Endo Bootcamp?

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rav4182

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I start clinic in 5 months so I know i may be a a little premature about this. But one thing I know that separates competitiveness in the market for 1st year grads is how comfortable they are with doing endo cases. My school has a decent predoctoral endo program. We are not learning rotary, but we are learning the wave-one reciprocating system. I don't want to argue whether it's better than rotary or not, the argument could go both ways. I would like to learn rotary as well seeing as most practices probably don't even use wave-one since its so new.

I want to get as much endo exposure as possible. In clinic endo cases are the hardest to come about. It's possible to do a handful of anterior cases and a couple molars if faculty feel you are competent enough. Are there CE programs that exist that could be taken during dental school 4th year or possibly right after that allow you to take on a lot of endo cases to expand your comfort zone??
 
Take any clinical endodontics course you want. They're always happy to take your money, you don't need to have a degree for them to cash your check or run your credit card.

Dr. Buchanan's courses are some of the best around, but you can take rotary endo clinical courses at almost any dental school and they will probably teach you some good things.

I gotta say though, I'm shocked your school teaches Wave One. What school is this? That has to be THE most expensive endo system right now. Tulsa must have given some nice vacation packages to whoever chooses systems for your schools endo program cause other than the fact that it's almost impossible to break a file, that's one of the most aggressive endo cleaning systems and the most expensive. Tulsa really wants to indoctrinate you guys so you only know that system when you leave school, so bravo for trying to learn the others.

Disclaimer: I use Wave One. I like it, for some cases, but not in all or even most cases do I find it appropriate.
 
Jeff, UOP got a donation of 10 wave-one systems so they are starting to use wave-one too. I'm not sure which dental school the OP is going to.. Tulsa might be doing the same thing with them. If your school has an PG endo program, you can try to shadow or assist the endo residents or maybe sit in some of their classes.
 
Take any clinical endodontics course you want. They're always happy to take your money, you don't need to have a degree for them to cash your check or run your credit card.

Dr. Buchanan's courses are some of the best around, but you can take rotary endo clinical courses at almost any dental school and they will probably teach you some good things.

I gotta say though, I'm shocked your school teaches Wave One. What school is this? That has to be THE most expensive endo system right now. Tulsa must have given some nice vacation packages to whoever chooses systems for your schools endo program cause other than the fact that it's almost impossible to break a file, that's one of the most aggressive endo cleaning systems and the most expensive. Tulsa really wants to indoctrinate you guys so you only know that system when you leave school, so bravo for trying to learn the others.

Disclaimer: I use Wave One. I like it, for some cases, but not in all or even most cases do I find it appropriate.


yeah i feel like wave-one limits a lot of different types of cases you can do. it's meant for up to moderate-defficulty cases. Even if complex cases are referred out to endo, its nice to know rotary in case you wanna practice more endo and get better at harder cases. but wave-one is still pretty sweet, makes doing endo a hell of a lot faster and we keep the system after we graduate to use in practice, we just gotta keep purchasing files. the files are a little pricey and are are single-use, but i think the finances are comparable to rotary b/c with that you have to use multiple files each with their own price tag. correct me if i'm wrong
 
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Wave One is a great system for fairly simple, wide canal systems, but the file sizes start at a .06 taper and increase to .08 taper with the standard file they say should be used in most canals. I think it removes a lot of root structure unless you are already working on a fairly open canal system, like an anterior, in which case most files will likely do the trick and almost all systems would be decently fast.

Other files usually cost about half of what a wave one file costs. You can cut down on this cost however because wave files are no different than any other files. They are made of the same material that is used in other file systems that get sterilized and reused. They can be sterilized and checked for wear just like all files and tossed after wear is seen or 2-3 uses depending on your particular feel of how long files last. The only reason you can't reuse them is cause Tulsa tells you that you can't and has put a heat sensitive colored band on the end of the file. If you sterilize the file, the band inflates and you can't fit the file into the handpiece, but if you cut that band off with a carbide bur, it fits right away. I use my wave files 2 times or toss them if I see wear after the first use. I cut the band off after the first use and toss it into the sterile and that's how I know if it was used before. After that use, I toss it.

I personally find it a limited system with a rather high price tag, but that's pretty much everything in dentistry.
 
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