O-2 Outcome Focused Treatment Recommendation (ESE Project)
CE Hours: 1.25
Description: The European Society of Endodontology has developed contemporary recommendations for the management of patients presenting with pulpal and apical disease. For this the so-called S3 process was adopted (1) a core outcome set was defined, (2) systematic reviews (SRs) were commissioned and (3) a consensus conference was held. This robust process is new to endodontics but was adopted earlier in medicine and in periodontology. Of note, the core outcome set described ‘tooth survival’ as the most critical outcome, while other critical outcomes were ‘pain, tenderness, swelling, need for medication’, ‘presence of sinus tract’, ‘satisfactory soft tissue healing’, ‘radiographic evidence of reduction of apical lesion size'. In total 14 SRs were published that addressed PICOT questions directly related to the defined outcomes. The concluding consensus conference resulted in a comprehensive guideline document. This presentation will inform in detail about the process and resulting material relevant for the practice of endodontics.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the process involved in creating the S3 guidelines.
- List clinical procedures that are effective and evidence-based for core outcomes desired in endodontics.
- Conduct an assessment of the alignment of their clinical practices with the ESE S3 recommendations.
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Ove A. Peters, DMD, MS, PhD
Dr. Ove A. Peters joined the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, in 2020 after faculty positions in Heidelberg, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland, as well as at the University of California, San Francisco. Most recently, he was the founding director of the postgraduate endodontic program at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, a professor with tenure and the Chair of the Department of Endodontics at that school.
Dr. Peters has wide-ranging clinical and research expertise and has published more than 200 manuscripts related to endodontic technology and biology. He has authored two books and contributed to several leading textbooks in dentistry; he also is an associate editor for the International Endodontic Journal as well as the Australian Endodontic Journal, an academic editor for PLOS One and serves on the review panel of multiple other journals. Among others awards, Dr Peters has received the Hans Genet Award of the European Society of Endodontology and more recently the Louis I. Grossman Award of the American Association of Endodontists. He is a Diplomate of the ABE, a member of OKU and a Fellow of the International and American Colleges of Dentistry.
Speaker Disclosure
Disclosure(s): Dentsply Sirona: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)