Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Foundations of Endodontics
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, Spanish
Teaching staff
Introduction
The main objective of this course is to allow students a clinical basic knowledge of all the topics necessary to perform a root canal, as well as the proper handling of anxious patient, pharmacologic pain management and infection in endodontics and even the most important legal and ethical issues in a specialty ptactice.
Pre-course requirements
No previous requirements
Objectives
Objectives
- Define the concepts of endodontics and establish its objectives
- Know the etiology, causes and clinical treatment of a variety of dental pulp and periapical inflammations
- Complete a suitable clinical history when assessing the state of the dental pulp
- Know the prognosis of treatment for canals depending on pre-operational variables
- Explain different types of endodontic treatment
- Describe emergency treatment of different pulpoperiapical pathologies
- List essential radiographies for canal treatment and describe how they are performed
- Know how to organise the materials and instruments for endodontics and their treatment between each
patient
- Describe the ideal access openings for each tooth in the arch
- Enumerate the customary canals and the most common variations in each tooth of the arch
- Describe techniques for use of hand instruments during biomechanical preparation
- List different irrigation solutions for use in biomechanical preparation, defining their properties and
indications
- Explain the clinical sequence to be followed throughout biomechanical preparation
- Explain the objectives of canal system obturation
- Know the clinical properties of different canal obturation materials
- Describe the clinical sequence of different obturation techniques with gutta-percha
- Know different endodontic treatments for an immature tooth
- Adopt a suitable therapeutic attitude when dealing with different dental pulp and periapical problems
that require canal treatment
Syllabus
Classes
1. Biological basics and dental pulp pathology
2. Dental pulp pathology
3. Access openings
4. Diagnoses in endodontics
5. Determining the length of the job
6. Instrument basics
7. Instruments with Ni-Ti rotary systems
8. Instruments with reciprocating systems
9. Irrigation in endodontics
10. Obturation of canals
11. Obturation of canals
12. Pediatric endodontics
13. Prognosis and treatment plans in endodontics
14. Emergencies in endodontics
Seminars
1. Access openings – First third of chapter 7 of Cohen
2. Access openings – Second third of chapter 7 of Cohen
3. Access openings – Final third of chapter 7 of Cohen
4. CBCT in endodontics
5. Vertical fractures
6. Problem solving in endodontics
7. Dental pulp physiopathology – Chapter 3 of Weine, page 85 to 110
8. Dental pulp physiopathology – Chapter 3 of Weine, page 111 to 136
9. Dental pulp physiopathology – Chapter 3 of Weine, page 136 to 161
10. Pulpoperiapical pathology – Chapter 4 of Weine, page 165 to 185
11. Diagnoses in endodontics – First half of chapter 1 of Cohen
12. Diagnoses in endodontics – Second half of chapter 1 of Cohen
Teaching and learning activities
In person
Seminars of the book's themes vias de la pulpa and Articles chosen by the teacher will be discused. It will take place via online. Students will have to make a PowerPoint presentation
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Written exam consisting of 30 short questions. 70% is required to pass the exam.
Bibliography and resources
The book ways of the pulp tenth edition plus articles that teachers choose for each theme from the JOE and IEJ