safe and effective irrigant delivery systems.
3) Accurately locate the apical constriction using state of the art technique and technology. Trouble shooting will be discussed
4) Uncover and negotiate calcified canals using ultrasonic technology
5) Shape the root canal space using NiTi technology in a safe and efficient manner-negotiation, apical gauging and apical finishing techniques. The TF™ (Twisted File) NiTi system will be discussed in detail.
6) Obturate the root canal system in 3-D to capture the natural anatomy with the continuous wave of condensation
Biography
Dr. Gary Glassman graduated from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry in 1984 graduated from the Endodontology Program at Temple University in 1987 where he received the Louis I. Grossman Study Club Award for academic and clinical proficiency in Endodontics. The author of numerous publications, Dr. Glassman lectures globally on endodontics and is on staff at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry in the graduate department of endodontics. Gary is a fellow of the the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and the endodontic editor for Oral Health dental journal. He maintains a private practice, Endodontic Specialists in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He can be reached through his website www.rootcanals.ca.