Iran Dental Specialty Board - Endodontics study guide
Iran Dental Specialty Board - Endodontics · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Iranian Endodontics Specialty Board is the national certification examination that candidates must pass to be recognised as specialists in endodontics in Iran. It is intended for dentists who have completed an accredited postgraduate endodontic residency and are seeking specialty registration and hospital or university staff privileges. The Iran Dental Specialty Board - Endodontics study guide has 12 sections and about 3,937 words.
01Pulp and Periapical Biology and Pathology
This domain tests whether you can convert microscopic and molecular events into a chairside diagnosis. Board items usually pair a histologic or mediator description with a clinical vignette and ask for the diagnostic label or the expected tissue response.
354 words, about 2 min02Endodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
This domain tests test selection, interpretation, and the judgement to treat, refer, or extract. Cold spray and electric pulp testing (EPT) both stimulate A-delta fibres; neither measures blood supply, so the term vitality test is a misnomer.
333 words, about 2 min03Endodontic Microbiology and Infection Control
This section rewards precise microbiology plus practical aseptic discipline. Primary infection: mixed obligate anaerobes, mainly gram-negative rods (Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, Tannerella), gram-positive anaerobic cocci such as Parvimonas micra, plus facultative streptococci.
290 words, about 1 min04Access Cavity Preparation and Root Canal Morphology
This domain tests whether you can find every canal without destroying tooth structure. Law of symmetry: the second canal is a mirror image of the first.
365 words, about 2 min05Cleaning and Shaping: Instrumentation and Irrigation
This domain tests the balance between adequate disinfection and preservation of canal anatomy. Electronic apex locator plus a radiograph with the file in place.
320 words, about 2 min06Root Canal Obturation and Coronal Restoration
This domain tests when to obturate, with what, and how the coronal seal is protected. Obturation when the tooth is asymptomatic, the canal is dry, and there is no swelling or active exudate.
331 words, about 2 min07Endodontic Retreatment and Management of Failures
This domain tests whether you can diagnose why treatment failed and choose retreatment, surgery, or extraction. Intraradicular: missed or untreated canals, inadequate cleaning, persistent E.
305 words, about 2 min08Traumatology and Regenerative Endodontics
This domain is judged against the IADT guidelines, which are specific about timing and splinting. Concussion and subluxation: observation, no or flexible splinting.
334 words, about 2 min09Surgical Endodontics and Microsurgery
This domain tests indications, technique and the anatomical structures at risk. Failed nonsurgical retreatment, extraradicular infection, unreachable complex anatomy, perforation repair, biopsy of a suspicious lesion, and some root fractures.
323 words, about 2 min10Endodontic-Periodontal and Restorative/Prosthodontic Interrelationships
This domain tests whether you can separate pulp-derived from periodontal disease and plan the final restoration before starting. Simon's classification remains the working framework: primary endodontic, primary periodontal, primary endodontic with secondary periodontal involvement, primary periodontal with secondary endodontic involvement, and true combined lesions.
351 words, about 2 min11Pharmacology, Anesthesia and Pain Management
This domain tests drug selection, maximum doses, and management of the failed mandibular block. Lidocaine 2% with 1:100,000 epinephrine: 36 mg per 1.8 mL cartridge; maximum about 4.4-7 mg/kg, up to 300-500 mg.
306 words, about 2 min12Research Methodology, Evidence-Based Endodontics and Professional Ethics
This domain tests whether you can appraise endodontic evidence and apply it ethically. In vitro and animal studies sit low; case reports and case series above them; cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies higher; randomized controlled trials highest for therapy; systematic reviews and meta-analyses of RCTs at the top.
325 words, about 2 min