Endo Academic Review: September 26-28, 2025

Friday, September 26

Time Topic
9-10:30 am Pathogenesis of Apical Periodontitis
Ariadne Letra, DDS, MS, PhD
11-12:30pm Medical Assessment for Endodontists: Are you Prepared?
Thomas P. Sollecito, DMD, FDS RCSEd
Chair and Professor of Oral Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine 
1:30-3pm What do we Know About Root Resorptions and How do we Deal With Them?
Aleksandra Ewa Dwornicka, DMD, MS
Resident, Department of Endodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
3:30-5pm Review of Dentoalveolar Trauma
Frederic Barnett, DMD, FIADT, FACD, FICD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Endodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
5-6pm “Boardwalk” Board Review of the ABE
Garry Myers, DDS

Saturday, September 27

Time Topic
9-10:30am Antibiotics and Analgesics
Katherine Theken, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine 
11-12:30pm Facial Space Infection
Steven Wang, DMD, MD
1:30-3pm Histopathology and Differential Diagnosis of Periradicular Lesions
Faizan Alawi, DDS
Vice Dean of Academics and Professor of Pathology, Basic and Translational Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine
3:30-5pm CBCT Imaging in Endodontics
Bruno Azevedo, DDS, MS
Clinical Practice, Endodontics, Einstein Medical Center

Sunday, September 28

Time Topic
9-10:30am Pain Mechanisms and Management
Asma Khan, DDS, PhD
Professor, Endodontics, UT San Antonio
10:45-12:15pm Anesthesia and Pain Control  
Asma Khan, DDS, PhD
Professor, Endodontics, UT San Antonio
1-2:30pm Updates in Regenerative Endodontics
Maobing Yang, DMD, MDS, PhD
Associate Professor, Department Chair, Department of Endodontology, Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry

Contact

Penn Dental Medicine
Continuing Dental Education
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu