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Calcification in Endodontics

Saturday, March 28, 2026 | Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

CDE Credits: 2.00 Teaching Methods: Lecture; Live Online or Self-Instructional Video Length: 2 hours

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Webinar Title: Calcification in Endodontics

Presenter: Dr. Antonis Chaniotis

Webinar Date: March 28, 2026

Duration: 2 hours

CDE Credits: 2.00 CDE credits will be issued by Pure Dental Learning

Details

Description:

Totally or partially calcified canals present a constant challenge in clinical endodontics. Negotiating obliterated canals could be from difficult to nearly impossible. The risk of procedurals accidents, such as perforation and instrument separation, is high. However, under the magnification provided by a dental operating microscope the whole procedure of dealing with obliterated canals could become very predictable. Complete root canal space obliteration associated with apical periodontitis is relatively rare. This lecture is designed to help the clinician deal predictably with challenging cases of partial or diffuse calcification in Endodontics and blocked canals.

Course Outline

Objectives

  1. Understand the problem of calcification
  2. Review the most common techniques to manage calcified canals
  3. Describe a new free hand technique with specially designed files to penetrate through calcified canals (The BRAT technique)

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Dr. Antonis Chaniotis, DDS, MDSc has no relevant commercial relationships.

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Dr. Antonis Chaniotis, DDS, MDSc

Dr. Antonis Chaniotis, DDS, MDSc

chaniotisantonis@gmail.com

140 El. Venizelou Av., Stoa Karantinou, 1st floor, 176 76 Kallithea
Athens, , Greece

Biography

Dr. Chaniotis Antonis graduated from the University of Athens Dental School, Greece (1998). In 2003 he completed the three-year postgraduate program in Endodontics at the University of Athens Dental School. Since 2003, he owns a limited to microscopic Endodontics private practice in Athens, Greece. For the last ten years, he served as a clinical instructor affiliated with the undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the University of Athens, Athens Dental School, Endodontic Department, Greece. In 2012 he was awarded the title of Clinical fellow teacher at the University of Warwick, Warwick dentistry UK. He lectures nationally and internationally, and he has published articles in local and international Journals. Ιn 2015 he introduced a novel technique for the management of highly curved root canals and in 2022 he was invited to publish a narrative review in International Endodontic Journal about the management of curved and calcified canals. This review is among the 5 most downloaded papers of the International Endodontic Journal. He currently serves as a member of the Hellenic Association of Endodontists (ESE member society), as a country representative of the Hellenic Association of Endodontists in ESE, as a certified member of the European Society of Endodontology (ESE) and as an international member of American Association of Endodontists (AAE). In 2023 he was elected as the certified members representative in the European Society of Endodontology Recently he was appointed as the Chair of Clinical Committee of the European Society of Endodontology. Please visit www.chaniotisendodontics.com for more information about Dr. Chaniotis

Schedule

Original Release Date: March 28, 2026
Review Date: TBD
*Expiration Date: March 28, 2029

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