Advancing Endodontic Success by Mastering Root Canal Irrigation Techniques

Root canal therapy's success hinges on three critical steps: proper instrumentation, effective irrigation, and thorough obturation. Of these, irrigation plays the most pivotal role in ensuring the healing of periapical tissues. During endodontic disinfection, the clinician faces many limiting factors: such as complex root canal anatomy, untouched dentin walls left during mechanical instrumentation, and bacterial load in the forms of biofilm attached to dentin walls and in the isthmus. This course will discuss the importance of traditional and newer root canal irrigants with evidence-based irrigation protocols required to accomplish the debridement of the root canal system, which is essential for the predictable success of endodontic cases. By the end of this course, the participants will be equipped with the knowledge to implement advanced irrigation techniques, and protocols ensuring predictable and successful clinical outcomes.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• understand the critical role of irrigation in root canal therapy.
• evaluate between traditional and newer irrigants.
• implement evidence-based irrigation protocols.

Experienced and dedicated educator with more than seventeen years of experience in training dental students at universities in India, Libya, Malaysia, and the United States. A passionate educator committed to enhancing dental education through innovative strategies. He has developed a Google Play application, IMU-ARX, which uses augmented reality to improve student learning experiences. He has also successfully implemented virtual integrated OSCEs, dental case simulations, and integrated haptic/virtual reality simulators into dental curricula. Authored book chapters and journal articles published in Tier 1 and Tier 2 journals. He holds a Master's in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics from India and formulated a unique dual-action nanoformulation root canal irrigant during his PhD research in Malaysia. He has also completed a postgraduate certificate in medical education from the University of Dundee to further enhance his teaching skills. Previously, served as the Program Director for the Postgraduate Diploma in Endodontics at IMU, Malaysia, and currently holds dual academic positions as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Endodontics at IMU, Malaysia, and as a full-time position of Associate Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at A.T. Still University’s Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) in the USA.