What is Endodontics All About?& Endodontics vs Implants – Is there a contest?

Professor Harold Messer
School of Dental Science
University of Melbourne

Professor Harold Messer is professor emeritus (previously Professor of Restorative Dentistry) in the School of Dental Science at the University of Melbourne. He obtained his BDSc and MDSc at the University of Queensland and his Certificate in Endodontics and PhD at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Minnesota for 15 years and then at the University of Melbourne from 1990 onwards. He was director of the postgraduate program in Endodontics until the end of 2005.

Single tooth implants are increasingly advocated as an alternative to root canal treatment, largely on the basis that an implant is a more “predictable” procedure. While a comparison of treatment outcomes has some relevance, the focus of the decision making process should be on appropriate treatment planning. The decision to extract a tooth and provide a prosthetic replacement should not be made lightly, and requires evidence firstly of a poor prognosis for the existing tooth and secondly of the long-term prospects for its replacement.

Thursday, 15 March 2007, 1800 hrs - 2000 hrs

Venue

Faculty Auditorium
Level 4, Faculty of Dentistry
National University Hospital

Enquiries

Mdm Ek Ben Lai
Tel: (65) 67724954
Fax: (65) 67732603
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