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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This conference will have broad appeal for all dentists with an interest in endodontic issues: general practitioners, all specialty groups and undergraduate and post-graduate students.
Why should you attend?
During the Conference both speakers and delegates will be exploring the issues and techniques that will shape the next decade of endodontic practice.
Specialist Endodontists
The Conference will present you with opportunities to explore a range of issues facing endodontics in the future. In addition, Trans-Tasman Endodontic Conference will be a unique opportunity to learn about the latest techniques and materials.
General Practitioners
If endodontics forms any part of your practice then the Trans-Tasman Endodontic Conference must be included in your CPD calendar. The conference is the best means of finding new information about current endodontic techniques and materials plus exposure to the latest research and practices. The Conference will also give you the opportunity to meet with the majority of trade suppliers in one place.
Students
The Trans-Tasman Endodontic Conference offers all students with an interest in endodontics exposure to key information and to practising endodontists.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Markus Haapasalo
Dr. Markus Haapasalo received his dental degree from the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Helsinki, Finland in 1978. He received his PhD (Dr odont.) from the University of Helsinki in 1986 on the microbiology of endodontic infections, and completed his specialization in endodontics in 1987. He has taught and practiced endodontics in private practice and at the university. From 1995 to 2004 he has been a Professor of Endodontics and 1999 - 2004 the Head of the Endodontic Department and director of the Postgraduate Program in Endodontics (from 2001) at Dept. of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry in Oslo, Norway. From 2004 Dr. Haapasalo accepted the position as the professor and head of the Division of Endodontics, and from 2006 as the acting head of the Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences (OBMS), Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Dr. Haapasalo is a member of the Canadian Dental Association, Royal College of Dentists of Canada (Endodontics), and an Associate member of American Association of Endodontics. He has authored or co-authored ca. 90 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Haapasalo is the editor-in-chief of the scientific international journal "Endodontic Topics", an associate editor of "Journal of Endodontics", and he serves on the Editorial Board of "International Endodontic Journal". He is also a reviewer for several other scientific journals and has contributed to several endodontic textbooks. He is the editor "Visual Endodontics Curriculum" multimedia program. In clinical endodontics his areas of special interest include instrumentation, irrigation, persistent infections, resorptions and root canal morphology. Dr. Haapasalo has received several teaching awards including the Louis I. Grossman International Award by the French Endodontic Society in 2007. He is actively lecturing about endodontics world-wide.
Ove A. Peters, PD Dr med dent FICD
Dr. Peters received his degree in dentistry (Dr. med dent) from the University of Kiel, Germany, in 1990. After spending two years in the Department of Neurophysiology at the University of Kiel, he has served as an assistant professor of prosthodontics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, from 1993 to 1996. He received his postgraduate endodontic training at Zurich University Dental School from 1997 to 2001 and at UCSF from 2004 to 2006. He was an associate professor and head of the faculty practice in restorative dentistry at the University of Zurich from 1996 to 2001, spending his time teaching, giving CE courses and participating in the faculty practice. Dr. Peters attended UC San Francisco from 2001 to 2003 and received an MS certificate in Oral Biology and went on to become an assistant professor there.
He is currently Professor and Director of Endodontic Research in the Endodontic Department of the Arthur A Dugoni School of Dentistry at the University of the Pacific, San Francisco and maintains a private practice in San Francisco.
His main scientific interests are: performance of Nickel-Titanium rotary root canal instruments assessed by micro-computed tomography and torque-testing devices, efficacy of antimicrobial regimes in root canal treatment and events in healing of periradicular lesions.
Dr. Peters has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and lectured both nationally and internationally and serves on the review panel and editorial boards of several endodontic journals. His favorite activities outside the endodontic world include traveling and all sorts of outdoor activities with his family.
Confirmed Speakers
Dr Stephen M Blackler
Graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Hons II) from the University of Sydney in 1978 and a Master of Dental Surgery from the University of Sydney in 1983.
Stephen is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, a Fellow of the International College of Dental Surgeons and a Fellow of Pierre Fauchard Academy.
Stephen commenced Private Endodontic specialist practice in 1985 and is also a Specialist Clinical Associate at the University of Sydney. Stephen has lectured nationally and internationally and has been involved as a lecturer and clinical tutor in the undergraduate program at the University of Sydney since 1985.
