Thurs., Nov. 6, 2025
Part I: 8:30am – 11:30am (3 CE hrs)
Part II: 1:00pm – 4:00pm (3 CE hrs)
Room 101-B
Speaker: Ryan M. Walsh, DDS, MS
This course is supported, in part, by educational grants from SDI, Vista Apex Solution, Kettenbach Dental and Premier Dental.
Recommended for: Dentists
Step into the future of dentistry where bioactive innovations are rewriting the rules of care. From vital pulp therapy breakthroughs to bioceramic sealers and next-generation composites, these game-changing materials are transforming how we preserve teeth, enhance workflows, and maximize patient outcomes. We’ll confront the rising challenge of resorption-diagnosed twice as often today as a decade ago-unraveling why teeth seem to “eat themselves” and revealing powerful new ways to save them when extraction seems inevitable. Packed with the latest strategies, techniques, and clinical tools, this session will equip you to manage complex cases with confidence and position your practice at the cutting edge of modern dentistry.
Course Objectives:
- Understand the science and clinical applications of bioactive materials-including bioceramics, bioactive resins, and their role in vital pulp therapy.
- Incorporate bioactive products into daily workflows to improve efficiency, predictability, and long-term patient outcomes.
- Recognize the causes, diagnosis, and progression of resorption, and explain why its prevalence has doubled in the past decade.
- Evaluate evidence-based treatment options for managing resorptive lesions, with emphasis on tooth preservation over extraction.
Ryan M. Walsh, DDS, MS – For over a decade, Dr. Walsh has been educating dentists and endodontists to provide the highest level of evidence-based patient-centered endodontic care. Dr. Walsh is a board-certified endodontist and maintains a full-time private practice (limited to endodontics) in Keller, Texas.
As a board-certified endodontist, Dr. Walsh is abreast of the latest techniques in patient and clinical research focusing on bioceramic materials, resorption processes and treatment, irrigation techniques, and tooth cracks and fractures. Dr. Walsh has published multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and has presented to both national and international audiences. When not in private practice, Dr. Walsh maintains a faculty appointment at Texas A&M College of Dentistry in Dallas, TX, where he teaches endodontic residents and dental students the latest advances in endodontics.
Dr. Walsh is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, a member of the American Association of Endodontists, American Dental Association, and Texas Dental Association. Dr. Walsh is the past president of the DFW Metroplex Endodontic Society and a founding board member of the Seattle Study Club of Fort Worth. Dr. Walsh has been voted “Top Dentist” for the past 10 years in the Fort Worth area.
Dr. Walsh (or an immediate family member) has a significant relationship with the following commercial organizations whose products he will refer to in his presentation: Vista Apex Solutions and Avalon Biomed.
The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, Office of Alumni Relations and Professional Engagement designates this activity for 6 continuing education credits.
