SP-33 Save My Tooth! Setting the Stage for a "Super Healer"
CE Hours: 0.75
Description: Not all superheroes wear capes! As endodontists our goal is to improve dental outcomes and ultimately save the tooth. Sometimes, the challenge is real, especially when the tooth has been recommended for extraction, but the patient insist on keeping it. This presentation will explore methods for addressing complex cases with large lesions of endodontic origin in teeth that other providers believe "it will never heal". These teeth can be successfully treated with standard endodontic techniques. We will review steps to not only avoid extraction, but also treat the tooth in a single visit and create full bone healing at the 1–2-year recall.
Learning Objectives:
- Review steps to treat complex cases with large lesions of endodontic origin and guarded prognosis.
- Discuss the RCT process that creates "super healers" (complex cases recommended for extraction that have full bone healing in a short period of time).
- Assess the impact of technology on the outcomes of complex cases.
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Angela P. Noguera, DDS, MS
Dr. Noguera is a board-certified endodontist, who has been in private practice for more than 30 years. She received her undergraduate dental education from the Universidad Metropolitana in Barranquilla, Colombia. She then proceeded to further her education in the U.S.A. at the University of Maryland where she received an M.S. in Oral Biology from the Graduate School, as well as a Certificate in Endodontics through Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1988. Dr. Noguera achieved the highest level of excellence recognized by the dental profession in 1994 when she became a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics.
Dr. Noguera is an active member of numerous dental associations including the American Association of Endodontists, American Dental Association, the International and the American College of Dentists, and the College of Diplomates of the American Association of Endodontists. She is a proud past president of the District of Columbia Dental Society, the Edward C Penick Endodontic Study Club, and the Maimonides Dental Society. Most recently, Dr. Noguera was elected Delegate of the District of Columbia to the ADA.
Dr. Noguera is happily married to Dr. Ali Fassihi and is the proud mother of three daughters: Eliana, Maryam, and Roxana. In her spare time, she enjoys and supports the Music and Arts, reading and sitting by the water.
Disclosure(s): Sonendo Inc.: Honorarium (Ongoing), I am a paid consultant for Sonendo (Ongoing)
