Course Description
Endodontics is a discipline that requires proper diagnosis, meticulous treatment, profound pain control and operator’s confidence. Each year new endodontic systems enter the dental field. How do we decide which systems to adopt? Which protocols should be changed, and which should be preserved? What to expect from tomorrow? What is evidence-based endodontics?
This lecture/hands-on course will identify the cornerstones of endodontics that cannot be changed. It will provide you with the knowledge of optimal evidence-based protocols.
The speakers will analyze currently available evidence and provide you with predictable and highly successful approaches in endodontics. After this course you will feel confidence in what you do, back up your clinical skills by current evidence and provide a high standard of endodontic care to your patients.
This course will benefit both novice and experienced clinicians.
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At the end of this course the participants will be able to:
1. Diagnose and treatment-plan more accurately.
2. Optimize their local anesthesia techniques.
3. Locate and treat calcified canals.
4. Instrument with fewer files, faster and with confidence.
5. Irrigate with new protocols.
6. Obturate more efficiently, predictably and consistently.
7. Formulate the best post-treatment pain control protocol.
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Please arrive within 30 minutes before the course start time to sign in.
Staff will be available at the Faculty of Dentistry’s Edward Street entrance to admit participants into the building as this building is not open to the public. If you arrive too early, you may need to wait until staff arrive.
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Complimentary lunch is provided for course participants. Please indicate any dietary restrictions upon registration.
Hands-on materials and equipment are provided for participants to use in the course.
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Cancellations made more than 10 calendar days before the course start date will receive a full refund. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within 10 calendar days of the course start date.
Refunds will not be issued for registrants who do not attend, regardless of reason for absence.
Registrations cannot be transferred to another individual.
To cancel your registration, please follow the link and instructions provided in the registration confirmation email. If you are eligible for a refund, the refund will be processed automatically upon cancellation. Please allow 3-5 business days for the transaction to be completed.
Continuing Dental Education (University of Toronto) reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient registrations, instructor cancellation, or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. In the event of course cancellation, a full refund will be issued, and registrants will be notified promptly. We are not liable for any associated losses, damages, or expenses, including travel and accommodations.
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After completing this course, a certificate of completion that indicates the number of Continuing Education (CE) points earned will be sent to you within 7-10 days by email.
Instructors
Dr. Bettina Basrani is Tenured Associate Professor and Director, MSc Program in Endodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Basrani received her DDS degree from the University of Buenos Aires in 1989 and a Specialty Diploma in Endodontics and PhD from Maimonides University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A long-time educator and researcher, she began her teaching career at the University of Buenos Aires. In 2000, she moved to Canada to serve as Chair of the Endodontic Program at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2004, she moved to Toronto, where she has continued her academic and clinical work. Internationally recognized as a leading authority in endodontics and as an excellent lecturer, effectively combining clinical and scientific information, Dr. Basrani has received many awards throughout her career, such as the Louis Grossman Award by the French Society of Endodontics and has international courses and lectures, over 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications, three textbooks and several textbook chapters, and abstracts to her credit. Recently, in 2021 she was recognized as one of the most influential graduates from the University of Buenos Aires. She serves as reviewer for several endodontic journals. Dr. Basrani is a member of many endodontics societies around the world.
Dr. Pavel Cherkas is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, focusing on the fields of endodontics, neurophysiology and orofacial pain. Dr. Cherkas graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) and also successfully defended his MMedSc and PhD theses in Neuroscience from the Faculty of Medicine at the same university. He also graduated from a MSc Endodontics program at the University of Toronto. Dr. Cherkas has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Endodontics, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy and the Journal of Orofacial Pain. He is also a reviewer and associate member of the Faculty of 1000 Medicine. Dr. Cherkas has conducted pain research at several Universities worldwide such as Cambridge (UK), Leipzig (Germany) and Tokyo (Japan). He has served as a Resident Member on the Regenerative Endodontics Committee of the American Association of Endodontics and presented over 50 lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to his expertise.