Tiago Reis
Diagnostic challenges in endodontics
- Dentist, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto.
- MsC in Endodontics, Universitat International de Catalunya.
- PhD student in Dental Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela.
- Guest Auxiliar Professor on the Integrated Master in Dental Medicine in the University of Fernando Pessoa.
Nationality: Portugal
Scientific areas: Endodontics, Endodontics
22 of november, from 15h05 until 15h40
Auditório B
Conference summary
Diagnosis in endodontics, as in any area of dentistry, is crucial to a successful treatment. In many endodontic clinical cases, diagnosis is fairly straightforward and establishing a treatment plan is not a challenge.
Other cases are more complex, and a differential diagnosis is necessary. A misinterpretation of the origin of the pain can lead to a misdiagnosis and consequently an inadequate treatment plan.
Dentists should be aware of the multiple conditions that can cause pain and the different ways in which patients feel and express pain.
Thus, in endodontics, it is especially important to be able to distinguish when pain is of endodontic origin or if it originates from other orofacial conditions, as the latter cannot be successfully treated through endodontic treatment.