NS-13 Mishaps During Root Canal Irrigation - Prevention, Symptomatology, and Management
CE Hours: 0.5
Description: Being a rather delicate and complicated procedure root canal treatment automatically is associated with a certain risk of intraoperative mishaps, among these wrong diagnosis, perforation, ledging, loss of working length or overextension of preparation and obturation, instrument fracture, loss of working length, overpreparation, apical extrusion of microorganisms or materials, irrigation mishaps, and some more. As some of these mishaps may be associated with pain or finally even treatment failure and frequently will disrupt the patients` confidence into the performance of the endodontist good knowledge of origin, nature, and consequences of such mishaps is of utmost importance for daily practice.
Irrigation mishaps are among the most frequently reported mishaps during root canal treatment and may show a wide range of symptoms and sequelae and sometimes may be difficult to manage timely and sufficiently.
Etiology, prevention, symptomatology, and management of irrigation mishaps, will be discussed in this lecture.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the importance of mishaps during root canal treatment for success and failure
- Explain the nature, prevention and management of irrigation mishaps
- Discuss the nature, prevention and management of instrument fractures
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Michael Hulsmann, Prof. Dr.
Professor. Dr. Michael Hülsmann, DDS, PHD 1980: Graduation in Dentistry from the University of Göttingen, Germany. 1982-2021 Senior Lecturer, Department of Operative Dentistry, University of Göttingen, Germany 1988: Doctoral degree 1998: PhD degree (Dr. med. dent. habil.). 2004: Promotion to Professor 2009 - 2013 Head of Dept. of Operative Dentistry, University of Göttingen 1993: Hans Genet Award from the European Society of Endodontology and the Netherlands Society of Endodontology. Since 2021: Working in a Private Practice and Guestprofessorship at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) Member of the German Society of Endodontology and Dental Traumatology (DGET), European Society of Endodontology (ESE) and the American Association of Endodontics (AAE). Chief Editor of the German journal Endodontie, and Associate Editor of the International Endodontic Journal., Co-editor of the textbook Problems in Endodontics: Prevention, Identification and Management (2nd ed. in 2019) More than 300 publications and more than 700 lectures and hands-on-courses.
