Emergency Endodontics
William Nudera, DDS, MS
Dental pain is one of the main reasons patients will seek out dental treatment. An unscheduled dental emergency can greatly disrupt the normal office flow and create stress within the dental practice. Understanding how to manage these types of patients by developing a systematic and methodical approach can have a positive impact on the local community and your dental practice. The overall philosophy of dentistry promotes the preservation of the natural dentition. Often, patients will present with with emergency dental pain which can drastically impact their immediate decision to retain or extract a tooth. The goal for managing emergency endodontic treatment is to gain control over the acute symptoms, so that proper treatment planning and decision-making can be accomplished at a later date without pain as an influencing factor. Learning Objectives: • Learn the rationale for emergency dental pain • Learn criteria that can be used to determine the proper treatment direction, including-team protocols for managing emergency patients • Basic emergency endodontic technique
Course Code:
S021FL
Room: Time:
801B – South Building
8:30 – 11:00 am
Type:
Lecture
Audience: Dentist RCDSO QA Program: Category 2 (3 CE Credits) Fee + HST: Ticketed Free
Dr. William Nudera earned a DDS from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1999. He served for three years in the United States Air Force, completing a one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program. He completed his endodontic training in 2005, earning his endodontic specialty certificate, as well as a master’s degree in oral sciences. Dr. Nudera is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. He has authored several journal publications, as well as a chapter in the endodontic textbook 3D Imaging in Endodontics . Dr. Nudera maintains a full-time private practice limited to endodontics and holds a faculty position in the Department of Endodontics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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