3D Printing Guides for Targeted Endodontic Microsurgery (TEMS)
CE Hours: 1.75 CE hour
Description: Targeted Endodontic Microsurgery (TEMS) utilizes trephine burs and 3D-printed surgical guides to achieve osteotomy, root resection and biopsy in a single step. The digital workflow for guide production is marked by conversion of a patient’s physical anatomy into digital data that forms a digital model upon which a TEMS guide is designed and then 3D-printed. This presentation aims to demystify the digital workflow and guide design process, and to show proper clinical applications of the surgical guide. Participants will see several methods for digitally rendering bone, teeth, neuro-vascular structures, crowns and soft tissues. Principles of digital model creation within design software will be presented so that clinicians can communicate meaningfully with a 3D printing lab. Finally, several TEMS cases with treatment planning considerations will be presented including palatal roots of maxillary 1st and 2nd molars and mesial and distal roots of mandibular 1st and 2nd molars.
At the conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Describe different ways of digitizing hard and soft tissues for creation of a digital model.
- Describe surgical guide design principles for communication with a 3D printing lab.
- Describe all clinical phases of guided surgical endodontics to include presurgical evaluation, radiographic evaluation, treatment planning and intraoperative application.
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Jarom J. Ray, DDS
Dr. Jarom Ray is the Chief of Endodontics at the US Air Force Academy and is a Professor of Endodontics at the Uniformed Services Univeristy of the Health Sciences. He served as the Air Force Endodontics Residency Program Director from 2016-2020. He received his D.D.S. from Creighton University Medical Center School of Dentistry in 2003 then completed a one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency at the USAF Academy in 2004. He practiced general dentistry for 2 years. In 2008 he received a certificate in endodontics from Wilford Hall Medical Center and achieved board certification in 2011. Dr. Ray is co-inventor of Targeted Endodontic Microsurgery and has lectured nationally and internationally on endodontic applications of 3D Printing. His research focuses on applications of Targeted Endodontic Microsurgery and 3D printing.
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Jarom J. Ray, D.D.S.
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