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Les Quan’s ABE Study and
Test Taking Guide, 2010
Diplomate, American Board of Endodontics - 2006
Chair – Mentoring/Website Committee of the C.O.D.
Why ?
• Achieving the highest level of knowledge
and skill possible
• Continually pursuing new knowledge and
experience
• Fully understanding and applying new
research and advances to the practice of
endodontics, and
• Ensuring the highest possible quality of
care of the patient.
My excuses……..
• In 1984 Diplomates in the Specialty
consisted of grandfathered individuals
• No additional formal training
• The 2 endodontists who I admired most
where grandfathers
• I was totally occupied with building a
practice!
My answer today
• Board Certification is the process by
which an endodontist in the United States,
documents by written, practical and/or
simulator based testing a mastery of the
basic knowledge and skills that define
an area of dental specialization.
Based on Practicing Diplomates
2004
3 Ghosts5 ghosts5 Ghosts
28 Endodontists, 915,855 population
2010
One MoreGhosts
Ghosts
Ghosts
37 28 Endodontists,X
One More
Only FIVE
Diplomates!
I was recently speaking to a board member of the
American Association of Endodontists. We agreed that
many endodontists have been deeply affected by the
recession. He told me he knew of some practices down
15% or more. Endodontics has almost never seen a
downturn—let alone one this significant!
What happened?
I believe many endodontists take their
relationships with referring dentists for
granted.
Roger Levin, October 2009
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Thought
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1. The Written Examination contains 200
questions.
2. Questions are multiple choice, consisting
of a stem with four or five foils
3. It is a PASS – NO PASS exam
4. 98% pass rate (2008)
5. Each question is statistically evaluated
Written Examination - Grading
Written Examination - Grading
My older age wasn’t held
against me!
Where do you start
studying when you
graduated from dental
school 30 years ago?
…and the VAHLB 20
years ago?
Where I started from…..
1. What are the rules?
2. What do I need to relearn?
3. Assemble resources
4. Get the information into long
term memory, efficiently
Where I started from…..
What to study?
The Written Examination
Phase I of the certifying examination of the American Board of Endodontics is a four
hour written examination consisting of 200 multiple choice questions, divided evenly
between morning and afternoon sessions. According to the ABE, the questions are
designed to test recall as well as the ability to apply knowledge, interpret information,
and solve problems. Subject areas include anatomy, biochemistry, embryology,
general and oral pathology, microanatomy, immunology, inflammation,
microbiology, pharmacology, vascular and neurophysiology, pulpal and
periradicular pathobiology, radiology, oral medicine, biostatistics, clinical
endodontics, dental materials related to endodontics, related dental disciplines,
and classic and current literature. Although there is no one single text or review
course that can totally prepare one for a written exam, a number of excellent review
courses are offered during the year and are strategically scheduled near the times
when board examinations are given.
Because of the contemporary and constantly developing nature of a number of critical
areas, particular study should be also directed towards HIV and hepatitis
immunology and virology; management of diabetes, hypertension, thyroid
disease, and renal failure; antibiotics, analgesics, and local anesthetics; basic
concepts of cellular and molecular biology; anaerobic bacteria and current
genus and species identification; differential diagnosis of radiolucent and
radiopaque lesions; wound healing; and guided tissue and bone regeneration.
American Association of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgeons
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Review Courses
• Loma Linda
• Michigan
• Albert Einstein - Pennsylvania
Review Courses - Ranked
1. Albert Einstein
2. Michigan
3. Loma Linda
I went to them all, and got a
“feel” for what I didn‘t know
•Pulp and Periradicular
Biology
•Local Anesthesia and
Analgesic Control of
Postoperative Pain
•Differential diagnosis and
Histopathology of
Periapical Tissues
•Mechanisms of
Endodontic Pain
•Management of the
Medically Compromised
Patient
•Pharmacology of Pain
•Facial Space Infections of
Odontogenic Origin
•Periapical Inflammatory
Responses and their
Regulation
Albert Einstein
•Biology of the Pulp
•Immunology
•Endodontic Microbiology
•The Medically Compromised
Patient
•Differential Diagnosis of
Periradicular Lesions
•Facial Space Infections of
Odontogenic Origin
•Clinical Pharmacology
•Pain
•New Developments in
Instrumentation
•Endodontic Surgery
Michigan
•Pulp Biology
•Host-Pathogen
Relationships: Balance of
Power
•Extra-Radicular Living and
Non Living Agents
•Endodontic Pain Control
•Orafacial Infections
•Infractions and Vertical
Fractures
Loma Linda
•Pulp and Periradicular
Biology
•Local Anesthesia and
Analgesic Control of
Postoperative Pain
•Differential diagnosis and
Histopathology of
Periapical Tissues
•Mechanisms of
Endodontic Pain
•Management of the
Medically Compromised
Patient
•Pharmacology of Pain
•Facial Space Infections of
Odontogenic Origin
•Periapical Inflammatory
Responses and their
Regulation
•Biology of the Pulp
•Immunology
•Endodontic Microbiology
•The Medically
Compromised Patient
•Differential Diagnosis of
Periradicular Lesions
•Facial Space Infections of
Odontogenic Origin
•Clinical Pharmacology
•Pain
•New Developments in
Instrumentation
•Endodontic Surgery
•Pulp Biology
•Host-Pathogen
Relationships: Balance of
Power
•Extra-Radicular Living
and Non Living Agents
•Endodontic Pain Control
•Orafacial Infections
•Infractions and Vertical
Fractures
MICHIGAN PENNSYLVANIA LOMA LINDA
Covered Topics
• Many identical topics to study
• UNIQUE EXCEPTIONS!
• “New developments in Instrumentation”,
Dr James Johnson (resource disk)
• “Differential Diagnosis and Histopathology
of Periradicular Lesions” , Dr. Gordon
Pringle (resource disk)
Review Courses 2009-2010
1. COD/Columbia
• March 12-14, 2010
2. Bender, Seltzer & Grossman
• Later this year
Where I started from…..
