Prime Endodontics Root Canal Course
with Dr. Bita Shakiba
Endodontics · Beginner, Intermediate · Hands-on, Lecture · Date 2026-10-03 · Houston, Texas · 6 CE credits · $350
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Prime Endodontics Root Canal Course is a one day lecture and hands on course in Houston built around helping general dentists do routine root canals with confidence. Endodontist Dr. Bita Shakiba walks through her own techniques, clinical tips, and decision making, from choosing the right case to reading the CBCT, in a single structured day.
What makes the experience different:
- Learn from Dr. Bita Shakiba, who completed her specialty program in endodontics at Columbia University, holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Southern California, and has worked as a dentist since 2007.
- Train at Prime Endodontics, the Houston practice she opened in 2020, where she provides root canal therapy, retreatment, and root end surgery for children, teens, and adults.
- Start with case selection: when to do a root canal, when to extract the tooth, and when to refer to an endodontist.
- Work through why root canal treatments fail, why files separate inside the canal, and the role of straight line access, then move into a dedicated hands on technique session.
- Finish with irrigation and obturation techniques and a CBCT block on reading images, whether every case needs a scan, and how CBCT assists treatment.
Best practical takeaways:
- Clearer criteria for treating, extracting, or referring
- Understanding the common causes of root canal failure
- Habits that help prevent file separation
- Straight line access and why it matters
- Hands on practice with endodontic techniques
- Irrigation and obturation protocols for everyday cases
- Reading CBCT images and knowing when a scan is worth taking
Clinical distinction: This is not an advanced retreatment or microsurgery course, and it is not a multi day continuum. Its value is a compact, practical day where case selection, failure prevention, hands on technique, irrigation and obturation, and CBCT reading are covered together by an endodontist who works closely with referring general dentists.
Best for: general dentists who already do some endodontics, or who want to start keeping more routine root canals in house, and want clearer judgment about which cases to treat and which to refer. Newer dentists will get the most from the case selection and failure topics, while more experienced dentists can use the day to refresh technique and CBCT interpretation.