The Art of Minimally Invasive Endodontics:
a 2-day hands-on course
The Art of Minimally Invasive Endodontics Course
Course Type: In-Person and Virtual Hands-On
CE Credits: 24 Participation, 2 Lecture
Elevate your clinical skills by learning simple techniques to master challenging endodontic procedures by Dr. Steve Buchanan in beautiful Santa Barbara, California during this two-day hands-on course. Increase your proficiency with virtual hands-on training during the self-paced pre-course in the comfort of your own office with our tools over four weeks before you attend the in-person course.
Learning Objectives
You will learn:
- Diagnosis and pain management
- Access: create an ideal minimally invasive access and eliminate cervically positioned curvature
- Negotiation: techniques to obtain patency, strategies to negotiate difficult canals with impediments, how to treat calcified molars without dynamic guidance; and techniques to find and treat elusive MB canals
- Shaping: file selection method, crown-down shaping strategies, and apical gauging techniques
- Cleaning: the importance of lubricants, irrigants, and chelating agents for negotiation, cleaning efficacy, and smear layer removal
- Obturation: the Continuous Wave of Condensation technique, carrier-based obturation, and methods to become proficient in molar obturation
- Solutions to address common RCT challenges and failures
- Full immersion into the treatment of complex molar anatomy
Pre-Course Virtual Hands-On Training
This hands-on course includes a virtual hands-on training pre-course that you must complete before you attend the in-person course.
About one month before the course, you will receive your pre-course kit in the mail and gain access to the online pre-course content. At your own pace over the next four-weeks:
1. Study the course content;
2. Watch the technique demos;
3. Prove your understanding through a pre-course quiz for extra CE units;
4. Solidify your knowledge through hands-on practice using the kit; and
5. Rest and look forward to the on-campus course!
The pre-course kit includes:
- 18 TrueTooth 3D-printed training replicas with multiple anatomical variants in transparent and opaque teeth
- Instruments to perform the indicated exercises: straight DG-16 endo explorer; bent DG-16 endo explorer; burs; bur clip; rotary files; irrigator; and irrigator tips
- Digital Textbook and Flowchart
- Access to online course
- 8 participation CEs and 2 lecture CEs (upon successful completion of the course)
Course Details
Title: The Art of Minimally Invasive Endodontics
Duration: 2 Days (In-Person); Self-Paced over 4-Weeks (Virtual Pre-Course)
Time: 8 am - 5 pm
Location: DEL - 1515 State St. Ste. 16, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 USA
Course Type: In-Person and Virtual Hands-On Training
Continuing Education Credits: 24 Participation, 2 Lecture
Learning Methods: Hands-on, demonstration, lecture
Learning Materials: Digital manual and flowchart, online videos, quiz, and armamentarium kit
Instructor: Dr. L. Stephen Buchanan, DDS, FICD, FACD, Dipl. ABE
Instructor Disclosure: The instructor is a founding partner of PlanB Dental and he receives royalty income from product inventions sold by Kerr Endodontics and Dentsply Sirona.
Payment Terms/Refund Policy: Tuition includes a non-refundable cancellation fee of $1,000. Registration may be moved to another course if requested at least 60 days in advance of earlier course date. See full Refund Policy for more information.
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YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Dr. L Steve Buchanan, DDS, FICD, FACD, Dipl. ABE
For over 35 years, founder Dr. Steve Buchanan has pushed the endodontic industry forward by inventing innovative products and revolutionary procedural advancements. He has a passion for teaching hands-on skills to dental professionals around the world, and he has taught hundreds of thousands of dental professionals worldwide through live-stream demonstrations and at DEL, industry meetings, and lectures.
FAQ
1. When do I get my pre-course kit?
Your pre-course kit will arrive on your doorstep about one month before the hands-on course. Around the same time, you will be able to access the online pre-course.
2. How do I access the pre-course online?
Click here to learn how to access the virtual course. To make the most of your educational experience, you must complete this virtual course and the hands-on exercises before the in-person course.
Note: You will have access to the online pre-course for six months after the in-person course concludes if you want to review the material later.
3. How many extracted teeth do I need to bring?
We provide 18 TrueTooth 3D printed replica teeth as part -of your pre-course kit. TrueTooth replicas feel like real teeth, but they are slightly softer than dentin. Dr. Buchanan recommends beginners use TrueTooth because if you are able to treat a TrueTooth without perforating or ledging, chances are you will never perf or ledge in a real tooth!
If you feel you are more advanced and require additional teeth or practice in extracted teeth, feel free to bring as many as you'd like.
4. If I bring extracted teeth, how do I pack them for air travel?
Keep the extracted teeth in a jar of water until the day of your departure. The day of your flight, remove the teeth from the jar of water and wrap them in a damp paper towel inside of a small (snack- or sandwich-size) Ziploc bag. Be careful not to add so much water that there is standing liquid. Pack the bag in your carry-on or checked bag for travel.
5. What airport should I fly into?
We recommend Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), which is about 5 miles from DEL. Los Angeles Airport (LAX) is about 2 hours from DEL without traffic. Keep in mind that you are very likely to encounter traffic.
Flights into/out of SBA are generally $200 more expensive than into/out of LAX.
6. What hotel should I stay at?
A few of our favorites within walking distance:
- La Quinta Inn & Suites (805) 966-0807
- Upham Hotel (805) 962-0058
A few of our favorites at the beach:
- Hyatt Santa Barbara (805) 882-1234
- Fess Parker’s Double Tree Resort (800) 879-2929
A few of our favorites downtown:
- Holiday Inn Express (800) 549-1700
- Hotel Santa Barbara (805) 957-9300
DR. BUCHANAN'S QUIKTIPS AND CLINICAL TRICKS
Finding the MB2 canal is the greatest challenge of most any upper first molar. This video will teach you how to find it.
The most difficult canal we treat in upper molars is the only one without an access line angle to guide the instruments and materials into its orifice. Learn how and why you should cut an MB2 groove during access preparation.
Learn about PlanB Dental’s guided access burs—arguably one of the most useful instruments in the endodontic procedure because these burs double efficiency while conserving tooth structure.
Cutting MB2 grooves can be a challenge without safe, effective rotary files. Precisely and safely cut MB2 grooves with a 15-.05 MB2 file and 15-.07 Orifice Shaper.
Understand the benefits of the miniKUT 15-.05 MB2 rotary negotiation file from PlanB Dental.
Learn how to design MIE access cavities in upper molars.
See how to use the fan-favorite EndoBender2 to bend stainless steel K-files for MB2 negotiation.
Understand why bent endo explorers are crucial to locate MB2 canals.
How do you know if your access cavity preparation is finished? Conefit!
Understand why the Stropko Irrigator is the only effective air/water tool for use in narrow endodontic spaces.