Dental Resource Center

Achieving a true three-dimensional seal is one of the most technically demanding steps in root canal therapy — and one of the most consequential for long-term treatment success. This webinar gives general dentists a clear, reproducible framework for performing warm vertical obturation using the continuous wave technique, grounded in clinical evidence and real case application.

In this lecture, we will walk through the science behind thermoplasticized gutta-percha, the clinical rationale for selecting this technique over cold lateral compaction, and a step-by-step procedural workflow applicable across a range of canal anatomies. Cases are used throughout to illustrate key decision points, common technical errors, and real-time troubleshooting strategies.

Whether you're refining your existing obturation technique or making the transition from lateral condensation, this course delivers the procedural depth and clinical needed to perform warm vertical obturation with greater consistency and confidence.

Join oral cancer coach Susan Cotten, BSDH, RDH, developer of The Cotten Method™ of Screening, for this intensive program designed to elevate and calibrate the standard of screening in dentistry. Both dental hygienists and dentists play an important role in early detection, yet there is a critical gap in screening and “what we know now” about oral and oropharyngeal cancer.

This course breaks down the components of a comprehensive visual and tactile, extraoral, and intraoral evaluation. Attendees will learn proper extraoral palpation, the importance of identifying lymphadenopathy, evaluation of the thyroid gland and the oropharynx. ADA and ADHA oral cancer policies and coding will be reviewed.

A comprehensive oral and oropharyngeal cancer screening, head and neck evaluation isn’t optional – it must be done. Let’s close the gap together, elevate the standard of care in screening, reduce liability risk, and increase early detection.