What I studied first
The Sciences
Dental Decks
• 1-800-457-7126
• Deckscorp.com
• Part One and Two NDB exam
– Radiology
– Endodontics
– Oral Pathology
– Dental Anatomy and Occlusion
– Microbiology & Pathology
– Anatomic Sciences
Gray’s Anatomy Flashcards
Head and
Neck - Only
Websites
Quick Review
Sources!
LINKED
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(Included on Resource Disk)
Sample website
Free PowerPoint Lectures
(Included on Resource Disk)
32
WABeresfordTOOTH TISSUES: Pulp
PULP
DENTINE
ENAMEL
CEMENTUM
PERIODONTAL
LIGAMENT/
PDL
ALVEOLAR BONE
GINGIVA
DENTAL PULP: Functions
Service tissue keeping its Odontoblasts alive
for slow defensive responses in the dentine
Providing antimicrobial defense for the
dentine and itself
Providing sensory feedback from the dentine,
but for what purposes?
PULP
DENTINE
ENAMEL
CEMENTUM
PERIODONTAL
LIGAMENT/
PDL
ALVEOLAR BONE
GINGIVA
Service tissue keeping its Odontoblasts alive for slow
defensive responses in the dentine
Providing antimicrobial defense for the dentine and itself
Providing sensory feedback from the dentine, but for
what purposes?
WABeresfordTOOTH TISSUES: Pulp & its roles
PULP CHAMBER
CORONAL PULP HORN
ACCESSORY
CANAL
ROOT CANAL
APICAL FORAMEN
PULP REGIONS
ODONTOBLAST
LAYER
PULP PROPER/
PULP CORE
Cell-poor
ZONE OF WEIL
- peripheral pulp
PULP ELEMENTS - Mucoid connective tissue
MATRIX -
Ground substance
Reticular fibers
Collagen I
fibers Elastic fibers
Blood vessels
Nerves
Lymphatics
CELLS -
Odontoblasts
Fibroblasts
Macrophages
Mast cells
Leukocytes
PULP INNERVATION
Nerves: sensory (V) to
PULP
ODONTOBLASTS
DENTINAL TUBULES
Blood vessels
Nerves:
autonomic
12 3
1
2
3
Sub-odontoblastic plexus
in cell-poor zone of Weil
PULP ELEMENTS - Mucoid connective tissue
MATRIX - Ground
substance Reticular
fibers Collagen I fibers
Elastic fibers
Blood vessels
Nerves
Lymphatics
CELLS -
Odontoblasts
Fibroblasts
Macrophages
Mast cells
Leukocytes
& Denticles & Fibrosis with aging
P
U
L
P
DENTICLES/ PULP STONES
Hard mineralized bodies found in
the pulp or the dentine
TWO TYPES:
1 TRUE - constructed of dentine
by ectopic odontoblasts & showing
dentinal tubules
2 FALSE - mineralized connective
tissue, etc, (not made of dentine)
Both may show layering/lamellar patterns
from incremental growth
P
U
L
P
DENTICLES/ PULP STONES:
further classification by place
Hard mineralized bodies found in the pulp
or the dentine
THREE SUBTYPES:
1 FREE - in the pulp
2 IMBEDDED - enclosed in the
dentine as this has slowly grown
inwards
3 ATTACHED - partly imbedded
TOOTH GERM: Pulp development
DENTAL LAMINA
DENTAL PAPILLA
DENTAL SAC/FOLLICLE
DENTAL ORGAN
MESENCHYME
ALVEOLAR BONE
TOOTH TISSUES: Sources
DENTAL LAMINA
DENTAL PAPILLA
DENTAL SAC/FOLLICLE
DENTAL ORGAN
MESENCHYME
ALVEOLAR BONE
PULP
DENTINE
ENAMEL
CEMENTUM
PDL
A BONE
TOOTH TISSUES: Sources
DENTAL LAMINA
DENTAL PAPILLA
mesenchyme
DENTAL SAC/FOLLICLE
DENTAL ORGAN
ALVEOLAR BONE
PULP
DENTINE
ENAMEL
CEMENTUM
PDL
A BONE
TOOTH
Crest
Ameloblasts
Odontoblasts
CT cells
Cementoblasts
Fibroblasts
Osteoblasts & ‘clasts
TOOTH TISSUES: Sources
DENTAL LAMINA
DENTAL PAPILLA
DENTAL SAC/FOLLICLE
DENTAL ORGAN
ALVEOLAR BONE
PULP
DENTINE
ENAMEL
CEMENTUM
PDL
SUPPORTING
BONE
TOOTH
LAMINA DURA
Plate
Spongy bone
TOOTH GERM
DENTAL LAMINA
Outer dental epithelium
Stellate reticulum
Inner dental epithelium
Stratum intermedium
DENTAL PAPILLA
DENTAL SAC/FOLLICLE
Vessels Nerves
HERTWIG’S
ROOT
SHEATH grows to
lengthen root
PULP differentiates
Epithelial diaphragm
FURTHER ROOT FORMATION
Odontoblast recruitment site
Where I started from…..
Text Books
Text Books
My Texts
1. Inflammation 5th edition, Trowbridge/Emling
2. Dental Pulp, Hargreave/Goodis
3. Pathways of the Pulp, 8th Edition, Cohen/Burns
4. Endodontics, 5th edition, Ingle/Bakland
5. Dental Management of the Medically
Compromised Patient, 6th Edition, Little, et al
I didn‘t read every chapter!
Inflammation Trowbridge/Emling
Important text. The whole
book is informative
Dental Pulp
Hargreaves/Goodis
• The BEST of the Bunch!
