Endodontic retreatment. Workshop + LIVE operation with Enrico Cassai

We invite you to a practical training on endodontic retreatment at the fully equipped endodontic center of Enrico Cassai in Italy!

You will experience theory, workshops, and live operation demonstrations.

During the training, you will learn protocols for removal of posts and root canal filling materials (screwed, fiber, cast posts, paste, cements, gutta-percha, silver cones, Thermafil), as well as protocols for perforation treatment and closure of open apex using MTA.

In the workshop, you will practice these techniques on specially prepared teeth. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to observe Enrico Cassai working on patients' oral cavities during live operation demonstrations.

The training will be led by the legendary Enrico Cassai, the author of numerous bestselling educational projects popular among doctors worldwide.

The training will take place in the beautiful Italian city of Ferrara. You will have the opportunity to combine learning with leisure in Italy!

IMPORTANT: the venue is Studio Dentistico Dr. Enrico Cassai (Via Marcello Tassini, 4, 44123 Ferrara FE, Italia).

Participants should take with them:

– 1 molar filled with guttapercha
– 2 molars filled with thermafil
– 1 incisors shaped/obturated and restored with fiber post
– 1 molar shaped/obturated and restored with fiber post
– 1 molar restored with screwed post.

DETAILED PROGRAM

Day 1 – Theory (09.00-18.00)

– Rationale of retreatments: indications, contraindications and alternatives
– Pulp chamber reopening: use of ultrasonic tips
– Removal of different posts: 

- screwed post
- fiber post
- cast posts.

– Removal of previous root canal fillings: 

- paste
- cements
- gutta-percha
- silver cones
- Thermafil.

– Overcoming canal obstacles: plugs, steps and false roads
– Removal or surpassing of fractured instruments: 

- IRS
- Cancellieri’s Kit
- ProUltra 6, 7, 8 ultrasonic microscopy inserts.

– The operating microscope: working positions, advantages of vision and magnification
– MTA сlinical application: treatment of perforations, closure of open apex.

Day 2 – Hands-on (09.00-17.00)

Practical skills training on specially prepared teeth:

– Canal re-entry
– Removal of an endocanal screw
– Removal of a carbon fiber post
– Canal emptying in cases with:

- gutta-percha
- cement
- Thermafil.

– MTA: filling a perforations and an open apex.

Day 3 – Live operation with Enrico Cassai (08.30-12.30)

Presentation of the retreatment case that Dr. Cassai would approach under microscope. Clinicians could follow directly live every clinical step on different monitors.

At the end of the treatment there will be an Q&A session (12.30-13.30) with all the participants.