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Rocky Mountain Dental Convention

January 13, 2023 by reid pullen Leave a Comment

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be speaking this year at RMDC 2023 in Denver, Colorado.

The Rocky Mountain Dental Convention (RMDC) is the largest gathering of dental professionals in the Rocky Mountain region. Come see me in person, its January 19 – 21, 2023. In addition to my two talks on Friday, don’t miss industry leaders including Mr. Kirk Behrendt, Ms. Kiera Dent, Dr. Mia Geisinger, Dr. Theresa Gonzales, Dr. Gerard Kugel, Dr. Sam Strong and more.

Sign up here on the RMDC event site. Convention information here. Here are my teaching sessions Friday morning and Friday afternoon:

Root Canal Technique Training with Reid Pullen April 2020

March 7, 2020 by reid pullen Leave a Comment

!! Gain confidence with your root canals …

We are proud to present this endodontic training in collaboration with Dentsply Sirona!

Our teaching is centered around making you

EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, and EXCELLENT

with root canal procedures. 14 CE credits!

Removing Calcium Hydroxide

May 17, 2019 by reid pullen Leave a Comment

Greetings Clinicians,
Our last post was a primer ‘Using Calcium Hydroxide,’ as part of our preview of the forthcoming publication of Learning Lessons. In this post, we present Case #5 ‘Removing Calcium Hydroxide.’ I get these questions about removing Ca(OH)2.

Why do I need to use Calcium Hydroxide? Why not just
leave the canal dry?
What if some Ca(OH)2 is left on the canal walls and you obturate?
Can Ca(OH)2 block you out on the 2nd visit?

Here are answers and procedure tips in my Learning Lessons Case #5:

This is another sneak peak at a forthcoming series of Learning Lessons books to be available soon through RootCanalAcademy.com. See other lesson samples in this blog.

Happy endo my friends,

Reid
ReidPullen@RootCanalAcademy.com

Patient Communications: Walking My Talk

January 15, 2019 by reid pullen Leave a Comment

Greetings Clinicians,

In several recent posts on Patient Management and Patient Communications (see tags), I’ve talked about approaches and specific techniques to communicate both common as well as more difficult treatment circumstances. In the two videos below, I demonstrate how to communicate with a patient basic information. These videos include:

Talking with the patient before treatment procedure
Explaining each step during treatment.

You will see the purposeful and direct communication, which can be modified with additional information based upon your specific patient circumstances.

Be purposeful. Be direct.

Happy Endo my Friends,

Reid

What is Zen Endo?

January 10, 2019 by reid pullen Leave a Comment

Greetings Clinicians,

Zen Endo is an important part of Root Canal Academy’s E3 Endodontics (Efficient, Effective, Excellent).

‘Calm and effective’ is a state I want students and practitioners to maintain–even in the most difficult circumstances and events of endodontic practice. I call this state of being calm and effective Zen Endo.

Zen Endo is good patient management and here are some simple steps explained in the accompanying video:

Be clear
Explain proposed procedures; make sure that procedures, outcomes, and risks are understood
Ask the patient if they have any questions

Understanding how to structure your communications will bring good treatment outcomes. Happy patients pay, return, and refer. In turn, you’ll be happy too!

Wishing you Zen Endo,