Dental Pulp
Hargreaves/Goodis
• History of Pulp Biology
• Development of the Pulpodentin complex
• Dentin Formation and Repair
• Pulpodentin complex
• Pulp as a Connective Tissue
• The Circulation of the Pulp
• Nerve Supply of the Pulpodentin Complex and
Response to Injury
• Pain Mechanisms of the Pulpodentin Complex
• Pharmacologic Control of Pain
• Histology of Pulpal Inflammation
Dental Pulp – CONT’D
Hargreaves/Goodis
• Molecular Mediators of Pulpal Inflammation
• Pulpal Infections Including Caries
• Calcium Hydroxide and Vital Pulp Therapy
• Repair of Pulpal Injury by Dental Materials
• Permanent Restorations and the Dental Pulp
• Pulpal Effects of Thermal and Mechanical Irritants
• Interrelationship of the Dental Pulp and Apical
Periodontitis
• Root Resorption
• Differential Diagnosis of Odontalgia
• The Dental Pulp in Systemic Disorders
2nd EDITION
April 2010
Release
Ingle’s Endodontics6
Ingle, Bakland, Baumgartner
• Chapters 5, 7, 8, 12, 13
• Current Edition - 2008
Pathways of the Pulp 9th ed.
Cohen/Hargreaves
Chapters: 3,12,13,15
• Non Odontogenic Toothache
• Structure and Function of the Dentin- Pulp
Complex
• Pathobiology of Primary Apical Periodontitis
• Endodontic Microbiology & Tx. of Infections
Chapters:16,17,18
• Endodontic and Periodontic Interrelationships
• Dental Traumatic Injuries
• Analgesics in Endodontics
Pathways of the Pulp 9th ed.
Cohen/Hargreaves
Dental Management of the Medically
Compromised Patient
Little, Falace, et al
Grey pages – Dental Management
Summary
• Entire Book is good
Medical Emergencies in the
Dental Office
• Malamed & Darby Home Study
Course*
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Lecture
• Dental Management of the
Medically Compromised Patient
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Donald Falace
Dental Management of the
Medically Compromised
Patient
Donald Falace, DMD
Professor and Division Chief
Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine
Objectives of the Course
• Help you identify patients with various types of medical problems who might be at risk for having problems as a result of dental treatment
• Help you to plan and deliver dental treatment in such a way as to avoid or minimize the chances of an adverse event or outcome occurring, thus protecting your patients from injury, disease or adversity.
• Help you to avoid litigation, anxiety, sleepless nights and heartache.
What do we do in the course of providing
dental treatment that can affect the
physical and emotional health and well
being of a patient?
• Instill fear
• Inflict pain
• Inject local anesthetic
solutions
• Inject potent
vasoconstrictors
• Cause bleeding
• Dictate body position
• Expose to radiation
• Expose to dental
materials
• Prescribe medicines
• Alter oral function
• Alter appearance
Risk Assessment?
Can we provide dental treatment to this patient without endangering their (or our) health and well being?
Yes. No problems are anticipated, and treatment
can be delivered in the usual manner.
Yes. The potential for problems exists, however,
modifications can be made in the delivery of treatment that reduces risk to an acceptable level.
No. Potential problems exist that are serious
enough to make it inadvisable to provide elective dental treatment.
Physical/Emotional
-stability
-control
-tolerance
-reserve
Dental Procedure
-invasiveness
-trauma
-blood loss
-duration
Risk Assessment
Most Common Medical
Emergencies in Dental Practice
• Syncope
• Mild Allergic Reaction
• Angina Pectoris
• Postural Hypotension
• Seizures
• Asthmatic Attack
• Hyperventilation
• Epinephrine Reaction
• Insulin Shock
• Cardiac Arrest
• Anaphylaxis
• Myocardial Infarction
Many of these events are preventable, or at least the chances
of them occurring can be lessened
Reference Sources: Basic
Medical Information
• Little,J, Falace,D, Miller,C, Rhodus,N: Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient, 6th ed, Mosby, 2002 (~$55)
• The Merck Manual (~$35)
• Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine (~$125)
• Cecil’s Textbook of Internal Medicine (~$139)
• Internet (PubMed, Medline, eJournals, Google scholar, MD Consult)
Reference Sources: Drug
Information• Drug Information Handbook
for Dentistry (Lexicomp) ~$45
• Physician’s Desk Reference
– PDR ~ $95
– OTC drugs
– Nutritional supplements
– Herbal medications
• Facts and Comparisons
• Drug Information for the Health Care Provider (USPDI)
• Internet
Internet Based Websites for Drug
Information
• Med center library website (Micromedix)
• Google scholar
• www.ada.org
• www.drugs.com
• www.factsandcomparisons.com
• www.fda.gov/cder/drug/default.htm
• www.lexi.com
• www.nlm.nih.gov
• www.rxlist.com
Clinical Examination
• General appearance
• Behavior
• Vital signs
• Head and neck
• Oral tissues
• Radiographs
Laboratory Tests
• Determine coagulation status (von Willebrand’s, hemophilia)
• Determine level of anticoagulation (coumadin)
• Screening for blood glucose (periodontal disease, burning mouth)
• Screen for infectious disease (hepatitis C, AIDS)
• Screening for liver function (hepatitis C, cirrhosis)
• Screening for kidney function (renal failure)
• Complete blood count with differential [CBC with diff] (burning mouth, unexplained oral lesions)
Medical Consultation
• Purpose:
– Verify or clarify information
– Determine risk for doing dental
treatment on the patient
– Determine if any changes are
required in the delivery of
dental treatment
• Be brief and to the point
• Letter, FAX, phone call
• Response should attached to or
recorded in the patient’s chart
Phone Consultation
• Often the physician will not be available to talk to you directly
• You may instead talk with a nurse or receptionist who will convey what the physician has said or who will tell you what is in the chart
• It is mandatory to document this conversation, to include to whom you spoke and what was said
• Direct, written confirmation of this consult is advisable for medico-legal reasons
• Suggestion: Write a brief summary of the conversation and FAX it to the physician; include a statement to the effect that if they disagree with the summary, they should FAX their correction to you within 24 hours; your FAX should be attached to the chart
ABC’s of
Problem
Identification
Antibiotics
Anesthesia
Anxiety
Allergy
Bleeding
Chair position
Drugs
Devices
Equipment
Emergencies
• Are there any potential problems related to the provision of dental care?
