Endodontics

Program Description: 

We believe it is the right of every human being to be healthy and all the medical personnel should feel responsible for the provision, preservation and promotion of the health of all the community members. We believe the specialists in this branch of dentistry (endodontists) will be able, through learning the preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of the pulp and periapical diseases and through the use of the best equipment, materials and novel techniques, to play a great role in preserving teeth and promoting the health of all the members of the community. We also believe it is possible to render the best services to the community by adopting community-oriented attitudes by considering the needs of the community and by relying on effective practical-communicative skills.

By considering the 10-year Prospects Document up to 2025, we aim to train knowledgeable and efficient specialists in the fields of prevention and treatment and also aim, through expanding the boundaries of knowledge in endodontics, to achieve a prominent position in this region and to significantly decrease the number of teeth extracted for endodontic reasons. 

The mission of this field is to train the specialist human resources based on global standards and based on the needs of the country. The graduates will be able to offer the best preventive-therapeutic services and will be able to teach in dental faculties all over the country to develop research activities and expand the boundaries of knowledge.

Objectives:

Specific Competencies and Skills

At the end of the program learners will be competent in the following skills         

• Accurate implementation of diagnostic tests
• Preparation of  an appropriate access cavity in all the teeth
• Preparation of straight and curved root canals with hand and rotary systems
• Obturation of straight and curved root canals
• Retreatment of teeth with one  or several root canals 
• Carrying out root-end surgeries by placing a retrograde material
• Vital pulp therapy
• Apexogenesis
• Apexification by placing apical plugs
• Regeneration of necrotic teeth with open apices
• Management and treatment of traumatized teeth
• Fresh socket implant treatment
• Bleaching of non-vital teeth
• Forming a team to do interdisciplinary approach by being involved with different postgraduate programs for treating complicated cases 
• Doing endodontic treatment for disabled people under general anesthesia