Dr. Castellucci graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1973 at the Università di Firenze and he then acquired a specialization in Dentistry and Prosthodontics in 1977 at the same University.
From 1978 to 1980 he attended the Continuing Education in Endodontics courses at the Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry with Prof. Herbert Schilder. Since 1979 he has limited his professional career to Endodontics.
Author of the 3 volumes of ‘’Endodontics’’
He is a Past President of the International Federation of Endodontic Associations (IFEA) and of the Italian Society of Endodontics (SIE – Società Italiana di Endodonzia), he is an Active Member of the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) and of the European Society of Endodontology (ESE). An internationally acclaimed relator, he has authored the textbook EndodonziA, published by Casa Editrice Martina, and the new edition, EndodonticS, published by Il Tridente in english and distributed by Editore Martina of Bologna.
From 1983 to 2000 he was a Visiting Professor of Endodontics at the Graduate Dental Course of the Università di Siena and from 2000 to 2011 he was a Visiting Professor of Endodontics at the Graduate Dental Course of the Università di Firenze. Since 2013 he has been a Professor at the School of Specialization in Oral Surgery at the Università Federico II of Naples.
Since 2015 he has been a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Dental Course of the Università di Cagliari.
He has been Managing Director of the Italian Journal of Endodontics (Giornale Italiano di Endodonzia) and Managing and Scientific Director of the Endodontic Informer magazine (L’Informatore Endodontico), he is Editor in Chief of the Endo Tribune magazine, President of the Warm Gutta-Percha Study Club and he is the founder of the Centre for Teaching Micro-Endodontics (Centro per L’Insegnamento della Micro-Endodonzia), situated in Florence, where he teaches and carries out theoretical and practical courses concerning Clinical and Surgical Endodontics with a microscope.
Topic:
“The iVac: a new revolutionary method to activate the irrigating solutions in Endodontics. Apical Negative Pressure and Ultrasonic Activation”
Abstract:
A new safe and efficient system for root canal irrigation and disinfection
Endodontics had never been as “easy” and “predictable” as it is today, thanks to all the materials, instruments and technologies available today. For about 30 years, endodontic therapies have been carried out entirely under powerful lighting and magnification, thanks to the operating microscope. Our diagnoses and treatment plans are facilitated by two-dimensional digital radiography, which allows us to see and show patients large images from our high- Endodontics had never been as “easy” and “predictable” as it is today, thanks to all the materials, instruments and technologies available today. For about 30 years, endodontic therapies have been carried out entirely under powerful lighting and magnification, thanks to the operating microscope. Our diagnoses and treatment plans are facilitated by two-dimensional digital radiography, which allows us to see and show patients large images from our high definition monitors, and by three-dimensional CBCT radiology, which allows us to see lesions that are often not appreciable from the classic intraoral and which directs us towards the right therapy, sometimes orthograde and sometimes surgical. Canal shaping is today performed relatively quickly and in a repeatable manner by a large number of rotary instruments on the market, all of which are extremely reliable, flexible and resistant to fracture. Both orthograde and surgical root canal filling is entrusted to new bioceramic materials, which are extremely reliable and biocompatible. Recently, new technologies have appeared and become available to improve our working precision and the cleansing and disinfection of the root canal system. Finally, we know well that the new Nickel Titanium rotary instruments are able to shape a canal in a matter of a few minutes, sometimes fractions of minutes, but we know equally well that after such a short time, the canals are shaped but “are not cleansed”. and disinfected” sufficiently. Today, a canal irrigation system is available that works with negative apical pressure, thus eliminating any risk of extrusion of the irrigant beyond the apex, and simultaneous ultrasonic activation, which allows effective cleansing even of unreachable spaces, such as isthmuses, lateral canals. , internal resorptions, leaving walls free of residues and patent dentinal tubules at the various levels of the root canal.definition monitors, and by three-dimensional CBCT radiology, which allows us to see lesions that are often not appreciable from the classic intraoral radiograph and which directs us towards the right therapy, sometimes orthograde and sometimes surgical. Canal shaping is today performed relatively quickly and in a repeatable manner by a large number of rotary instruments on the market, all of which are extremely reliable, flexible and resistant to fracture. Both orthograde and surgical root canal filling is entrusted to new bioceramic materials, which are extremely reliable and biocompatible. Recently, new technologies have appeared and become available to improve our working precision and the cleansing and disinfection of the root canal system. Finally, we know well that the new Nickel Titanium rotary instruments are able to shape a canal in a matter of a few minutes, sometimes fractions of minutes, but we know equally well that after such a short time, the canals are shaped but “are not cleansed”. and disinfected” sufficiently. Today, a canal irrigation system is available that works with negative apical pressure, thus eliminating any risk of extrusion of the irrigant beyond the apex, and simultaneous ultrasonic activation, which allows effective cleansing even of unreachable spaces, such as isthmuses, lateral canals, internal resorptions, leaving walls free of debris and patent dentinal tubules at the various levels of the root canal.