Basic Endodontics: Access Cavity Preparation and Canal Shaping

This course is designed for dentists and senior dental students who wish to improve their knowledge and clinical skills in the field of endodontics. It includes a series of theoretical sessions and hands-on practical exercises. The course is conducted with microscope support.

Course Overview

This 2-day intensive hands-on course is designed for dentists and final-year dental students who wish to develop their knowledge and clinical skills in endodontics. Through a microscope-assisted training approach, participants will develop their understanding and practical skills in appropriate case selection, clinical decision-making, assessment of root canal anatomy, and contemporary canal preparation and irrigation protocols.

Theoretical Training

The course will address the clinical decision-making processes that influence the success of endodontic treatment, including restorative and technical difficulty criteria in case selection and prognosis assessment. Following the principle that “anatomy determines the system,” the course will examine access cavity design, working length determination, and the biomechanical principles of irrigation.

The management of anatomical variations, the risk of canal transportation in curved canals, the clinical characteristics of oval canals, and contemporary irrigation activation techniques will also be evaluated in accordance with current clinical approaches.

Hands-on Training

Participants will perform exercises under the operating microscope, including safe glide path creation using hand files and assessment of root canal anatomy. Controlled canal shaping with rotary file systems, taper awareness, apical analysis, and the clinical differences between .04 and .06 taper will be practiced on resin models.

Additional exercises will include curved canal management, minimally invasive preparation, irrigation activation, and oval canal preparation. All procedures will be performed under direct instructor supervision, with individualized feedback provided throughout the practical sessions.

What You Will Learn in This Course

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply appropriate clinical decision-making and case selection principles in endodontics

• Evaluate restorative and technical difficulty criteria and prognosis

• Understand the influence of root canal anatomy on access cavity and preparation design

• Perform safe glide path creation techniques

• Apply principles of working length determination and apical assessment

• Perform controlled canal shaping using rotary file systems

• Understand the clinical differences between .04 and .06 taper

• Apply principles for managing the risk of canal transportation in curved canals

• Manage different oval canal anatomies

• Apply contemporary irrigation activation techniques

• Understand and implement minimally invasive preparation principles

Sponsors

Seda Falakaloglu

Associate Professor

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