PB-5 Outcomes in VPT/Regenerative Endodontics
CE Hours: 1.0
Description: Regenerative Endodontics and Vital Pulp Treatments has emerged as attractive biologically based procedures aiming at preservation of pulp vitality and ultimately tooth survival. The assessment of whether such treatments achieve their goals is often described as a clinical endpoint outcome of success or failure. However, consensus on what is considered success or failure of these emerging treatments is lacking. This talk will provide an overview of an international consensus process for establishing a standardized, agreed set of outcomes for VPT and revitalization procedures, highlighting what outcomes are considered critically important for patients and clinicians, how these outcomes are measured and the optimal time for their measurement. The importance of this core outcome set for evidence based clinical decision making and optimal patient care will be emphasized.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the concept of core outcomes and how a core outcome set is developed.
- Incorporate patients focused outcomes in the process of informed consent and treatment decision making.
- Apply an evidence based approach on how and when outcomes are measured.
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Ikhlas El Karim, BDS, FDSRCS (Rest Dent), PhD
Professor Ikhlas El karim
Clinical Professor and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at the School of Medicine Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences Queens University Belfast.
Graduated from Faculty of Dentistry Khartoum University and completed PhD and speciality training in the School of Dentistry Queen’s University Belfast.
Dr El karim currently leads a clinical and translational research programme in endodontics with a focus on developing novel pulpal diagnostics and therapeutics for vital pulp treatment at the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queens University Belfast. She has published over 70 peer reviewed papers, edited the Vital Pulp Treatment book and contributed to many books chapters in the field. She has presented her work nationally and internationally as invited and keynote speaker. Dr El karim is past president of the Irish Division of the International Association of Dental Research, Vice President of the Pulp Biology and Regeneration group and Associate Editor for Clinical Research for the International Endodontic Journal. She is member of the European Society of Endodontology Steering Group for development of quality guidelines in endodontics and a co-lead for the treatment of pulpitis working group. She led the COSET project for development of core outcome set for endodontic treatments.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