– If not, proceed with treatment in the usual manner
– If yes, then…
Answer this question….
• Are there any potential problems related to the
provision of dental care? If yes, then…
• How do I need to modify treatment
to avoid those problems?
Examples of Treatment Modifications
• Pre-op:
– prophylactic antibiotics
– sedative
– food intake
• Intra-op:
– upright chair position
– minimize or avoid epinephrine
– nitrous oxide
– hemostasis measures
• Post-op:
– analgesics
– anti-fibrinolytic agent
– antibiotics
Answer this question….
• Are there any potential problems related to the provision of dental care?
– If not, proceed with treatment in the usual manner
– If yes, then…
• How do I need to modify treatment to avoid those problems?
• Are there any oral manifestations related to the disease or it’s treatment?
Oral
Manifestations
• Dry mouth
(xerostomia)
• Oral
ulcerations/lesions
• Burning
mouth/tongue
• Bleeding
• Gingival hyperplasia
• Fungal/bacterial
infections
Where I started from…..
Getting the information
into long term memory
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1. ABE Glossary of Endodontic Terms
2. Medically Complicated Patients
3. Memory Words
4. Sample Questions and Answers
5. Trowbridge – Q and A
6. Drug interactions
7. SBE Prophylaxis Guidelines
8. Quan’s Endodontic Sequence
My Decks
Hardcopy and
Electronic formats
(Included on
Resource Disk)
Where I started from…..
Other information sources
Colleagues for Excellence
•Advances in Endodontic Surgery and Contemporary Endodontic Treatment
•Bisphosphonate-Associated Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
•Antibiotics and the Treatment of Endodontic Infections
•Endodontic Case Difficulty Assessment and Referral
• Disassembly of Endodontically Treated Teeth
•Coronal Leakage and Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth
•Taking the Pain out of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
•Treatment Planning: Comparing the Restored Endodontic Tooth and the
Dental Implant
•Endodontic Considerations in the Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries
•The Cracked Tooth
•Rotary Instrumentation: An Endodontic Perspective
•Obturation of Root Canal Systems
Colleagues for
Excellence Newsletter
Series
AAE Fact Sheets
The AAE has published nearly 20
official position statements and
treatment guidelines on various
clinical topics
www.aae.org
Free Clinical Resources
Glossary of Endodontic Terms
Glossary of Endodontic
Terms
Important!
Guide to Clinical Endodontics
Avulsed teeth and trauma
guidelines
SBE Regimens
1. ABE Glossary of Endodontic Terms
2. Medically Complicated Patients
3. Memory Words
4. Sample Questions and Answers
5. Trowbridge – Q and A
6. Drug interactions
7. SBE Prophylaxis Guidelines
8. Quan’s Endodontic sequence
My Decks
Where I started from…..
21 Years of Literature
(25 years, NOW!)
Literature
Review
Literature on the Written Exam
Exam questions cited both
Publication and Year,
Approximate number of Literature
Questions - 25
November 2005
Literature Review
Compilations
• San Antonio Guide
• VA QuickHit 2005*
• Literature index cards
• Quan’s ABE Study Guide
*Included on Resource Disk
Literature Review
Compilations
• San Antonio Guide
• VA QuickHit 2005*
• Literature index cards
• Quan’s ABE Study Guide
*Included on Resource Disk
Literature Review
Compilations
• San Antonio Guide
• VA QuickHit 2005*
• Literature index cards
• Quan’s ABE Study Guide
*Included on Resource Disk
Literature Review
Compilations
• San Antonio Guide
• VA QuickHit 2005*
• Literature index cards
• Quan’s ABE Study Guide
*Included on Resource Disk
Index Card Literature Review
Literature Review
Compilations
• San Antonio Guide
• VA QuickHit 2005*
• Literature index cards
• Quan’s ABE Study Guide
*Included on Resource Disk
2010 Review Syllabus
2010 Review Syllabus
Outline – ABE Orals Study Guide
1. RADIOGRAPHIC EXAM
2. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EXAM
3. DIAGNOSIS
4. ETIOLOGY
5. PATHOGENESIS
6. APPLICATION OF BIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES
7. TREATMENT
8. COMPLICATIONS TO TREATMENT
9. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS & MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
10. PROGNOSIS
11. WHAT I DO & WHY I DO IT
Effect of manual instrumentation on root canal bacteria
Mechanical instrumentation is the core method for bacterial reduction in the infected root
canal.
Byström & Sundqvist (43), Byström A, Sundqvist G., 9181 - Bacteriologic evaluation of
the efficacy of mechanical root canal instrumentation in endodontic therapy. measured
the reduction in bacterial counts cultured from infected canals by instrumentation with
hand stainless-steel instruments under irrigation with physiological saline solution.
Fifteen root canals with necrotic pulps and periapical lesions were instrumented at five
sequential appointments. The access cavity was sealed between the appointments with
a bacteria-tight temporary filling, but the canals were left empty with no antibacterial
dressing.
This procedure caused a substantial reduction in bacterial numbers, usually 100–1000-
fold, but achieving bacteria-free root canals proved difficult. After five
appointments, seven of the 15 root canals still contained cultivable bacteria (43).
Byström A, Sundqvist G., 9181 - Bacteriologic evaluation of the efficacy of mechanical
root canal instrumentation in endodontic therapy.
The relatively limited antibacterial efficiency of mechanical preparation was also reported
by Ørstavik et al. (44). Ørstavik 1991 - Effects of extensive apical reaming and calcium
hydroxide dressing on bacterial infection during treatment of apical periodontitis: a pilot
study. In fact, Cvek et al. (45) Cvek, 1976 - Antimicrobial effect of root canal debridement
in teeth with immature root. A clinical and microbiologic study. had already compared the
antibacterial effect of biochemical root canal cleansing in permanent non-vital maxillary
incisors with immature apices with those with mature roots.
