3rd ESP Quarterly Scientific Webinar 2022

3rd ESP Quarterly Scientific Webinar 2022
4:00 PM (GMT+8 / Philippine Standard Time)
via Zoom
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Speaker and Lecture

Iluminada Viloria, DMD, PhD, FADI, FICD

Iluminada Viloria, DMD, PhD, FADI, FICD

Dr. Viloria has been a recipient of the Mombusho scholarship granted by the Japanese Ministry of Education for her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Dental Science. She received various scholarships, namely the Japanese Society for the promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), and the NUFFIC scholarship from the Netherlands. She has been involved in research and has published scientific articles, both local and international.

An Endodontist with over 30 years of experience in performing root canal treatment. Dr. Viloria is the Past President of the Endodontic Society of the Philippines (ESP) and a Diplomate of the Philippine Board of Endodontics (PBE).

She is the Immediate Past President of the International College of Dentists (ICD) and a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International. She was awarded as Model Teacher of the University of the East in 2015 during the University of the East's 69th Foundation celebration.

As an educator, she has been a semi-finalist in the 10 Most Outstanding Filipinos in 2017. Dr. Viloria was recently appointed as the Dean of the UE College of Dentistry.

Dr. Viloria is a seasoned lecturer for both the local and the international scenes.

Tips and Tricks in Endodontics

Although root canal treatment has a 95% success rate, dentists find it hard to do most specially on teeth that are difficult to manage in terms of anatomy and with confusing diagnosis.

Arriving at the correct diagnosis plays an important role for the development of the best treatment plan and proper treatment decision. It is of high importance that the offending tooth be given the correct diagnosis and relieved the patient from the odontogenic pain. Other types of pain discomfort would mimic dental pain, thus a thorough understanding of the patient’s response to the different diagnostic tests should be analyzed.

Another cause of endodontic failure is the missed canal, thus resulting to persistence of periapical infection. Curved canals posed another problem too during biomechanical preparation.

The aim of this lecture is to give some pointers on how to arrive at the correct diagnosis, by presenting cases on how the teeth were properly diagnosed. Tips in locating and managing extra canals will also be discussed together with some tricks in treating curved canals.