European Master´s Degree in Endodontics - Máster Europeo en Endodoncia

Endodontics is a clinical discipline that encompasses teaching microbiology, biology, biomaterials, tissue engineering, epidemiology and clinical techniques to cure or prevent pulpal and pulpoperiapical diseases. The European endodontics programme is designed to train professional dentists and stomatologists in the field of endodontics. The programme prepares participants to run clinical practices, teach or undertake research in endodontics.
The course consists of a theoretical module that addresses topics in clinical endodontics, seminars on classical and contemporary literature review and analysis and the relationship between endodontics and other specialised areas of dentistry, and the study of endodontics clinical cases that involve other areas of specialisation. The programme also addresses more complicated clinical cases such as non-surgical root canal retreatments, endodontic microsurgery, intentional replantation and the reconstruction of endodontically-treated teeth.

The programme´s main objective is to prepare professionals with the highest qualifications to diagnose problems of pulpoperiapical origin in addition to finding and implementing the best solution to solve them.

Students will also learn:

1. To critically analyse the literature, enabling them, once the programme is over, to adapt to changes that specialisation in endodontics will undoubtedly experience.
2. To teach endodontics in terms of aetiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology and treatment of pulpoperiapical diseases.
3. To work together with other areas of dentistry.
4. To undertake research (guided by a teacher).

Theoretical Programme

We will analyse and critically discuss the traditional and modern literature through seminars on the following topics:

− Dental pulp biology
− Pulpoperiapical pathology
− Dental pulp regeneration
− Endo-perio lesions
− Resorption
− Pain management
− Vital pulp therapy
− Relationship between pulpal and systemic diseases
− Non-odontogenic pain
− Perforations
− Instrumentation
− Root anatomy
− Anatomy of the head
− Microbiology
− Root canal irrigation
− Intracanal medication
− Dental traumatology
− Endodontic microsurgery
− Reconstruction of endodontically treated teeth
− Management of teeth with open apex
− Working length
− Prognosis
− Diagnosis
− Immunology
− Obturation
− Non-surgical root canal retreatment
− Management of complications in endodontics
− Dental radiology
− Pharmacology

Practical Programme

Laboratory Programme
Students must perform 100 root canals ex vivo in the first trimester, before attending to patients.

Clinical Practice
Students must perform 250 treatments throughout the three-year programme, with a minimum of 50 non-surgical root canal retreatments, 15 microapical surgeries and 2 intentional reimplantations.

Courses and conferences
Students must attend and present a paper at two national conferences (AEDE or SEOC) and at an international congress (ESE, AAE or IFEA).