Literature Review
Other resources
Literature Review
Other resources
University of Oregon
http://www.ohsu.edu/sod/endo/endo_literature.html
Current
thru 2008
OSHU Classic Literature•History of endodontics
•Tooth morphology
•Anatomy of the pulp and periapex
•Diagnostic procedures - pulp histology
•Radiographic Interpretation
•Endodontic Length Determination
•Vertical Root Fractures
•Pulpal Histopathology
•Pulpal Physiology
•Pulpal Response to Caries and Dental Procedures
•Mechanical Properties of Endodontic Instruments
•Endodontic Instrumentation Techniques
•Pulp Capping and Pulpotomies
•Endodontic Irrigation and Chelation
•Interappointment Medicaments and Temporary Fillings
•Endodontic Obturation; Methods and Materials
•Endodontic Sealers
•Prognosis of Nonsurgical Endodontic Treatment
•Endodontic Retreatment
•Restoration-Endodontically Treated Teeth
•Diagnosis of Non-Odontogenic Pain
•Focal Infection, Bacteremias, Anachoresis and the Hollow Tube Theory
•Pediatric Endodontics
•Use of Apical Barriers in Endodontics
•Apexification and Apexogenisis
•Endodontic Trauma; Pathogenesis and Treatment
•Use of Antibiotics in Endodontics
•Endodontic Surgery: Prognosis and Treatment Planning
•Endodontic Surgery: Technique
•Endodontic Surgery: Materials
•Prediction/Treatment of Endodontic Pain
•Procedural Misadventures
•Use of Analgesics in Endodontics
•Endodontic/Periodontal Interrelationships
•Local Anesthetics : I
•Local Anesthesia : II
•Endodontic Microbiology/Immunology
•Pulpal and Periapical Disease
•Tooth Lightening: Internal and External
•Internal and External Resorption
•Orthodontic/Endodontics (Extrusion)
•Intentional Replantations/Transplantation
•Endodontic and Intraosseous Implants
•Medically compromised patients
OHSU Classic Literature – Cont’d
Literature Review
Other resources
Navy - Bethesda
http://www.bethesda.med.navy.mil/Careers/Postgraduate_Dental_School/
http://www.bethesda.med.navy.mil/Careers/Postgraduate_Dental_School/Endodontics/L
iterature/index.aspx
Good questions for each topic
My thoughts……..Cont’d
Literature Review
Other resources
JOE Online Study Guide
JOE Online Study
GuideSuccess and Failure in Endodontics:
Root Canal Anatomy:
Root Canal Debridement:
Lasers in Endodontics:
Obturation of the Root Canal System:
Pulpal and Periradicular Diagnosis:
Endodontic Surgery:
Procedural Accidents
Endodontic-Periodontal Interrelationships:
Management of the Immature Apex Tooth:
Uses of Calcium Hydroxide:
Traumatic Injuries:
Vital Pulp Therapy:
Treatment of the Primary Tooth:
Bleaching in Endodontics:
Endodontic Radiology:
Single-Visit Endodontics:
Endodontic Retreatment:
Temporary Restorations:
JOE Online Study
GuideCoronal Microleakage:
Post Space Preparation:
Orthodontic Extrusion:
Glucocorticoids in Endodontics:
Microbiology in Endodontics:
Pain and Anxiety Control:
Immunologic Reactions and Endodontics:
Restoration of the Endodontically Treated Tooth
Sinus Tracts:
Relationship Between Systemic Diseases and Endodontics:
Medical Emergencies and Drugs:
Periradicular Lesions Not of Endodontic Origin:
Veterinary Endodontics:
Endodontics
The BIG picture
Volumes 1 thru 16
Highly recommended – great information
Endodontic Topics
The Philosophy behind
Endodontic Topics
Clinical dentistry based on the scientific
evidence
One topic per issue, the most qualified
scientists will present relevant and cutting edge
information on the chosen topic
5 year cycle of topics
Volumes 1 thru 16 included
on the resource disc
Endodontic Topics
Where I went from there…..
Test taking skills
30 years of catching up
www.pearsonvue.com
The test rules
• Four hours will be allotted to complete the
examination
• It is a computer-based Written Examination
• The Written Examination contains 200
questions
• Responses are recorded directly into the
computer.
• NOT PENCIL & PAPER!
The test rules
• Request two forms of identification (ID)
• Check IDs
• Capture electronic signature and verify that
signatures match
• Capture electronic fingerprint
• Capture digital photograph
• Distribute Candidate rules document
• Show Candidate where to store belongings
• Offer Candidate erasable note board and pen
• Admit
The test rules
• Personal items, such as cellular
phones, hand-held
computers/personal digital
assistants (PDAs) or other electronic
devices, pagers, watches, wallets,
purses, hats, bags, coats, books and
notes, are not allowed in the testing
room.
The test rules
• The Pearson Professional Center test
administrator will provide you with
an erasable note board and a marker
before you enter the testing room.
You may not remove these items
from the testing room at any time
during the exam, and you must
return all items to the test
administrator after the exam.
The test rules
• You may not write on the erasable
note board until after the exam has
been started.
• If you need to clean your note board
during the exam, raise your hand and
the test administrator will assist you.
The test rules
• Earplugs are available
from the test administrator
on request.
The test rules
• The Pearson test administrator will
log you in to your assigned
workstation, verify that you are
taking the correct exam and start the
exam. Please remain in your
assigned seat. Eating, drinking,
smoking and making noise that
creates a disturbance for other
Candidates are prohibited during the
exam.
The test rules
• To ensure a high level of
security throughout your
testing experience, you will
be monitored at all times.
Both audio and video will be
recorded.
