SP-11 - Managing Endodontic Treatment Failures

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST

Location: 124

CE: 1.5

Speaker(s)

Renato M. Silva, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair
University of Texas at Houston
Houston, Texas

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Bruno M. Crozeta, DDS, MS, PhD

Professor
University of Barretos (Brazil)
Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Session Host(s)

RS

Ravi Shah, DMD

Dentist
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Conventional endodontic therapy has proven to be a very predictable treatment modality. However, it may occasionally fail. Treatment inadequacies are the major cause of endodontic failure. Signs and symptoms of endodontic treatment failure include radiographic apical/periapical radiolucency, swelling, sinus tract and pain. This presentation summarizes important evidence-based aspects to help dentists identify endodontic treatment failures, determine potential causes of failure, and determine appropriate steps to address the failure. Retreatment success rates may be attributed to improved instrument properties and advanced technologies. The efficacy of contemporary endodontic approaches and technologies such as magnification and illumination, CBCT, XP instruments, ultrasonic devices and multisonic machines, as well as retreatabilty of bioceramic sealers with regards to endodontic retreatment outcomes will also be discussed.
In conclusion, participants will be able to perform endodontic retreatment using more predictable and safe approaches.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss diagnostic methods and treatment plan for endodontic failures
Discuss new instruments, materials and technologies used as supplementary techniques for endodontic retreatments
Discuss endodontic retreatment outcomes