Speaker: Lourdes M. Amador, DDS,|Research has shown that periodontal diseases may lead to changes in the pulp, however, when both apparatus are affected, periodontal and endodontic therapy is indicated because the disease of one may influence and alter the physiological condition of the other. Some publications have suggested that periodontal disease is more deleterious to the pulp than both caries and restorations combined. Others publications have shown negligible effect. This presentation is directed to discuss these difference and analyze these changes.​

Speaker: Domenico Ricucci, D.D.S., M.D. In the presence of deep caries, clinicians routinely face conditions in which they have to decide whether the dental pulp can be saved or not. The most currently used classification of pulpitis is based on the prognosis of treatment, according to which pulpitis is deemed as reversible or irreversible.

Speaker: Bradford R. Johnson, D.D.S., M.H.P.E. The goal of this presentation is to serve as a brief overview of medical conditions and medications that may require treatment modification to ensure safe surgical treatment. The presentation will focus primarily on cardiovascular disease, selection of local anesthetic, anticoagulant therapy and hemostasis, diabetes, kidney and liver disease, immunosuppression, history of antiresorptive agent drug therapy, prosthetic joint replacement and relevant drug interactions.

SP-1: Speaker: Carlos Aznar Portoles, D.D.S., M.Sc. The success rate of endodontic surgical retreatment has shown to be above 90% when modern techniques are used. This presentation will focus on the surgical management of teeth that had previously been unsuccessfully surgically retreated. SP-2: Speaker: Bruce Y. Cha, DMD. In posterior maxilla, the sinus and posterior teeth are often intimately located and their mutual health intricately related. Clinicians should be aware of this interdependence when diagnosing and treating diseases in this region. SP-3: Speaker: Rachele Luciano, DMD. Post-operative pain can, in some cases, persist several months after endodontic therapy despite seemingly adequate treatment. When endodontic pathology has been ruled out, we must start thinking outside the box.

Speaker: Richard E. Walton, D.M.D., M.S., Older dental patients with increasingly complex dental needs are becoming more common. To be discussed are both the similarities and the differences between the elderly and younger patients, such as pulpal and periapical biology and responses, medical considerations and restorative factors.

Speaker: Ashraf F. Fouad, D.D.S., M.S., Knowledge of the patterns and characteristics of microbial dissemination in the pulp and periapical tissues is essential for developing effective antimicrobial therapies. This presentation will explain the principles of contemporary technologies of microbial analysis, and summarize the major findings of recent studies.

Speaker: Wafaa Abdelbaky. Khalil, Ph.D., The effect of oral infections on body organs and the adverse effect of systemic disease on pulpal and periapical health represent a distinctive model for bi-directional pathobiologic interactions characterized as mouth-body connection. The aim of this presentation is to characterize this interaction via three channels of biologic effect: oral infections, systemic diseases and endodontic materials.

Speakers: Paul S. Rosen, D.M.D., M.S., Alan S. Law, D.D.S., Ph.D., Nadim Z. Baba, D.M.D., M.S.D, FACP Regenerative Therapy: Saving Teeth and Dental Implants With Advanced Inflammatory Disease

Speaker: Asma Khan, B.D.S., Ph.D. It is well established that microbial infections play a key role in the initiation and progression of pulpal disease. The host response to pathogenic infection, which is critical to disease progression, is less understood. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie the host response may lead to diagnostics that predict treatment outcome. The informed clinician can then choose which treatment option is best. This session covers recent advances in the molecular mechanisms of pain, the immune response and regeneration of the pulp-dentin complex.

Speaker: Nestor Cohenca, D.D.S., Would you like to increase your odds at saving your patients’ teeth? This nuts and bolts presentation will give you the tools to triage and successfully treat patients who present with pulp involvement, both vital and not vital, as well as dental traumatic injuries.