Dr David G H Cable
BDS (Syd 1982), MDSc (Syd 1990), FANZAE (1993), FADI (2000), FICD (2007)
Specialist Endodontist Sydney, full time private practise since 1990; Senior Tutor, Undergraduate Co-Ordinator, Visiting Lecturer, Honorary Specialist Clinical Associate - Endodontics, University of Sydney 1985-current; Aust Society of Endodontology -Federal Executive 1995-2005, State Exec 1990-current, Federal Exec ANZAE 2007-current; numerous committees for UG/PG education, Item numbers, conventions; scuba diver, photographer and now carpenter/HiFi nut...
Dr Nick Chandler
Born in New Zealand, Nick qualified at Guy's Hospital, London and spent 2 years in general practice in London. He then moved north to hospital posts at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Dental Hospital before spending 5 years as Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at Manchester. Returning to NZ in 1987, he has been coordinating postgraduate programmes in endodontics since 1993. He completed a University of London PhD on pulp diagnosis as an external student in 2005.
Nick has published approaching 80 international refereed papers and over 50 abstracts and is President of the New Zealand Section of the International Association for Dental Research. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Dentistry and ENDO- Endodontic Practice Today, and is Clinical Editor of the New Zealand Dental Journal.
Malcolm I Coombs MDS, BDS, LDS, DCR
Graduated in dentistry from Sheffield University UK, followed by Diploma of the College of Radiology, London UK, Master of Dental Surgery, University of Sydney.
Present position - Head of Oral Surgery and Diagnostic Imaging, Sydney Dental Hospital, Sydney South West Area Health Service, NSW Holds a conjoint position with the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, NSW and Conjoint Associate Professor in the Faculty of Oral Health, University of Newcastle, NSW.
Specialist in Oral Surgery and has had a life long interest in Radiology.
The Australasian Representative on the Board of the International Academy of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology and a member of the Academies Education Committee responsible for setting up international guidelines for the teaching of Dento maxillofacial Radiology.
Co founder of Canada Bay Medical Centre, Five Dock, NSW which specializes in Cone Beam Volumetric Tomography.
Dr David Figdor
BDSc, LDS, MDSc, FRACDS, Dip Endo, FPFA, PhD, FASM, FADI
Dr David Figdor received his BDSc degree from the University of Melbourne in 1980, completed a Masters Degree in Endodontics in 1984 and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in 1985. In 1986, David became the first Diplomate in Endodontics of the RACDS. Collaborative studies conducted over more than a decade with the Department of Endodontics at University of Umeå, Sweden led to completion of a PhD in 2002. He is a Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Academy of Dentistry International and, by examination, Fellow of the Australian Society for Microbiology.
Dr Figdor has been in private practice limited to endodontics since 1984, a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne and is a visiting scientist at Monash University. He has lectured widely on both clinical and research topics and has been actively involved in Australian endodontics at all levels. His primary research interests are in endodontic microbiology and he has authored or co-authored two dozen papers, many of which are highly cited, and a book chapter.
Dr Stephen Harlamb
Dr Harlamb graduated from Sydney University in 1986 and was in general practice for 7 years before completing his Master's Degree (MDSc) in Endodontics at the University of Melbourne in 1995. He has been in specialist practice in Sydney for 12 years, is past president of the ASE (NSW), a reviewer for the Australian Endodontic Journal and a part-time lecturer in Dental Trauma at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Dentistry. He also conducts CE courses in Trauma Management.
Dr Michelle Heffernan DMD MS
Dr. Michelle Heffernan holds a conjoint appointment with the University of Sydney, where she is the Head of Discipline of Endodontics and Senior Clinical Lecturer. She also provides surgical and non-surgical endodontic treatment for patients at the Sydney Dental Hospital.
Dr Heffernan's dental career started at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) where she obtained a degree in dental hygiene and then her dental degree (DMD). Dr Heffernan obtained her Masters Degree in Endodontics (MS) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research received awards at the AAE meeting in Dallas in 2005 and in Hawaii in 2006. While teaching at the University of North Carolina, she also received the Spurgeon teaching excellence award in 2005. Prior to relocating to Sydney, Dr Heffernan practiced in a private endodontic practice in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Dr Heffernan has lectured in the USA and Australia on topics including: dental trauma, Cvek pulpotomies, root filling materials, and pain management.
