Omer Sheriff Sultan, BDS, MDS, PhD
LectureThis course is part of the Association for Continuing Dental Education Joint Live Webinar Series.
This course is part of the Association for Continuing Dental Education Joint Live Webinar Series*
Course Description
Root canal therapy’s success hinges on three critical steps: proper instrumentation, effective irrigation, and thorough obturation. Of these, irrigation plays the most pivotal role in ensuring the healing of periapical tissues. During endodontic disinfection, the clinician faces many limiting factors: such as complex root canal anatomy, untouched dentin walls left during mechanical instrumentation, and bacterial load in the forms of biofilm attached to dentin walls and in the isthmus. This course will discuss the importance of traditional and newer root canal irrigants with evidence-based irrigation protocols required to accomplish the debridement of the root canal system, which is essential for the predictable success of endodontic cases. By the end of this course, the participants will be equipped with the knowledge to implement advanced irrigation techniques, and protocols ensuring predictable and successful clinical outcomes.
Course Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
- Understand the critical role of irrigation in root canal therapy.
- Evaluate between traditional and newer irrigants.
- Implement evidence-based irrigation protocols.
Instructor
Omer Sheriff Sultan is an experienced and dedicated educator with more than seventeen years of experience in training dental students at universities in India, Libya, Malaysia, and the United States. A passionate educator committed to enhancing dental education through innovative strategies. He has developed a Google Play application, IMU-ARX, which uses augmented reality to improve student learning experiences. He has also successfully implemented virtual integrated OSCEs, dental case simulations, and integrated haptic/virtual reality simulators into dental curricula. Authored book chapters and journal articles published in Tier 1 and Tier 2 journals. He holds a Master’s in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics from India and formulated a unique dual-action nanoformulation root canal irrigant during his PhD research in Malaysia. He has also completed a postgraduate certificate in medical education from the University of Dundee to further enhance his teaching skills. Previously, served as the Program Director for the Postgraduate Diploma in Endodontics at IMU, Malaysia, and currently holds dual academic positions as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Endodontics at IMU, Malaysia, and as a full-time position of Associate Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at A.T. Still University’s Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) in the USA.
Disclosures:
- Dr. Sultan has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- The staff of the University of Washington Office of Continuing Dental Education have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Logistics
DATE:
Saturday, April 12, 2025
LOCATION:
Online Webinar
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Dentists
TIMES:
12:00pm – 1:30pm Pacific time
TUITION:
$59/Participant
CREDITS:
1.5 hours
*The University of Washington in conjunction with the Association for Continuing Dental Education (ACDE), along with 38 of its member schools jointly presents the “ACDE Webinar Series”
This series features university-based key opinion leaders presenting numerous topics on multiple dates and times. Presentations are available to meet every dental health care professional’s schedule and interests.
Conflict of Interest
In accordance with the ADA CERP Standard V., everyone involved in planning or presenting this educational activity will be required to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests and this information will be made available to participants at the start of the course.
As a continuing education provider, University of Washington Continuing Dental Education is responsible for ensuring the content, quality and scientific integrity of all continuing dental education activities for which credit is provided. The School is also responsible for taking steps to protect against and/or disclose any conflict of interest of the faculty/instructors presenting those courses.
Cancellation and Refunds
For this live webinar, a registration refund will be issued for cancellations received by Friday, April 11, 2025. Registration will remain open until the webinar begins – NO REFUNDS will be accepted once the webinar has begun. Cancellations must be received in email to dentalce@uw.edu The cancellation request must include: the name of the course, name of the person registered, name of the person requesting the cancellation, and the reason for the cancellation.
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