Trauma affects 1/3 of patients sometimes with significant sequela. It’s important to understand and properly diagnose external ankylotic resorption as a sequela of resorption and properly manage it with the appropriate monitoring and endodontic interventions.
- Understand the relationship between trauma and its subsequent sequela..
- Be able to diagnose external ankylotic resorption.
- Learn the clinical objectives of the flapless decoronation procedure.
Dr. Michael Trudeau received his D.D.S. from the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, where he graduated with OKU honors. He received his certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry while serving in the United States Navy. After practicing as a general dentist in South Carolina, he returned to earn an endodontics certificate at the Albert Einstein IB Bender Division of Endodontics. He maintains a private practice limited to endodontics in Suffolk, VA.
Dr. Trudeau has lectured on many topics in endodontics including the management of traumatized teeth and restoratively driven endodontics. Specifically, he has targeted restoratively driven treatment planning, microscope-enhanced access design, and restoring endodontically treated teeth.
Dr. Trudeau is a specialist member of the Suffolk Dental Society and a founding member of the International Academy of Endodontics. He lives in southern Virginia with his wife and three young daughters.