Diagnosis and Emergency Endo Treatment    Featuring Dr. Martin Trope

Emergency Treatment requires a correct diagnosis and efficient, quick treatment that will not jeopardize the success of the permanent treatment plan. This talk will discuss the diagnostic procedures that will differentiate a reversible from irreversible pulpitis and the different presentations of a necrotic infected pulp. Vital pulp therapy will be discussed both in emergency treatment and as a permanent treatment form. Quick efficient treatment of the non -vital infected tooth will also be described.

The participant should understand

• The basics of diagnosis
• The difference in presentation of between reversible, irreversible and symptomatic apical periodontitis
• Quick and efficient pain control in vital teeth
• The fundamentals of successful vital pulp therapy
• Quick and efficient pain control in non-vital teeth

About the Speaker

Dr. Martin Trope was born in Johannesburg, South Africa where he received his BDS degree in dentistry in 1976. From 1976 to 1980 he practiced General Dentistry and Endodontics. In 1980 he moved to Philadelphia to specialize in Endodontics at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating as an Endodontist he continued at the University of Pennsylvania as a faculty member until 1989 when he became Chair of Endodontology at Temple University, School of Dentistry. In 1993 he accepted the JB Freedland Professorship in the Department of Endodontics, UNC at Chapel Hill.  Named in honor of one of the founding fathers of Endodontics, the Freedland Professorship recognizes significant contributions to the specialty. In 2014, he was awarded the Jens Ove Andreasen Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Dental Traumatology.

Dr. Trope is Clinical Professor, Department of Endodontics, University of Pennsylvania. He is also in private practice.