NS-15 Endodontic Complications Following Dental Trauma: Diagnosis and Management
CE Hours: 0.75
Description: The management of traumatic dental injuries (TDI) often poses a clinical challenge that affects dentist, patients and their families. Treatment of TDI sequalae can be complex, time consuming, expensive and often requires multidisciplinary collaboration. Through a series of clinical case presentations, this session will show the role of the endodontist in the diagnosis and management of complications of TDI through incorporation of the dental trauma guidelines, contemporary literature and clinical experience.
Learning Objectives:
- Articulate how to utilize the dental trauma guidelines and how to make modifications on a case by case basis
- Outline endodontic complications following dental trauma and their management
- Explain the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of complications following TDI
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Isabel Mello, D.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Dr. Mello received her DDS degree from the Federal University of Alfenas, Brazil in 1996. In 2000, she completed her residency and Master of Sciences in Endodontics at the University of Sao Paulo, and in 2008, she defended her PhD in Dental Sciences in a joint program between the University of Sao Paulo and the University of British Columbia. She is the Division Head of Endodontics at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. Mello is an active researcher and has published several papers in peer review journals. She is a board certified Endodontist and a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. She serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Endodontics. She serves as consulting staff in the Dentistry Department at the IWK children’s hospital in Nova Scotia and maintains a part-time practice in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
