Pathways to Endodontic Excellence:
A Hands-On Program

Saturday morning, September 27, 2008

Would you like to receive practical hands-on experience with the latest rotary instruments and obturation techniques?

This continuing dental education participation program is designed for dentists who attended the lecture program, Pathways to Endodontic Excellence, but want to go one step further by learning how to apply the concepts and skills introduced by Dr. Joe Maggio. Through hands-on exercises on plastic blocks and extracted teeth, you will have the opportunity to practice using the newest technologies, techniques and materials. You will obtain practical clinical skills that can be easily incorporated into your daily practice and will allow you to deliver excellent endodontic services to your patients.

You will benefit from four hours of hands-on exercises that focus on:

• canal preparation using a new file for rotary crown down technique.
• obturation equipment utilizing Resilon for thermoplastic and carrier-based root canal fillings.
• digital radiography and microscopes.

COURSE PREREQUISITE
Pathways to Endodontic Excellence: A Lecture Program, scheduled for Friday, October 26, 2008, is a prerequisite for this hands-on continuing dental education course.

Joseph D. Maggio, D.D.S., private practice limited to endodontics in Lisle, Illinois. Dr. Maggio received his dental degree from Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois and completed his residency in endodontics at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a former faculty member at Temple University, Loyola University, and Northwestern University. Currently he is a guest lecturer at Loma Linda University in California. Dr. Maggio is a past president of the American Association of Endodontists (AAE). He has received numerous awards and honors including the prestigious Edgar D. Coolidge Award from the AAE and the Warren Wakii Award from the Japanese Endodontic Society. Dr. Maggio is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontists and is a fellow of the American College of Dentists (FACD) and the International College of Dentists (FICD). Dr. Maggio serves as a member of the Advisory Committee on Endodontics for Sybron Dental.

This continuing dental education program is funded in part by an educational grant from Sybron Dental.