The test rules
• To request an unscheduled break,
raise your hand to get the test
administrator’s attention. The
administrator will set your testing
workstation to the break mode and
restart the exam for you when you
return. The exam clock will NOT stop
while you are away.
The test rules
• You must leave the testing room for
all breaks. When you leave the
testing room, you will be
fingerprinted, and you will be
fingerprinted again before you re-
enter the testing room
The test rules
• If you do not follow the above rules,
if you tamper with the computer or if
you are suspected of cheating,
appropriate action will be taken. This
may include invalidation of your
exam results.
The test rules
• You may not write on the erasable
note board until after the exam has
been started. If you need to clean
your note board during the exam,
raise your hand and the test
administrator will assist you.
Practicing for the test
Take the NMR practice test,
so you are comfortable with
test mechanics
Recommendation:
Practicing for the test
the Classic Way
Written Practice Tests
• Pathways of the Pulp, Challenge – A self assessment exam
• Inflammation, Self tests for each chapter
• Loma Linda and Einstein Courses -Review Questions*
• Medical Emergencies n the Dental Office, Malamed, Post-test Questions
Sit down and take them all together, 3 weeks before
actual exam, time yourself
After exam thoughts……
My thoughts…
• I don’t know if I passed, but I was not feeling overwhelmed by the exam
• Questions were fair
• If I failed: I’d study the same cards, notes and old exams
• Additional areas of study: Know “Paget’s and Von Wildebrand diseases”
• Oral Pathology Diseases: more familiarity with names, histology and radiographic descriptions
My thoughts……..Cont’d
• How do x-rays work? KVP, grayscale, maximum annual dosages.
• End Renal disease? Know medical conditions and drugs used to treat.
• Pharmacology of Drugs. Drug interactions
• Emergency medical conditions: how to treat them
• Diagnosis: How do EPT, CO2 and Endo-ice work physiologically, which is the best and worst?
• CaOH literature: how much, how long, how does it work? Is it needed?
• MTA – pH, physical properties, when does it leak after setting?
• Good to know last Two years of JOE’s. 2004 literature was asked a lot!
• Nerve pathways.
• Mechanisms of Pain
My thoughts……..Cont’d
• pKa , what makes anesthetic
“Faster” vs. “Longer Duration”?
• Lipid vs. protein binding?
• Articaine vs. Lidocaine?
• Know traumatic injuries, types and
treatment
• GG ISO size?
My thoughts……..Cont’d
I passed!
Assembling your study materials
what you don’t have on disk!
•Textbooks
•Gray’s Anatomy Flash Cards
•Some AAE materials
•Dental Decks
Written part 1 section of DVD
The Case Portfolio
Know the Rules
Table of Contents
•Helpful Hints
•Pet Peeves
•Submission Deadlines
•Portfolio Preparation
•Required Cases for Submission
Narrative
Radiographs & Images
Radiographs
Digital Images
Laboratory and Biopsy Reports
Recall
•The Case History Report Form Instructions and Information
•Instructions for the Case History Report Form
To Create a Case History Report Form
Tool Bar
Tab Button
Select Buttons
Spell Check
Allowed Space
Changes
Addendum Page
Table of Contents-cont’d
•Back Up Copies
•Printing
•Case History Report Form Required Information
•The Case History Report Form
•The Case History Evaluation Form Instructions
• Category Evaluation
• The Case History Evaluation Form
• How Cases are Graded
• Case Grading Chart
• Case History Portfolio Submission ChecklistSubmission of the Portfolio
• Examination Scoring
• Candidate Notification
• Appeal Process for an Adverse Decision
• Certification Process Timeline
Table of Contents - Cont’d
Follow the directions!
1. No grammar and spell check!
2. Type up and edit as a WORD
document.
3. Quan’s WORD template is
recommended
4. Adhere to their CHECKLIST
Fifteen Cases
• One year Follow-up
• Types of cases
– Diagnosis (1)
– Emergency (1)
– Medically compromised (1)
– Nonsurgical RCT (5)
– Retreatment (2)
– Surgical RCT (2)
– Other (3)
Case History Peeves
•Acceptable: High technical skill required.
•Excellent: Required the highest level of
knowledge and technical skill.
•Unacceptable: The knowledge and technical
skills required were within the scope of the
general dentist.
•Deficient: Routine diagnostic and technical
difficulty requiring average skills.
Specialist Quality Cases
94% pass rate
FALL 2009
84% pass rate
Spring 2009
Case History Peeves
Fall
2009
Case History Peeves
Case History Peeves
Case History Peeves Listed
Cases in the portfolio that don‘t meet the
criteria for the category; for example in the
medically compromised category, a case in
which no significant modification of
treatment was done.
• Be specific with clinical findings – do not
leave anything for the examiner to interpret.
Example: tooth #14 felt different‘. Different
to what stimulus? This may be something
the patient would say and so would be
appropriate only for the chief complaint.
Case History Peeves Listed
• Make sure it is clear which tooth you are
referring to.
We cannot assume it is the tooth listed in
the case heading, particularly if other teeth
may be contributing to the problem.
•
Case History Peeves Listed
• Be consistent with terminology. If you
use the term ‗palatal‘ for tooth #3, do not
use the term ‗lingual‘ for tooth #14.
In this example, palatal is a better term
and should be used throughout the
portfolio
•
Case History Peeves Listed
Case History Peeves Listed
• • If you do something that differs from your
normal treatment protocol, provide the
rationale.
Example: lidocaine was used singularly for
14 cases in your portfolio, and articaine was
used for 1 case. Why?
•
Case History Peeves Listed
• Make sure radiographs reveal the entire
periapical lesion and the entire periapical
region of the involved tooth
AAE Endodontic Case
Difficulty Assessment Form
AAE Endodontic Case
Difficulty Assessment Form
LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY
MINIMAL DIFFICULTY Preoperative condition indicates
routine complexity (uncomplicated). These types of cases
would exhibit only those factors listed in the MINIMAL
DIFFICULTY category. Achieving a predictable treatment
outcome should be attainable by a competent practitioner
with limited experience.
