Operative Dentistry 4 - Endodontics Propedeutics

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026

Topic

Students should acquire the basic methods of root canal treatment.

Lectures

• 1. The aim of endodontic treatment - Lempel Edina
• 2.

  Clinical examination methods. Anaesthesia.

  - Lempel Edina
• 3. Root-canal and pulp chamber morphology. - Lempel Edina
• 4. Access cavity praparation. Vitalextirpation. - Lempel Edina
• 5.

  Hand instruments used in endodontic treatment.

  - Lempel Edina
• 6. Materials and devices used in irrigation/disinfection of the root canal. - Lempel Edina
• 7.

  Endodontic working length determination. Step-back preparation, anticurvature filing technique.

  - Lempel Edina
• 8. Drying of the root-canal. Provisional root-canal filling. Materials and instruments used in permanent root-canal filling. - Lempel Edina
• 9. Permanent root-canal filling with lateral guttapercha condensation technique. - Lempel Edina
• 10.

  Rotary instruments and devices.

  - Lempel Edina
• 11. Root-canal preparation with rotary instruments. - Lempel Edina
• 12. Pre-endodontic crown build-up. Rubber dam isolation techniques. - Lempel Edina
• 13. Thermoplastic permanent root-canal filling techniques. - Lempel Edina
• 14. Methods preserving pulp vitality. Pulp capping. - Lempel Edina

Practices

• 1. Root canal anatomy of front teeth
• 2. Root canal anatomy of premolar teeth
• 3. Root canal anatomy of molar teeth
• 4. Access cavity preparation of anterior teeth
• 5. Access cavity preparation of premolar teeth
• 6. Access cavity preparation of maxillary molar teeth
• 7. Access cavity preparation of mandibular molar teeth
• 8. Hand instruments for root canal treatment
• 9. Working length determination of anterior teeth
• 10. Working length determination of premolar teeth
• 11. Working length determination of maxillary molar teeth
• 12. Working length determination of mandibular molar teeth
• 13. Materials and instruments of root canal desinfection
• 14. Step back preparation
• 15. Step back preparation
• 16. Step back preparation
• 17. Step back preparation
• 18. Step back preparation
• 19. Step back preparation
• 20. Root canal preparation with rotary instruments
• 21. Root canal preparation with rotary instruments
• 22. Root canal preparation with rotary instruments
• 23. Root canal filling with cold lateral compaction
• 24. Root canal filling with cold lateral compaction
• 25. Root canal filling with cold lateral compaction
• 26. Root canal filling with warm vertical compaction
• 27. Root canal filling with warm vertical compaction
• 28. Consultation

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Lectures

Notes

Recommended literature

Stephen Cohen, Richard C. Burns: Pathways of the Pulp

Robert G. Craig: Restorative Dental Materials

Theodore Roberson (Author), Harold O. Heymann (Author), Edward J. Swift (Editor): Sturdevant's Operative Dentistry

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Attendance is compulsory, according to the rules of the Study and Examination Regulations. A maximum of 15% absence will be accepted for lectures (2x45min) and a maximum of 15% for practices (4x45min). Only certified absences will be accepted.

Students should arrive at least 5 minutes before the start of the practice. Lateness will not be accepted and will be considered as an absence. Protective clothing (white coat and changed shoes) is mandatory during the practice.

Mid-term exams

During the semester, four mid-term tests are scheduled during practical classes. The topic of the tests is the dental anatomy, course material of the lectures, and practices tought up to the time of the test. A failed test must be corrected. If the corrective test is failed, the semester is denied. The endodontic preparations will be qualified on each practice. Three unaccepted preparations will lead to the refusal of the semester. The results of the qualification (tests and practical performance) will influence the acceptance of the semester and the final grade.

Making up for missed classes

None

Exam topics/questions

At the start of the exam, each student should be able to sketch the surface anatomy of a tooth, accurately marking the boundaries of the access cavity and the root canal orifices. Failure to do so will result in failure of the exam.
Further topics:
1. The aim of endodontic treatment.

2. Clinical diagnosis establishment. Anaesthesia.

3. Root-canal and pulp chamber morphology.

4. Access cavity praparation.

5. Hand instruments used in endodontic treatment.

6. Machines used in endodontic treatment.

7. Materials and devices used in irrigation/disinfection of the root canal.

8. Working length determination.

9. Step-back preparation, anticurvature filing technique.

9. Drying of the root-canal. Provisional root-canal filling. Materials and instruments used in permanent root-canal filling.

10. Permanent root-canal filling with lateral guttapercha condensation technique.

11. Root-canal preparation with rotary instruments.

12. Pre-endodontic crown build-up. Rubber dam isolation techniques.

13. Thermoplastic permanent root-canal filling techniques.

14. Methods preserving pulp vitality. Pulp capping.

Examiners

• Lempel Edina
• Németh Kinga Dorottya (Fogklinika)
• Riegler Fanni

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Lempel Edina
• Németh Kinga Dorottya (Fogklinika)
• Németh Kristóf György
• Pintér László Ferenc
• Riegler Fanni