Cambridge Section - Choosing wisely - Navigating endodontic case selection

What to expect

Successful endodontic outcomes depend not only on technical skill, but on selecting the right case and making sound clinical decisions from the outset. This clinically focused lecture will examine the practical decision-making process behind endodontic treatment planning, with emphasis on case complexity, risk assessment, and prognosis.

The aim of the lecture is to strengthen clinical decision-making in endodontics by exploring how clinicians can assess case complexity and plan treatment predictably.

Timings

18:00 Registration and exhibition

18:30 Buffet and networking

19:15 Lecture - Daniel Vaz de Souza

21:00 End

Learning objectives

• Recognise the key factors influencing endodontic case selection and treatment outcomes
• Assess case complexity and apply a structured approach to treatment planning
• Integrate clinical, radiographic, and patient-specific findings into decision-making
• Identify common challenges and limitations in everyday practice.

Development outcomes

A, B, C and D

Meet the speaker

Daniel graduated from the University Fernando Pessoa (Portugal) in 2006. He later relocated to the UK where he gained experience in general practice and subsequently completed the Diploma in Restorative Dentistry at the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners. In 2012 he enrolled in a further four-year specialist Masters programme in Endodontics at King’s College London, where he was awarded a Master of Clinical Dentistry in Endodontology with Distinction and successfully attained the Membership in Endodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Daniel is a specialist in Endodontics and the principal dentist at East of England Endodontics in Norwich. He currently teaches on the endodontic undergraduate and specialist training programmes at King’s College London. Outside of his practice, Daniel is frequently invited to lecture nationally and internationally. He is Co-Chair of the East of England Restorative Dentistry Managed Clinical Network and the President Elect of the British Endodontic Society.