SP-1 What an Endodontist Can Learn from Captain Sully

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Endodontics can be curative and preventative. The specialty exists due to the fact that endodontic treatment can often be complex with occasional unexpected turns. Assessment of case difficulty, coupled with ongoing reassessment, can help doctors deliver more predictable and successful care. Clinical experience and exposure to various advanced situations helps the endodontist tackle cases requiring complicated decision-making skills. Pilots have long demonstrated a terrific model in approaching such situations. By breaking down a complicated scenario into smaller components, they can help ensure consistent, correct actions and results. The beneficiary of such an approach are comfortable patients who enjoy retaining their natural, functioning teeth. This presentation will use clinical cases to validate that decision-making skills, coupled with suitable course corrections, can be a key component to acceptable outcomes.

At the conclusion, participants should be able to:

  • Define the critical role of continual assessments to ensure appropriate decisions and course changes are made throughout the delivery of endodontic care.
  • Choose circumstances during clinical cases where there may be multiple options on how to proceed at various crossroads.
  • Discuss how assessment of treatment difficulty and choices between differing treatment paths might affect outcome predictability of certain cases.
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Kent A. Sabey, D.D.S.

Following eight years in an Arizona general dentistry practice, Dr. Sabey enjoyed a full career in the US Air Force, retiring in Jan 2011. While in the military, he attended two postgraduate dental training programs -- a 2-year AEGD and then an endodontics residency, achieving board certification for both areas. Publications include articles in both endodontic and general dentistry journals, as well as co-authoring a textbook chapter. As a full-time educator, he served nine years as the Program Director for the LSU Advanced Education in Endodontics and currently as the Postgraduate Endodontics Program Director at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. He is also a current Director for the American Board of Endodontics.

Kent Sabey, D.D.S.

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.