This course will explore diagnosis, local anesthesia, instrumentation/obturation, and pain medications and antibiotics in clinical endodontic treatment.
Learning Outcomes
✓Describe the clinical tests needed to obtain a pretreatment pulpal and periapical diagnosis
✓Describe the correct pulpal and periapical diagnosis terms in endodontics
✓Explain how to objectively test for pulp anesthesia
✓Explain how to integrate supplemental anesthesia techniques
✓Describe the modified crown-down filing technique
✓Explain the importance of removing residual canal debris
✓Discuss the current recommended NSAIDs for postoperative pain after conventional endodontic treatment
✓Discuss the current antibiotic recommendations for endodontic therapy
Course Curriculum
1.Overview
2.Learning Objectives
3.Introduction
4.Clinical Tests
5.Cold Test, EPT, and/or Heat Test for Pulp Sensibility