AAE Endodontic Case
Difficulty Assessment Form
LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY
MODERATE DIFFICULTY Preoperative condition is
complicated, exhibiting one or more patient or treatment
factors listed
in the MODERATE DIFFICULTY category. Achieving a
predictable treatment outcome will be challenging for a
competent, experienced practitioner.
AAE Endodontic Case
Difficulty Assessment Form
LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY
HIGH DIFFICULTY Preoperative condition is exceptionally
complicated, exhibiting several factors listed in the
MODERATE DIFFICULTY category or at least one in the
HIGH DIFFICULTY category. Achieving a predictable
treatment outcome will be challenging for even the most
experienced practitioner with an extensive history of
favorable outcomes.
Case Selection Tips
• Show what you can do!
• Moderate to High Difficulty
Cases
Case
Report
Template
With
Spell and
Grammar
check
The
Complete
Set
The Complete Set
Quan’s Case Portfolio
1. The entire, 15 case, portfolio in
digital format
2. Includes the “Routine
Abbreviations and Procedure
Descriptions
3. “Word” template with spell and
grammar check
Quan’s Case Portfolio
Quan’s Case Portfolio
/www.gradware.com
1-877-333-1676gradware.com
Case Portfolio Template
Oral Exam
Guidelines
Orals – The Rules
What does this mean?
Case Based Format
1. Interpretation of Radiographs
2. Request for Additional Information
3. Differential Diagnosis/Diagnosis
4. Etiology
5. Pathogenesis
Ten Topics- supported by the literature
2009 ABE
Case Based Format – CONT”D
6. Alternate Treatments, Treatment of
Choice
7. Biological Implications
8. Medical History
9. Complications/Management of
Complications
10. Prognosis
Ten Topics- supported by the literature
2009 ABE
Orals – The Rules
•An oral exam is different than a
written exam
• NOT multiple choice!
•You know THE correct answer or
you DON’T !
Orals – The Rules
• Three sessions, one after another
• They come to you
• 2 against 1
• 30 minute sessions
• Taped
• Paper and pencil provided
• 10 sections of 3 questions each
Orals – The Rules
•Questions are in a specific order
•You start by being given x-rays and
possibly photos
•They were not of high good quality
Orals
96% pass rate
FALL 2009
81% pass rate
SPRING 2009
Orals – Peeves
Use references when indicated or asked for.
References are to be used to justify your
comments.
Unlike the Written Exam, during the Orals
there are almost no instances where we ask
for a specific author.
Orals – Peeves
Failure to use any literature citations to
support an answer or using too many
references from the 60‘s and 70‘s when more
relevant and current literature is available.
Orals – Peeves
.
A Candidate should be able to quote the
classic literature from our specialty, at a
minimum, to support a position
Orals – Peeves
The Directors must complete all ten
sections of their scripted scenario in the
allotted time. Talking slower doesn‘t help
you
A Candidate that can‘t completely
answer a question should say so and
then move on.
Trying to control the pace
Orals – Peeves
Do not dwell on the question and then try
and answer the question later on. Let it go.
On the other hand, do not filibuster.
Be concise with your answers. Brevity is a
virtue.
Trying to control the pace
My Orals Strategy
Be able to support with
literature citations everything
that I do clinically
Study Aids
2010 Review Syllabus
2010 Review Syllabus
Outline – ABE Orals Study Guide
1. RADIOGRAPHIC EXAM
2. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EXAM
3. DIAGNOSIS
4. ETIOLOGY
5. PATHOGENESIS
6. APPLICATION OF BIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES
7. TREATMENT
8. COMPLICATIONS TO TREATMENT
9. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS & MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
10. PROGNOSIS
11. WHAT I DO & WHY I DO IT
2010 Review Syllabus
Outline – ABE Orals Study Guide
1. RADIOGRAPHIC EXAM
2. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EXAM
3. DIAGNOSIS
4. ETIOLOGY
5. PATHOGENESIS
6. APPLICATION OF BIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES
7. TREATMENT
8. COMPLICATIONS TO TREATMENT
9. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS & MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
10. PROGNOSIS
11. WHAT I DO & WHY I DO IT
2010 Review Syllabus
Outline – ABE Orals Study Guide
RADIOGRAPHIC EXAM
SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EXAM
Subjective and Objective Exam
Fascial Space Infections
DIAGNOSIS
Differential Diagnosis of Odontalgia
ETIOLOGY
Pulpal Irritants
PATHOGENESIS
Pathogenesis of Apical Periodontitis & Causes of Endodontic Failures
Endodontic Pathogens
Eradication of endodontic infection by instrumentation and irrigation
solutions
2010 Review Syllabus
Outline – ABE Orals Study Guide
1. RADIOGRAPHIC EXAM
2. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EXAM
3. DIAGNOSIS
4. ETIOLOGY
5. PATHOGENESIS
6. APPLICATION OF BIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES
7. TREATMENT
8. COMPLICATIONS TO TREATMENT
9. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS & MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
10. PROGNOSIS
11. WHAT I DO & WHY I DO IT
2010 Review Syllabus
APPLICATION OF BIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES
ChemoMechanical Debridement – Irrigation
Ca(OH)2 - Interappointment
Ca(OH)2
Size of Apical Instrumentation
Dens Evaginitis
Pulp Protection – Current concepts
2010 Review Syllabus
Outline – ABE Orals Study Guide
1. RADIOGRAPHIC EXAM
2. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EXAM
3. DIAGNOSIS
4. ETIOLOGY
5. PATHOGENESIS
6. APPLICATION OF BIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES
7. TREATMENT
8. COMPLICATIONS TO TREATMENT
9. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS & MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
10. PROGNOSIS
11. WHAT I DO & WHY I DO IT
2010 Review Syllabus
TREATMENT
AAE Guide to Clinical Endodontics
AAE Trauma Guidelines
Vital Pulp Therapy
Tooth Morphology
Restoration of the Endodontically Treated Tooth
Management of Traumatic Injuries
Local Anesthetics Injections and Local Anesthetic Pharmacology
Magnification & Illumination
Root End Filling Materials
Flap Design
Root End Instrumentation
Obturation
Adhesive Dentistry and Endodontics (Coronal Leakage)
2010 Review Syllabus
Outline – ABE Orals Study Guide
1. RADIOGRAPHIC EXAM
2. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EXAM
3. DIAGNOSIS
4. ETIOLOGY
5. PATHOGENESIS
6. APPLICATION OF BIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES
7. TREATMENT
8. COMPLICATIONS TO TREATMENT
9. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS & MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
10. PROGNOSIS
11. WHAT I DO & WHY I DO IT
2010 Review Syllabus
COMPLICATIONS TO TREATMENT
Systemic Complications
MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS & MEDICAL
EMERGENCIES
PROGNOSIS
Outcome Studies
Retreatment: - Treatment Options for Negative
Outcomes with NSRCT, NS ReTX, and Surgical RetX.
