How to obtain CME points:
- Listen to podcast
- Answer questions and send them to Dr. Olga Bauer: bauer@legeartis.de
- CME certificate received (2 CME points per episode)
Listen to the podcast & receive CME points
Dr. Tomas Lang is a sought-after specialist in endodontics, extremely successful in practice and science, and President of the German Society for Microinvasive Dentistry DGmikro e.V., among other things. The experienced dentist is a luminary in professional circles. lege artis is therefore very proud to have gained the specialist for three episodes of its popular podcast “IntraDental”.
In the recorded podcasts, Dr. Lang examines the advantages and disadvantages of various preparations “according to the rules of science”. Together with dentist Friederike Kersting, they raise exciting questions that the duo discuss together.
In episode 1, Dr. Lang reveals the secret of calcium hydroxide and how it can be used to its full effect. “Ca(OH)2 is regularly and frequently used in endodontics”, but is “rarely fully understood”, says the endodontist.
In the second podcast, the expert duo discuss rinsing protocols in general and then look specifically at the effect of EDTA.
In the last episode, he solves the riddle of how to get “the most important aid in endodontics” – sodium hypochlorite – to work properly.
One thing is for sure, the three podcasts with Dr. Lang are anything but “boring”, but rather very entertaining and extremely informative.
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Questions:
What effect does Ca(OH)2 have in the root canal?
A: It keeps the pH value in the root canal alkaline
B: It decomposes to C02 and water over time
C: It inhibits the formation of biofilm
What effect does EDTA have in the root canal:
A: It dissolves calcium ions from the dentin
B: It dissolves the biofilm
C: It dissolves gutta-percha
What effect does NaOCl have in the root canal:
A: It dissolves calcium ions from the dentin
B: It dissolves the biofilm
C: It dissolves gutta-percha
