Cracking the Code of Cracked Teeth

Every day we are faced with the dilemma of cracks in teeth. This lecture will summarise a wholistic approach to the prevention, diagnosis, management, and prognosis of teeth with cracks from an endodontic and restorative perspective.    

The traditional goals of endodontic therapy have focused on the ‘prevention and treatment of apical periodontitis’. Recent philosophies suggest that a change in focus to ‘the retention of asymptomatic and functional teeth’ is a more appropriate patient focused goal. This lecture will look at how this change in focus has influenced the way that endodontic therapy is carried out and the critical role that new technologies such as CBCT, ultrasonics and heat-treated instruments have played in this evolution.  

Registration: 12.45pm for course and lunch tickets

Buffet lunch:  1-2pm

Registration: 1.45pm for lecture only ticket holders

Lecture: 2pm-5pm  

Dr Oliver Pope completed his BDSc at the University of Queensland with first class Honours. Following several years as a Dental Officer in the Royal Australian Navy, he completed his Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry in Endodontics at the University of Melbourne. Oliver was awarded the inaugural Ephraim Ehrmann Prize in Endodontics for best overall performance in the degree. Oliver’s research into the clinical applications of CBCT has been published in the Journal of Endodontics. Oliver is in full-time private practice in Melbourne CBD.  

Oliver is the immediate past President of the Australian Society of Endodontology and a member of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Endodontists. Oliver maintains an active role in the provision of continued professional development to dentists around Australia.