Aleš Fidler
About
Prof. Aleš Fidler, DMD, PhD, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, in 2000. In 2006, he completed a specialization in Endodontics, and in 2007, he defended his PhD thesis.
Since 2001 he has been with the Department of endodontics and operative dentistry, University of Ljubljana, where he is currently a Professor of endodontics and operative dentistry. He was/is involved in teaching tooth anatomy, radiology, dental materials, and operative dentistry. In 2013, he was a visiting professor at Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Since 2016 he has been the Head of the Endodontics and operative dentistry department, University clinical center, Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a supevisor of endodontic residents and PhD students.
He has (co)authored over 40 publications in indexed journals and has over 600 citations. He has co-authored 2 university textbooks. He is a member of the Clinical Committee of the European Society of Endodontics.
Since 2008 he works in part time private dental practice, dedicated to endodontics
AREA OF RESEARCH
The main fields of his research are image analysis and dental materials. He utilized his broad knowledge and experiences in several areas of dental research, and some of his findings were found to be universal and applicable in medicine and general image analysis.
He exhibits good cooperation with national and international researchers in the area of physics and technology (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste Italy, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, European Space Agency, Faculty of mechanical engineering, University of Ljubljana, Jožef Stefan Institute).
He is focused on 3D image analysis, acquired by the fusion of complementary clinical image modalities, namely CBCT and 3D optical scanning, used for quantitative evaluation of hard and soft tissue changes in the oral cavity. Recently, with his colleagues, he has been involved in understanding and prevention of post-radiation caries.
Publication list:
Lecture
Root canal transportation: from understanding to prevention
Most root canals are curved, whereas endodontic instruments are manufactured from straight metal blanks, resulting in root canal transportation. This may result in unprepared areas of the root canal wall and several distinct preparation errors (i.e., zip, elbow, ledging, perforation, strip perforation, outer widening, apical blockage, or damage to the apical foramen) that affects the treatment outcome.
The importance of root canal transportation is well illustrated by the number of publications evaluating the transportation of various instrumentation techniques with several experimental models using simulated canals or extracted teeth.
In clinical practice, root canal transportation can be minimized or avoided by understanding anatomy, adequate of X ray imaging, access cavity preparation and proper instrument selection and shaping technique.
In the lecture, the methods of transportation evaluation will be briefly outlined, followed by the clinical steps to minimize transportation, supported with clinical cases.
