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The Trans-Tasman Endodontic Conference is here!

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Mark the date in your diary now and don’t miss out. 30th May – 1st June 2024 at The Star Event Centre on the beautiful Gold Coast. The Star Gold Coast is located in Broadbeach and offers everything you could imagine and more! With an impressive convention centre, award-winning restaurants, bars, entertainment and luxury accommodation. TTEC is held biennially and is the largest endodontic conference in Australia and New Zealand. They are well known to be outstanding meetings from wonderful speakers that combine the clinical science and practice of Endodontics with the support of biological and materials sciences. TTEC 2024 promises to be an excellent scientific and social meeting so don’t miss out! TTEC 2024 from WSM on Vimeo. Scan the QR code below to register!

Evolving Your Level of Precision in Posterior Composite Work

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E3 Endo is all about supplying evolutionary products, appliances and equipment to enhance the quality of dental treatment provided to patients. E3 Endo would like to put their favourite brand of matrices in the spotlight this month - Bioclear Evolve Matrix are the latest matrices in forming an optimal tooth contour for your interproximal composite resins. These matrices were designed with a rigid Mylar including a placement tab making it easy to place this matrix in the precise position and the curing process more meticulous with its translucent material. Coming in different colours with their corresponding emergences and different height sizes, the accuracy is ideal for any tooth being restored. Once you see the difference in how your restorations create precise shape and extra polished finish, going back to your metal matrices will be a hard due to lower contouring standard and matte finish. Please see the video below for a demonstration by the inventor of Bioclear Dr David Clark. There is a huge amount of content available on the Bioclear Youtube Channel.

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Meet Moira - Our New Product Specialist!

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Moira is a Registered Nurse with over 28 years working across various medical specialities in NSW, QLD and the UK. We are excited to Welcome Moira to our team to assist our customers in NSW and beyond. Moira lives in Randwick, Sydney, with her husband, two children aged 16 and 12, and their 4-year-old Cavoodle. To arrange an appointment with Moira to go through our range of Endodontic and Restorative options, email us at orders@e3endo.com.au.

Endodontic motors - Making the Smart+ decision in your appliance choice

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E3 Endo is all about supplying evolutionary products, appliances and equipment to enhance the quality of dental treatment provided to patients. This month E3 Endo is excited to introduce our latest product - The Endo Smart+ Woodpecker Brushless Endo Motor. Why the Endo Smart+ Motor is a great choice The Endo Smart+ Motor is one of E3's most valued products on the market when it comes to precise endodontic treatment. This high performing brushless and cordless endo motor has an accurate control of rotation angles to help prevent instrument fracture within the canals, making those tricky angles seem effortless. Additional to its smooth rotation this motor has super low vibration and noise to assist in a more pleasant experience for the patient. It has high torque and speed making preparation of the canals efficient, accurate and stable. But this is only the start of the innovative features that makes working with this piece of equipment super efficient to save time in your dental surgeries. To further help with that precision and ease, woodpecker have built these motors to use a 6:1 mini contra angle handpiece. These mini angled handpiece heads help with those hard to reach cases, whether it be smaller mouth access or difficult maxillary angles so there is a clearer field of view when accesses the canals. These handpieces also rotate 360 degrees within the motor to ensure safer ergonomics as well as light weight to prevent any further fatigue when completing endodontic treatments. But before you get too excited and jump on the shopping cart to buy your brand new Endo Smart+ products, make your endodontic experience even more efficient with its matching Apex Locator. This motor is compatible with its matched Apex Locator to activate its apex locating feature when preparing. This feature allows the operator to first locate the apex and automatically stop or reverse when it hits the apex to prevent perforation. Head over to E3 Endo's products tab to find out more information about the Endo Smart+ range. Making dental treatments more efficient and precise is a goal for us here at E3. And sharing this with the dental community is how we can not only help your clinic with faster treatment times and outcomes, but also help patients have a more enjoyable dental experience both in the chair and after by increasing their success rates with the evolution of endodontic treatment through modern innovation.

Cemental Tears in Endodontics

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A cemental tear is a term used to denote delamination of cementum from the root surface. This cementum may become infected and lead to tooth failure. The clinical picture may mimic other entities such as root fracture or perio-endo lesions and may present as a diagnostic challenge. In this short 15 minute case-based mini lecture, Dr Caldwell presents a number of cases he has encountered and discusses some of the findings present in the literature.

The Trend Towards Conservative Endodontics

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Two of the world's leading conservative endodontists have joined forces with a graduate endodontic student to write a very nice commentary on the more recent trend towards conservation in endodontics. Download the article by Bobby Nadeau, DDS, Dale Jung, DDS and Viraj Vora, DDS, MS here. Screenshot From Nadeau et. al.

Advanced Conservative Endodontics - From Root to Restoration

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Advanced Conservative Endodontics From root to restoration. A focused hands-on clinical program. DATE: Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June 2019 Download the Flyer Here TIME: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm VENUE: ADAQ CPD & Training 26–28 Hamilton Place Bowen Hills Qld 4006 COST: Member Dentist: $1540 Non-Member Dentist: $2000 REGISTRATION: Go to www.adaq.com.au Do you want to treat teeth that last longer? This course is designed to give the skilled general practitioner the knowledge, materials and techniques to complete endodontic treatment to the highest possible standard. Most of day 1 will be a practical session to identify canals, negotiating and instrumenting canals to full working length. The majority of day 2 will focus on obturation techniques and restoration with posts and cores. This course is designed for practitioners with some experience in endodontic treatment but who are struggling to achieve predictable results. LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of the course the participant will: • Understand the limitations and advantages of minimally invasive endodontics and implementing “orifice directed access” in your practice • Utilise the new NiTi technology in conjunction with traditional hand file techniques to achieve specific canal-appropriate instrumentation with reduced risk of iatrogenic errors • Apply the principles of conservative restoration of root-filled teeth, including post and core placement. PRESENTERS: Dr Oliver Pope, Dr Patrick Caldwell, Dr Mark O’Sullivan, Dr David Van Eldik COURSE TOPICS: • Identifying the correct tooth. Complex diagnostic scenarios: cracked teeth and myofascial pain. • Group discussion and case examples for diagnosis and treatment planning. • An introduction to the concept of “Minimally Invasive Endodontics” and an evidence-based evaluation of the risks and benefits of MIE. • Techniques to employ in practice to extend the life of endodontically treated teeth. • Utilising technology to identify MB2. • Learn to customise canal preparation specific to canal morphologies. Negotiate complex anatomy the way endodontists can, including how to manage ledges, aggressive curvatures, S-bends whilst minimising the risks of fractures. Practical session with V Taper NiTi files. • An extended hands-on component with a focus on hand file skills, utilisation of the new glide path rotary files and V Taper NiTi files. This practical component will make up much of the first day. Please bring as many extracted teeth as possible. • Restoration of root-filled teeth. Are crowns always necessary? A look at recent literature about the use of posts in root-filled teeth and to assist in selecting the appropriate type of post. • Practical on post placement and core restoration. • Microscopes will be available for participants to use during the session. Participants are asked to bring extracted teeth. Some with access cavities prepared (the more teeth the better!) and loupes. Upper first molars are ideal to assist in identifying and preparing MB2 canals.