NS-11 Cracked Teeth: updated Treatment Protocols for Maximizing Success, Role of CBCT, New Outcomes Data, and Future Directions for Saving More Teeth
CE Hours: 1.5
Description: Which cracked teeth should be saved, and which ones should be extracted? What is the prognosis of vital and endodontically treated cracked teeth? Which clinical variables matter when managing these cases, and which ones can we control? And finally, what is the role of CBCT in diagnosing and prognosticating cracks? These are some of the burning questions endodontists face due to the complexities inherent to cracked teeth and their varying clinical presentations. Confusion and conflicting answers to these questions are as ubiquitous in our literature as cracked teeth are prevalent in our patients. Recent clinical studies are indicating that treating cracked teeth, even those with deep radicular extensions, may have longstanding value for our patients. This presentation will bring some evidence-based clarity to these questions and present the treatment and post-treatment modifiers that may significantly increase our successes in treating cracked teeth.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe and implement treatment and post-treatment modifiers that impact the prognosis of treating cracked teeth and how these modifiers have a role in saving more teeth
- Explain the role of CBCT in the approach to evaluating and treating cracked teeth
- Explain treatment plan cracked teeth and prognosticate the outcomes based on evidence
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Matthew C. Davis, D.D.S.
Dr. Matthew Davis is a board-certified endodontist in private practice in Glenview and Winnetka, Illinois. He attended the University of Iowa College of Dentistry where he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1999 and his specialty certificate in endodontics in 2001. He has been a full-time practicing endodontist for twenty years. He became a diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics in 2010. As an author, he has had several publications and has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Journal of Endodontics from 2013 to the present.
I declare that I have no proprietary, financial, or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service, course, and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith, that will be discussed or considered during the proposed presentation.
