Stockport and Mid Cheshire Section - Updates in endodontics

What to expect 

This session will provide an evidence‑based update on contemporary endodontic diagnosis and treatment, clarifying current best practices in pulp testing, diagnosis and treatment planning. It will explore the appropriate and ethical use of CBCT in endodontics and review modern instrumentation, irrigation, activation, and obturation techniques, including the role of bioceramic materials. Post-endodontic restoration strategies aimed at optimising long-term outcomes will also be discussed, with the overall goal of increasing delegates’ confidence in delivering predictable, high‑quality endodontic care.

Timings

18:30  Registration

19:00  Lecture with Rob Jacobs

20:30  Dinner and networking opportunities

Learning objectives

• Diagnosis and testing: Describe the limitations and appropriate use of special tests in endodontics, differentiate between pulpal and periapical diagnoses using contemporary terminology, and explain the indications and benefits of CBCT to support accurate diagnosis and treatment planning.
• Treatment protocol: Outline a predictable, step‑by‑step protocol for primary root canal treatment that incorporates minimally invasive access cavity design, contemporary approaches to glide path preparation and canal shaping, and strategies to recognise and minimise common procedural errors.
• Irrigation and activation: Compare the roles of commonly used irrigants such as sodium hypochlorite and EDTA, and explain the benefits and limitations of different activation techniques, including manual, sonic, and ultrasonic methods.
• Obturation and bioceramics: Compare cold lateral compaction, warm vertical compaction, and single‑cone obturation techniques, discuss current evidence on single‑cone approaches using bioceramic sealers, and recognise the key factors that influence the long‑term seal and treatment outcome.
• Post-endodontic restoration: Explain the importance of achieving a reliable coronal seal for long‑term success, identify when cuspal coverage is indicated, and understand the ferrule effect and other structural considerations relevant to post placement.

Development outcomes

B, C and D

Meet the speaker

Rob completed his undergraduate BDS degree at Newcastle University in 2012, and then worked in the North West as an associate dentist. He gained the MFDS RCPS (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow) in 2015). He has always had a particular passion for root canal therapy and so embarked upon Specialist training in endodontics at the University of Liverpool and completed his Specialist training in 2018 with a DDSc and Membership in Endodontics at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.