Doctor of Medicine dentistry Krzysztof Gończowski
Specialist in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
WE FOCUS ON PRACTISE
Dear collegaues,
Removing a broken piece of endodontic instrument is one of the most difficult procedures performed by dentists. The ERS system has been designed and manufactured taking into account the ergonomic principles of working under the treatment microscope using the highest quality surgical stainless steel alloys. The first version of the system was developed and made available in 2010. In 2015, a modification was introduced to add a new unique design to the system with a patented movable wedge and micro-eyes. The original version of the ERS were designed to be used for the removal of mainly broken manual endodontic or machine instruments with a maximum convergence angle of 2-4°. In 2019, a completely new version of the system has been introduced, optimised for fracture grip strength, simplicity of operation, sterilisation efficiency and the ability to remove rotary and reciprocal instruments with higher angles of convergence. So let’s open up to new possibilities and reach further.
Best regards and I wish you the least possible necessity of using the ERS system in your own endodontic treatments.
Dr Krzysztof Gończowski, MD
ERS System Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr Krzysztof Gończowski graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (2000). From 2001 to 2007 he worked as an assistant and lecturer at the Institute of Dentistry of the Jagiellonian University (Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics Laboratory). Since 2001 he has been running his own specialist medical practice in Krakow. Dr Gończowski holds a Polish license (permit no: 2658170) and a Norwegian license (HPR no: 10037928) to practice dentistry and works both in Poland and Norway. In 2005 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine by the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and in 2007 the title of Specialist in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics. He was twice on scholarship in Germany: at the University of Cologne and at the University of Munich. Since 2005, he has been giving lectures and practical training to dentists in Poland and abroad (he has lectured in over 35 countries in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa) on endodontics, comfortable and effective local anaesthetics, sedation in dentistry and dental tourism. Dr Gończowski is a member of Polish and international scientific societies: ESE (European Society of Endodontology), ERC (European Resuscitation Council), SAAD (Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry). He has published over 45 scientific papers in Polish and foreign dental journals. He has received many awards for scientific research, including the CED Travel Stipend (IADR) four times and the Espertise Talent Award Europe for Young Scientists. In 2010 he designed a system of micro-instruments designed to remove broken fragments of endodontic tools from root canals –
Endo Removal System®.
