Pulpitis: Secrets and strategies for an effective management
Informations
In our next webinar scheduled for Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 20:00, Endodontist Vasilis Zioutis will present the topic: “Pulpitis: Secrets and strategies for an effective management”. This webinar is a collaboration of the Hellenic Association of Endodontists and the Dental Association of Lesvos. Attendees will be credited 1,5 CE credits (MEEO) as well as 1,5 CPD credits. The language of the webinar will be Greek.
Abstract
Pulpitis is an inflammation of the dental pulp caused by the spread of a carious lesion or a dental injury. Depending on the extent and severity of the inflammation, the reaction of the pulp tissue and the symptoms vary. There are two main types of pulpitis: 1) reversible pulpitis, pain occurs when a stimulus is applied on a tooth and ceases with its removal. It is the initial phase of pulp inflammation, and this pathology usually requires conservative interventions by the dentist to maintain the vitality of pulp. 2) irreversible pulpitis indicates a more advanced stage of inflammation. Pain is usually severe and persistent as it does not subside after the stimulus is removed. Sometimes it is characterized as spontaneous and severe pain, leading the patient to seek help without a regular appointment or even at the most inappropriate times. It often involves extensive dental procedures and removal of pulp tissue.
Symptomatic pulpitis is an unpleasant condition for both, patient and dentist. The dentist must deal, not only with the inflamed pulp but also with the mentally stressed patient. Therefore, the management of pulpitis is complex and requires a proper strategy with a patient-centered approach.
The goal of this presentation is to help the general dentist to make proper diagnosis of pulpitis, to manage pulp pain before and during treatment and to choose the most appropriate treatment plan. Last but not least, a new classification of pulpitis will be mentioned and which are the treatments of choice based on this.
Short CV
Athena Georgiou
Vasilios Zioutis graduated from the dental school of AUTH in 2014. The following year, he moved to the Netherlands, and more specifically to The Hague, where he started working as a general dentist. He worked in dental clinics in South Holland, as well as in a pediatric dental practice during the period 2015-2018.
In 2018 he attended a one-year prosthetics program at the University of Nijmegen. In 2019, he was accepted to the postgraduate program in Endodontics at the University of Amsterdam (ACTA), where he graduated in 2022. He is a specialist member of the European Society of Endodontology. He has participated in Greek and European conferences with presentations and posters. From 2020 he started to work, exclusively, in the field of Endodontics. He currently works as an endodontist in three referral clinics: in The Hague, Leiden and Rotterdam. He serves Endodontics in its entire range, focusing on the endodontic treatment of young patients and Endodontic microsurgery.
