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OCTOBER 8 AND 9, 2004, we acted as hosts for the first use of our new hands-on
dental education center (HODEC); Kit Weathers and Mike Goldstein conducted
a two-day course on rotary endodontics and associated subjects. HODEC
is located in South Hackensack, New Jersey, and can accommodate as many
as 40 participants in hands-on technique sessions.
This facility has been a dream of ours for some
time. We know that actually using new instruments and experiencing
new techniques has a far greater impact than just listening to someone
talk about them. Unlike the workshops that we give one-on-one at
our endodontic practice in Manhattan, we will have to charge for the courses
conducted at HODEC. However, instruments and materials that we recommend
during the full-day and two-day workshops will be included in the fee for
all the courses. Those instruments would cost well over half the
course fee if they were purchased separately. We know of no other
continuing education courses that make this offer.
We are providing this extensive armamentarium as
a take-home package to show in a dramatic way that dentists can get a topnotch
educational experience and all the tools they will need without having
to make further payments for the instruments to perform the techniques
they just learned. We want the knowledge and the instruments to be in your
hands as soon as you complete these educational experiences.
The techniques that you will learn will challenge
any preconceived notions you may hold regarding the need for expensive
rotary NiTi. We will show you how to prepare canals to an .08 mm/mm
taper within minutes while virtually eliminating any chance of instrument
separation. If you are presently using rotary NiTi, your ongoing costs
will be reduced by at least 90 percent. If you are using traditional time-consuming
techniques, your productivity will at least double, and you will achieve
superior results in the process. You will understand the simple concept
of relieved reamers and why they negotiate through tight curved canals
far more easily than any other endodontic instrument. You will learn
why thermoplastic obturation techniques add needless complexity and expense
and why they will give more consistent results at a fraction of the cost
and in a fraction of the time. In short, many of the concepts that
have been promoted by massive marketing and recent dental school programs
will be shown to be illogical, ill-conceived, and counterproductive.
The overarching thrust of this two-day course is to address all these issues
and the discussions that may ensue to clear up our thinking and demonstrate
that rational thinking is far more important to excellent endodontics than
some of the unproductive complex and expensive approaches that have been
promulgated in recent years.
The first two-day course will start in January 2005.
Those taking this course will receive 17 CE credits. It will be a
comprehensive endodontic educational experience including:
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Diagnosis and case selection
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Achieving safe and proper access with a simple new device that virtually
prevents all perforations
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Using releaved reamers in reciprocating handpieces that allow quick and
easy shaping of even tightly curved canals to an .08 mm/mm taper within
a few minutes per canal while virtually eliminating instrument separation
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Obturation of the prepared canals in a procedure that incorporates the
use of a bidirectional spiral to load the canals and coat the points with
an epoxy-resin cement that binds chemically and physically to both the gutta
percha and the dentin
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Using digital imagery to confirm the accurate and thorough placement of
the cement and gutta-percha points from both mesio-distal and bucco-lingual
angulations
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Placing a highly retentive post to insure a stable core for the long-term
success of the final crown
While the emphasis will be hands-on, with at least half
of each day being devoted to benchtop workshops, we will also present a
solid case for these techniques as the very best and most practical ways
to perform these phases of endodontics. We are prepared to discuss
all other methods of instrumentation and obturation that the participants
may be interested in and to demonstrate clearly why the methods that you
will learn in this course are superior.
In addition to the above disciplines, participants
will be able to acquaint themselves with the endodontic microscope, apex
locators, and ultrasonic and sonic units for the purpose of debriding and
removing instruments broken while using other techniques.
The two-day courses will include breakfasts and
luncheons at the lecture site and an optional dinner on the first night
of the two-day program for those who would like to relax informally with
the group.
In the future, we will also hold specialty courses
emphasizing the microscope and its ability to aid in the removal of broken
posts and instruments. You will learn the technical care and maintenance
of the microscope as well as proper positioning to see every tooth in the
mouth.
For information on the growing list of these courses
please CLICK
HERE or call 888-5HANDS-ON.
This is just the beginning of what we believe will
be both a common-sense and revolutionary approach to endodontics with both
the dental profession and the general public sharing the benefits.
Barry Musikant lecturing
in the new Hands-On Dental Education Center
Winter 2004
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Kit Weathers lecturing at
HODEC
Barry Musikant explains the
advantages of the EZ-Fill obturation system
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