T-9 Current Status of NiTi instruments
CE Hours: 1.5
Description: The clinical practice of endodontics has dramatically changed over the last two decades, to a large extent driven by technological advances in canal shaping. This session will examine the evidence-based that practitioners may use in selecting products and strategies needed when performing root canal preparation. The vast majority of publications describe in vitro data, looking into shaping quality, physical properties and debridement effects of various systems. Other studies highlight actual and possible negative outcomes such as instrument fracture and the development of dentinal microcracks. In contrast, only limited information is available to demonstrate clinical outcomes as related to canal shaping. Open questions are overall preparation sizes and the connection to antimicrobial efficacy and long-term retention. In summary, this session will present researchers and clinicians with a comprehensive review of present technology and perhaps an outlook towards future developments in this area.
- List in detail design features and testing results of current canal preparation instruments and techniques.
- Describe the evidence for possible and actual negative outcomes in root canal shaping.
- Differentiate and critically evaluate evidence for clinical selection of canal shaping modalities.
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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)
Ove A. Peters, DMD MS PhD
In accordance with this policy, I declare I have a past or present proprietary or relevant financial relationship or receive gifts in kind (including soft intangible remuneration), consulting position or affiliation, or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service, course and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith, as indicated: Dentsply Maillefer (Self) : Consultant (Status: Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Status: Ongoing), Honorarium (Status: Ongoing), Other Financial or Material