Fri, Nov 29
|Durban Dental Lab
A SMOOTH ENDODONTIC PROCEDURE
T.I.D.E course Instructor: Dr. Alice Li
Time & Location
Nov 29, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Durban Dental Lab , 595a Trethewey Dr, North York, ON M6M 4B8, Canada
About the event
Course Layout: Didactic (40%) and Hands-On Training (60%)
Didactic
- Introduction: The fundamental steps in root canal treatment.
- Case Selection: Identify the risks for procedural errors and prevention.
- Pain management: Providing adequate medications, comfortable treatment and post-treatment management.
Hands-On (1 Plastic Molar/few Extracted Molars)
- Access Cavity Preparation and Orifice Location: Improve accuracy without removing additional tooth structure.
- Cleaning and Shaping: Obtain a glide path and enlarge the canalas efficiently with rotary instruments (EdgeEndo rotary file systems), while avoiding iatrogenic errors.
- Irrigation: Optimize irrigant and activation techniques and protocols for effective debridement.
- Obturation and Coronal Restoration: Achieve a great 3D seal of the root canal system with ideal materials and the hydraulic condensation technique using bio-ceramic sealer to prevent re-infection.
About the Instructor
Dr.Alice Li
D.D.S., M.Sc. (Endodontics), Ph.D. , FRCD(C)
Dr. Alice Li currently works as an associate at Davisville Endodontics and Toronto Dental
Specialists. She also holds the positions of adjunct professor and clinical instructor at the
University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry.
Dr. Li obtained her Ph.D. and M.Sc. (Endodontics) from the University of Toronto. During the period of her Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Toronto, Dr. Li worked on researches of improving the biomechanical properties and fatigue resistance of endodontically treated dentin using engineered bioactive nanoparticles; and developing a 3D organoid model to study the cell signaling mechanism associated with regenerative endodontics. She has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals and received numerous international and national awards in the field of endodontics from the American Association of Endodontists, Journal of Endodontics and the Canadian Association for Dental Research. Dr. Li continues her award-winning research and clinical teaching at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry, serves as a scientific advisory board member of peer-reviewed journals, as well as enjoys being an endodontist working in Toronto.