{"id":28459,"date":"2025-02-07T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=28459"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T18:20:21","slug":"endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Endodontic Misadventures: Diagnostic Challenges and the Element of Bias \u2013 Ep. 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web-150x150@2x.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web-83x83.png 83w, https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web-104x104.png 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In this episode of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Endo Voices<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Dr. Marcus Johnson engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Dr. David Landwer, fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial pathology and endodontist, exploring the intricacies of diagnostic challenges within endodontics, with a particular emphasis on the pivotal role of Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in differentiating between various lesion types. Dr. Landwehr underscores the necessity for a sophisticated and methodical approach to diagnosis, advocating for the refinement of clinical discernment to distinguish endodontic pathologies from non-endodontic conditions. He recounts a case involving a patient with osteomyelitis, illustrating how rapidly evolving clinical symptoms can lead to diagnostic ambiguity. Dr. Landwehr further stresses the importance of meticulous documentation of all findings, including incidental observations, not only to meet legal obligations but also to elevate the standard of patient care. Additionally, he emphasizes the critical role of transparent communication with both patients and referring clinicians.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Episodes of Endo Voices may include opinion, speculation and other statements not verifiable in the scientific method and do not necessarily reflect the views of AAE or the sponsor(s). Listeners should use their best judgment in evaluating the merits of any content.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","feature":[],"podcast-topic":[273,280],"class_list":["post-28459","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","podcast-topic-education","podcast-topic-problem-solving-in-endodontics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Endodontic Misadventures: Diagnostic Challenges and the Element of Bias \u2013 Ep. 69 - American Association of Endodontists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Endo Voices Podcast is brought to you by the American Association of Endodontists. Delve into hot topics discussed by endo experts.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Endodontic Misadventures: Diagnostic Challenges and the Element of Bias \u2013 Ep. 69 - American Association of Endodontists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Endo Voices Podcast is brought to you by the American Association of Endodontists. Delve into hot topics discussed by endo experts.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Association of Endodontists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/endodontists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@savingyourteeth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/\",\"name\":\"Endodontic Misadventures: Diagnostic Challenges and the Element of Bias \u2013 Ep. 69 - American Association of Endodontists\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-07T06:01:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"Endo Voices Podcast is brought to you by the American Association of Endodontists. Delve into hot topics discussed by endo experts.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Specialty\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Podcasts\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Endodontic Misadventures: Diagnostic Challenges and the Element of Bias \u2013 Ep. 69\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/\",\"name\":\"American Association of Endodontists\",\"description\":\"Shaping the Future of Endodontic\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Association of Endodontists\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/aae_share_specialty.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/aae_share_specialty.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"American Association of Endodontists\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/endodontists\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/savingyourteeth\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/american-association-of-endodontists\",\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/rootcanalspecialists\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Endodontic Misadventures: Diagnostic Challenges and the Element of Bias \u2013 Ep. 69 - American Association of Endodontists","description":"Endo Voices Podcast is brought to you by the American Association of Endodontists. Delve into hot topics discussed by endo experts.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Endodontic Misadventures: Diagnostic Challenges and the Element of Bias \u2013 Ep. 69 - American Association of Endodontists","og_description":"Endo Voices Podcast is brought to you by the American Association of Endodontists. Delve into hot topics discussed by endo experts.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/","og_site_name":"American Association of Endodontists","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/endodontists","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@savingyourteeth","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/","url":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/","name":"Endodontic Misadventures: Diagnostic Challenges and the Element of Bias \u2013 Ep. 69 - American Association of Endodontists","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web.png","datePublished":"2025-02-07T06:01:31+00:00","description":"Endo Voices Podcast is brought to you by the American Association of Endodontists. Delve into hot topics discussed by endo experts.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Ep69_Web.png","width":300,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/endodontic-misadventures-diagnostic-challenges-and-the-element-of-bias-ep-69\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Specialty","item":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Podcasts","item":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/podcast\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Endodontic Misadventures: Diagnostic Challenges and the Element of Bias \u2013 Ep. 69"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/","name":"American Association of Endodontists","description":"Shaping the Future of Endodontic","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#organization","name":"American Association of Endodontists","url":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/aae_share_specialty.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/aae_share_specialty.jpg","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"American Association of Endodontists"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/endodontists","https:\/\/x.com\/savingyourteeth","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/american-association-of-endodontists","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/rootcanalspecialists"]}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/28459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?post=28459"},{"taxonomy":"podcast-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/specialty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast-topic?post=28459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}