SP-31 Can Calcium Silicate-based Sealer Cases Be Retreated? Evidence-based Solutions for Retreatment of Cases Containing a Calcium Silicate-based Sealer
CE Hours: 0.75
Description: A growing number of practitioners use calcium silicate-based sealers in root canal therapy. If the primary treatment has failed, non-surgical retreatment is considered the primary treatment option. However, the retreatability of cases incorporating a calcium silicate-based sealer is debatable as a specific, clinically acceptable solvent has yet to be developed. There are also few outcome studies concerning retreating these cases. This presentation will critically review the current studies addressing retreatment and retreatability of cases incorporating a calcium silicate-based sealer, and discuss methods to retrieve calcium silicate based-sealers combined with gutta-percha cones using different solutions, solvents, primary rotary files, retreatment designed files, heat-treated or non-heat-treated files, ultrasonic or sonic irrigation, in both straight or curved canals exhibiting short, flush with the apex, or overextended obturation.
Learning Objectives:
- Compare the efficacies of different solvents/irrigants and ultrasonic/sonic irrigation for retreatment cases incorporating a calcium silicate-based sealer
- Evaluate the efficacies of different rotary files for retreatment cases incorporating a calcium-silicate sealer
- Design specific retreatment strategies for clinical scenarios involving straight or curved canals, and patent or non-patent canal cases
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Ji Wook Jeong, D.M.D., M.S.D.
Dr. Ji Wook Jeong earned a dental degree (DMD) at Kyunghee University in Seoul, South Korea, in 2001. He had practiced as general dentist for 13 years in Seoul. During his general practice, he earned a credential associate fellowship from American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) in 2008. He also served as an instructor and mentor of the Korea MaxiCourse® of AAID from 2008 to 2012. In addition, he graduated from the advanced program of Endodontics in the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) at Houston, School of Dentistry in 2017 where he earned a postgraduate degree (MSD) and the certificate of the specialty of Endodontics. He has been working as a full-time faculty at UTHSC at Houston since he graduated from the program. He is interested in secondary endodontic treatment as micro-endodontic surgery and retreatment. He had multiple international lectures on micro-endodontic surgery, including “Live surgery”. Also, he authored multiple peer-reviewed articles. He is an active member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Journal of Endodontics, American Academy of Endodontists, and a board-certified endodontist of the American Board of Endodontics.