Dr Markijan Hupalo
Prosthodontist
Graduated Queensland University 1988
Military Service - RAAF Dental 1989-1995 Masters degree in Prosthodontics University of Sydney 1996-1999 Registrar Prosthodontics Westmead Hospital Sydney 1999-2001 Specialist Practice 2001-2008
Coordinator Fixed Prosthodontics - Graduate Programme Sydney University Lecturer Postgraduate programme in prosthodontics
Dr Guy Shipper BDS MDent MS
Dr. Guy Shipper obtained his dental degree (BDS) and Masters Degree in Prosthodontics (MDent) at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Dr Shipper then obtained his second specialist training in the USA. He completed his Masters Degree in Endodontics (MS) from the University of North Carolina, School of Dentistry at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Dr Shipper has lectured at endodontic meetings in the United States, Europe, and Australia. He has published numerous papers in the Journal of Endodontics, International Endodontic Journal, and Dental Traumatology. Prior to relocating to Sydney, he practiced in a private endodontic practice in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Dr Shipper is currently in specialist endodontic private practice in Sydney.
Dr Kevin Todes
Dr. Kevin Todes graduated as a dentist in 1988 with a B.D.S from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa. In1994 he graduated with a Master of Dentistry in the field of Periodontics and Oral Medicine. Dr. Todes has been in full time specialist periodontal practice for the past 14years, and holds the position of a specialist clinical associate in the Department of Periodontics at the University of Sydney. He has lectured locally and internationally on periodontal plastic surgery, oral medicine, and surgical aspects of implant dentistry involving hard and soft tissue augmentation.
Dr Martin Trope
Dr Martin Trope is presently in private practice in Philadelphia, PA. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa where he received his BDS degree in dentistry in 1976. From 1976 to 1980 he practiced General Dentistry and Endodontics. In 1980 he moved to Philadelphia to specialize in Endodontics at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating as an Endodontist he continued at U. of Penn as a faculty member until 1989 when he became Chair of Endodontology at Temple University, School of Dentistry. In 1993 he moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to become the JB Freedland Professor in the Department of Endodontics at the University of North Carolina, School of Dentistry. Named in honor of one of the founding fathers of Endodontics, the Freedland Professorship recognizes significant contributions to the specialty.
Dr Trope has served as a Director of the American Board of Endodontics. Before entering full time private practice he was editor-in-chief of two journals, Dental Traumatology and Endodontic Topics. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and on the Advisory Board of Esthetic Dentistry.
Dr Trope's major research interests include dental trauma, clinical outcomes, and new diagnostic tests for pulpal and periapical disease. Recently he has also been involved in material development for root canal filling. His work has been published in numerous journals and book chapters. In April 2002 he was awarded "The Louis I. Grossman Award " for cumulative publication of significant research by the American Association of Endodontists.
Dr Jeff Ward BDS
(Otago), MDSc(Melb), GradDipClinDent(Melb)
Specialist Endodontist
Dr. Jeff Ward obtained his BDS with Distinction from The University of Otago in 1996 followed by his GradDipClinDent and MDSc from The University of Melbourne in 2002.
Jeff works in full-time specialist Endodontic practice in Collins Street, Melbourne and teaches in the postgraduate endodontic programme as well as continuing education courses at the University of Melbourne. Jeff has published several articles in endodontic journals with particular reference to the management of fractured endodontic instruments. He has a special interest in rotary NiTi instruments and the use of operative microscopes in endodontics, which he has used continuously and exclusively since 1999.
TTEC2008 Workshop Program
The Organising Committee is pleased to announce the TTEC2008 Pre-Conference workshop Program.
Session Descriptions
Fine Tune Your Endo Treatment
Mtwo: A revolutionary approach to NiTi and much more!
All day lecture & hands-on workshop
Wednesday 19th November 9am to 5pm
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart
Course Fees: $550 including GST
Tuition includes lecture hands-on and workshop, an Mtwo kit valued at $200.00, full catering and course notes
Participants are required to bring 4 accessed extracted teeth and loupes. All other supplies will be provided.
Lecture Content
- The endodontic treatment: an overview of the basic principles of root canal treatment.
- Mtwo NiTi rotary instruments: characteristics and morphological features.
- The crown-down concept revisited: the simultaneous approach to the root canal.
- Step-by step of the operative sequence.
- Review of the published literature on the Mtwo instruments.
- The apical preparation: basic concepts and operative strategies.
- Presentation of the Mtwo Apical files.
- The use of the electronic apex locators and endodontic motors.
- Irrigation protocol to obtain clinical success.
- Obturation of the root canal system after the preparation with the Mtwo files.
