NS-5 - Patency and Long Term Outcome: Is It Needed?

Thursday, May 4, 2023

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CT

Location: McCormick Convention Center Lakeside Center, E450B (Level 4)

Earn 1.0 CE Credits

Speaker(s)

Domenico Ricucci, D.D.S.

Owner
Private Practice
Cetraro, Calabria, Italy

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
L. Stephen Buchanan, D.D.S.

Founder
DEL.edu
Santa Barbara, California

Disclosure(s): DEL.edu: Employment (Ongoing), Founder and Clinical Director (Ongoing); Dentsply: Royalties for product inventions (Ongoing); Kerr Endodontics: Royalties for product inventions (Ongoing); PlanB Dental: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)

Facilitator(s)

Bettina Basrani, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.Sc.

Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

The patency concept was established in clinical endodontics in order to avoid debris buildup and canal blockage during root canal instrumentation and to dislodge bacterial biofilms in the foraminal region. Its application is still debatable, though. The definition of the patency file and the background to its use will be covered during this point-counterpoint session. Future trends as well as its benefits and drawbacks will be discussed.
Questions proposed to each presenter will be the basis of this point-counterpoint discussion

Learning Objectives:

Define the concept of patency file
List the benefits and limitations of current instrumentation techniques in removing vital or necrotic tissue from the apical ramifications and other anatomical irregularities
Discuss the impact of apical patency on the wound healing process