ROOT CANAL TREATMENT

In this course candidates learn the correct way to do root canal treatment and the various steps taken to ensure that they become competent to do the same.

  • 1 week long course
  • 3-4 hrs daily.
  • Monday to Saturday.
  • Lectures and notes on how to diagnose a tooth for root canal treatment.
  • How to take pre operative xrays of the same and interpret information for the RCT from the x-ray
  • What to tell the patient and how to convince them for RCT.
  • Learn how to put the rubber dam using different methods and to educate the patient for the same.
  • Straight line access opening-how deep,how wide ….
  • Canal location and how to rule out the possibility of an extra canal.
  • How much to enlarge the canals and why?
  • Step back tech.
  • Instrumentation and irrigation.
  • Obturation.
  • How to avoid instrument breakage and what to do in case it does happen.
  • Assessing the prognosis of the RCTd tooth.
  • Prognosis of a tooth requiring re-RCT
  • And lots of other things.
  • Notes will be provided.
  • Candidates will have to get their own extracted teeth.
  • Instruments and materials may be provided.