Managing complex pain cases in an endodontist office
Speaker
Jorge Vera, DDS, MS, PhD (Hon), Graduated from the National University of Mexico in 1989, Postgraduate Endodontic Certificate from Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine, Boston Mass. USA 1993, Master in Science from the Yury Kuttler Institute of Advanced Education 2020. PhD (honorary) Florida Global University and the National Association of Broadcasters 2019. Certificate of achievement on fundamentals-Pharmacology from Harvard Medical School 2019. Recipient of the Samuel Seltzer award from the Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontics Journal in 2005. Scientific advisory Board Member for the Journal of Endodontics and International Endodontic Journal. More than 500 lectures in 38 countries around the world including the European Endodontic meeting and the American Association of Endodontists meeting. 84 Endodontic articles published and 3 chapters in the books Irrigation in Endodontics 2015, Atlas of Endodontic surgery 2017 and Endodoncia 2011. Private Practice limited to Endodontics since 1993.
Course Description
This lecture is designed to address common problems in diagnosis encountered when dealing with patients presenting with symptoms mimicking odontogenic pain.
Educational Objectives
- To learn current techniques in efficiently anesthetizing molars with inflamed pulps, employing antibiotics for the infected tooth, and using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and other tools to diagnose difficult non-dental pain in the endodontic office.
Contact
For information, please contact Penn Dental Medicine Continuing Dental Education at:
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu