"ADVANCED ENDO COURSE”
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Hall 2, Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center
No. of Attendees:
maximum of 25 participants
TARGET AUDIENCE: Dentists/General
Practitioners/Endodontists/PG/Board Residents
PROF. FRANCESCO MANNOCCI
Specialist in Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry
Private Practitioners Limited to Endodontics in Central London
Prof Francesco Mannocci (MD,DDS,PhD, FHEA) is a Specialist in Endodontics and Restorative
Dentistry. He obtained his MD (Pisa, Italy, 1986) and DDS (Pisa, 1990) in Italy, and his PhD in
Clinical Dentistry from King's College London in 2001. After having worked in private
practice in Pisa for 18 years while collaborating with the University of Siena as a Visiting
Professor he became Lecturer in Endodontology at King's College London in 2004, Senior
lecturer/Honorary Consultant in 2006, Head of Endodontology in 2008, and Professor of
Endodontology at King’s College London in 2010. Prof Mannocci has authored more than 90
papers in international peer reviewed journals. Prof Mannocci is Associate Editor of the
International Endodontic Journal. Prof Mannocci has worked extensively on subjects
including restoration of endodontically treated teeth, instrumentation techniques, dental
anatomy, histology, endodontic radiology and endodontic microbiology. Prof Mannocci
maintains a private practice limited to Endodontics in Central London.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
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Dentists will learn to achieve ease of obtaining a comfortable access to the canal
orifices in the initial cavity access preparation.
Overview of traditional techniques, their disadvantages
Ni-Ti revolution – how it changed the endodontic procedure
Choosing the best Ni-Ti instruments: taper, cutting/non-cutting blades and tip,
flexibility and rigidness
Overview of available motors/hand pieces: speed, torque, reverse
Irrigation protocol
Shaping protocol
You will learn various techniques to manage severely curved canals with ease and
increased efficiency.
Learn techniques to simplify re-treatment cases.
Three dimensional Obturation techniques thereby achieving optimal seal and
enhanced success rate.
Technological innovations have considerably changed endodontic procedures; cone
beam computed tomography (CBCT), operative microscopes, ultrasonic and apex
locators allow endodontists and general practitioners to appreciate as never before
the complexity of the root canal system in a clinical context; root canal treatments of
maxillary molars with 2mesio-buccal canals and of mandibular molars with 3
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separate canals in the mesial root have become common; however while the
number of “difficult” endodontic treatments has increased, the evolution of
endodontic instruments has allowed a considerable simplification of
instrumentation and obturation techniques.
This course will go through some essential aspects of endodontic diagnosis including
the use of CBCT, treatment planning, approach to challenging endodontic cases, the
course will also describe the mechanical properties, the instrumentation sequence
and the clinical advantages of ProTaper next, a new endodontic file fabricated using
an innovative thermal-treatment process to create M-Wire NiTi.
The use of the Endo-activator, an effective technique to enhance the effect of
endodontic irrigants will be described.
A new carrier based root canal obturation technique (GuttaCore) will be also
presented.
GuttaCore is the evolution of the Thermafill concept. In this new system the
plastic carrier has been replaced with a cross-linked gutta-percha carrier, this
material ensures an improved adhesion to the gutta-percha coating and permits a
much easier removal of the carrier itself in case of retreatment.
COURSE OUTLINE
1:00 - 3:00
: Lecture on: ”A New Approach to Endodontics”
3:00 - 3:30
: Prayer / Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:30
: Hands-on (Root Canal shaping) and Demo on GuttaCore Obturation
4:30 - 5:00
: Obturation
REGISTRATION FEES:
Early Registration
(Deadline: 31 Dec. 2014)
SR 500
On-Site Registration
SR 600
For more information, please call 011-4677743/4675842