The importance of glide path in endodontic treatment: literature review and clinical aspects
Informations
Dear Colleagues, Our next webinar is scheduled for Tuesday 17/05/2022 at 20:00. During this webinar our speaker, Endodontist Taxiarchis G. Kontogiannis will be covering the topic “The importance of glide path in endodontic treatment: literature review and clinical aspects”. This webinar is co-organized by the Hellenic Association of Endodontists and the Dental Association of Pellas. Attendees will be credited 1,5 CE credits (MEEO) the Hellenic Association of Endodontists and 1,5 CPD Credit Hour. The language of the webinar will be Greek.
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Abstract
Taxiarchis G. Kontogiannis, Endodontist, Clinical instructor, Dept. Endodontics, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Cleaning and shaping of the root canal is one of the most critical stages of the endodontic treatment. A very significant step for a complete, avoiding as much as possible any mishaps, chemo-mechanical pereparation, is the apical patency; this is the ability to access the root canal with small-sized files throughout its whole extent. The maintenance of patency and the creation of a narrow, yet smooth path that follows the anatomy of the canal from the orifice to the apical foramen is called “glide path” and is really important during cleaning and shaping. The role of hand files is fundamental in this process, although some specific rotary instruments may also be used successfully. The purpose of this webinar is the literature review of the philosophy and means of creating and maintaining a glide path, the clinical application and subsequent issues.
Short CV
Taxiarchis G. Kontogiannis
Taxiarchis G. Kontogiannis was born in Athens in 1990. He graduated from the School of Dentistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2014; during his under-graduate studies he was offered the A. Papadakis scholarship, sponsored by the same university.
He completed the 3 year long post-graduate program on Endodontics, again in the School of Dentistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in 2018. During the period 2018-19 he was a member of the Endodontics Department of the Dental Office of Athens Military Guard. Since 2019 he is a clinical instructor of the Endodontics Department of the School of Dentistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. At the same time, he works in his own private dental office, exclusively on endodontic cases. He has participated in Greek and international congresses with 13 and 6 presentations, respectively, while he has co-authored 11 papers in Greek and international scientific journals. He has been invited as reviewer in international journals 5 times. He speaks English and French.