2010 Review Syllabus
Outline – ABE Orals Study Guide
1. RADIOGRAPHIC EXAM
2. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE EXAM
3. DIAGNOSIS
4. ETIOLOGY
5. PATHOGENESIS
6. APPLICATION OF BIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES
7. TREATMENT
8. COMPLICATIONS TO TREATMENT
9. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS & MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
10. PROGNOSIS
11. WHAT I DO & WHY I DO IT
2010 Review Syllabus
What do you do and
why?
What do you do and why?
What do you do and why?
What do you do and why?
What do you do and why?
What do you do and why?
Creation of Memory Words
Memory Words
Detrails of the study
gfuide and how it is
formatted
Neumonics
1. ABE Glossary of Endodontic Terms
2. Medically Complicated Patients
3. Memory Words
4. Sample Questions and Answers
5. Trowbridge – Q and A
6. Drug interactions
7. SBE Prophylaxis Guidelines
8. Quan’s Endodontic Sequence
My Decks
Sample Question &
Answers
Sample Question &
Answers
My Practice Questions FIVE
ABE tolerated but NOT
approved
Practice #1
Practice #1
Practice #1
Practice #2
Practice #2
Practice #2
Practice #3
Practice #3
Practice #4
Practice #4
Practice #5
Practice #5
Practice #5
The QuestionsABE Self Assessment Case Scenario #1
You are looking at a Periapical of #29 and clinical photos of the area.
see PAGE # 1
Describe everything that you see?
Radiograph? Periapical area of #29? Adjacent teeth?
Clinical observations from photos?
21 year old, Asian female, in good health but who reports a prior
allergic reaction to aspirin with rash and dizziness, when she took some
three years ago. Tooth #29 is asymptomatic, non-vital to CO2. The rest
of the quadrant is vital to all tests and is normal on clinical exam.
What other radiographs, test results or clinical findings do you require
to make a diagnosis? See PAGES #2 and #3. Which show #20 also
has dens evaginatus.
#20 is non vital to CO2 and asymptomatic, the rest of lower left
quadrant is vital and normal clinically.
Which population group does Dens Evaginatus occur most frequently ?
What is the prevalence of Dens Evaginatus in this racial group?
Bilaterally?
Preparation Hints
• Create your own:
“How I do endo and Why I do it.”
• Create “Short” Oral Reports
• Use Memorize-it Decks
• Factor in Jet Lag affecting your
performance
Orals Folder Part 3
Post Orals
• Histopathology of periapical lesions
• What cell types are present in any
given clinical situation?
• Vertical cracks
• Most frequent causes?
• Microbiology in cracks
• External Resorption
Post Orals – Cont’d
• Heathersay 2004
• Intermediate cementum
• Incidence of oral cancers
• Inflammation and Immunology
Classes of Immunoglobulins
Types of Immune responses
Post Orals – Cont’d
• Classes of Hypertension
Normal
Pre-hypertension
Stage I
Stage 2
• Review immunology and inflammation basics
Post Orals – Cont’d
• Pulpal anatomy
• Tooth anatomy - layers
• Tooth development
• Each case had Medical Issues
Post orals – Cont’d
If there is a next time……
• Relearn prior flashcard lists - subject selection was good.
• Some subjects I just did not study at all.
• It is a question and answer by memory test. It was a fairly
relaxed conversation with my peers (5 of 6 examiners)
Memorize your support research so you can respond
flawlessly under stress.
• Try not to get flustered if you don’t know every answer, you
are not supposed to! They are trying to quickly determine
the depth and breadth of your knowledge, so they keep
asking questions until you run out of answers.
The Resource DiskPractice questions and answers (111 Pages)
Personal Memorize flash cards (Six Inch Stack)–Endodontic Glossary
–Immunology Questions
–SBE regimens & Antibiotics
–Space Abscesses
–Miscellaneous
PowerPoint Lectures (32) individual
Website List (43) individual
Medical Emergencies (9 pages) home study course
Reprints in PDF (9) Miscellaneous Important articles
Differential Dx. and Histology of Periradicular
Lesions (7 pages)
New Developments in Instrumentation (80 pages)
Index Card Literature Review (2 Inch tall stack)
QuickHitLit – Quan Literature Review
Navy Literature Review
San Antonio Guide
OHSU Literature review
Quan’s Orals Study Guide (filed in “ABE Part 3 Oral
Exam” folder)
Resource Disk – Cont’d
Assembling your study materials
1. Order 3”X 5” index cards – Avery
5388
2. 5” X 7” Blank Index Cards
3. Print Hardcopy of “Resource Disk”
4. Acquire recommended texts
Les (Quando) Quan
―Appointed‖
Ambassador to China
The first and only
Ambassador of the
American Board of
Endodontics
Good Luck!