- Retreatment strategies: the Mtwo Retreatment files and their clinical use.
Hands-on
- Preparation with Mtwo instruments on resin blocks and teeth after a step-by-step demonstration by the lecturers who will follow the participants in each step of the treatment.
- Questions by participants and discussion on the preparation procedures.
- Obturation using Bee-Fill system for the vertical condensation of gutta-percha on resin blocks and teeth after a step-by-step demonstration by the lecturers who will follow the participants in each step of the treatment.
- Questions by participants and discussion on the obturation procedures.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the benefits of Mtwo rotary instrumentation to improve the treatment quality.
- Understand the new simultaneous approach to the root canal system.
- Learn step-by-step techniques of using rotary instruments in different clinical scenarios.
- Organise basic irrigation protocols in endodontic treatments.
- Understand the importance of Apex Locators and endodontic motors in your practice.
- Feel confident to take what you have learned and implement it into practice.
- Become comfortable with different obturation techniques.
Dr. Nicola M Grande, DDS graduated in dentistry from the Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome in 1999 with a degree on NiTi rotary files. Since 2000, Dr. Grande has been an Assistant Professor in the Endodontic Department of the Dental Clinic at the Catholic University of Rome spending his time teaching, giving lectures nationally and internationally. In 2002, he was appointed Professor of Endodontics in the School of Dental Hygiene. Dr Grande is an active member of the Italian Society of Conservative Dentistry (SIDOC) and member of the Italian Society of Endodontics (SIE) as well as the Italian Academy of Endodontics (AIE). He is author and co-author of several articles in scientific national and international journals on different endodontic and restorative topics. In addition, he has contributed chapters to the textbook Endodontics, edited by Prof Francesco Somma. Dr Grande also works in a private practice limited to endodontics and restorative dentistry in Rome, Italy.
Dr. Gianluca Plotino, DDS graduated in dentistry from the Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome in 2002. He received the "Alfred Bean Memorial" prize from the Chicago Dental Society for the best Italian research graduate thesis of the years 2002 and 2003. In 2003 Dr. Plotino attended the Endodontic Department of the Dental Clinic at the Catholic University of Rome. He became Assistant Professor of Endodontics in the School of Dentistry spending his time teaching, giving lectures and partecipating in the faculty practice, and Professor of Endodontics in the School of Dental Hygiene in 2005. Dr Plotino is an active member of the Italian Society of Conservative Dentistry (SIDOC) and member of the Italian Society of Endodontics (SIE), the Italian Academy of Conservative Dentistry (AIC) and the Italian Academy of Endodontics (AIE). He is author and co-author of several articles in scientific national and international journals on different endodontic and restorative topics. He has contributed chapters to the textbook Endodontics edited by Professor Francesco Somma, Chair of the Department of Endodontics at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome. Dr. Plotino also works in a private practice limited to endodontics and restorative dentistry in Rome, Italy.
Maximum: 30 Participants
Ivoclar Vivadent
Bio RaCe- More Biology less files
Afternoon lecture and hands-on workshop
Wednesday 19th November 2008 1pm-5pm
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart
Dr Martin Trope (USA)
Course Fee $330 including GST
Course notes, hands-on workshop and lecture. One Bio RaCe kit valued $192.50 and afternoon tea.
Participants are asked to bring 2 extracted teeth with accessed pre-cut. Loupes if you have them.
Lecture Content
- Stages of endodontics microbial control
- Research and theory behind minimum sizes for apical preparations
- Biological requirements for successful treatment
- BioRaCe NiTi rotary systems and its step by step operative sequence
Hands-on
- Preparation on resin blocks and extracted teeth with Bio RaCe by the participants with the direction of Dr Martin Trope.
- Question and discussion on NiTi Rotary systems
Education objectives
- Educating the participants as to the biological requirements for successful endodontic treatment
- Describe the technical steps required to achieve these aim.
- To learn a unique NiTi rotary sequence which can be used in most clinical cases
Registration
If you are already a registered delegate please visit the Registration page on the Congress website, enter your Access Key into the Attendee Login at the base of the page and you will be able to amend your registration to include the Workshop.
If you have not yet registered, you will be able to book in for the Workshop at the same time as you complete your conference registration via the online form.
CPD
The conference will be accredited for CPD points with the appropriate Australian and New Zealand Dental Boards and is endorsed by the dental associations of Australia and New Zealand.
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