Mission
Quality comprehensive oral health, with technology and continuing education, delivered with kindness and respect.
About us
Dr. Jorge Orlando Cortés Torres
Founder and scientific director of the Colombian Institute of Endodontics.
What drives us
Vision
To be a leading institution in evidence-based dentistry.
Scientific director
Over four decades devoted to saving teeth
Specialist in Endodontics from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana with a master's in Educational Assessment. Associate professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, founder of graduate programs in Endodontics and author of 12 books.
- 38years as an endodontist
- 12books published
- 170+courses and congresses
Publications
12 books on endodontics
Since 1990, in Spanish. The four most recent are free to download.
1990
Manual de Endodoncia Clínica
In Spanish
1995
Fundamentos en Endodoncia
In Spanish · ISBN 958-9213-16-2
1997
Endodoncia Práctica. Ciencias básicas y práctica clínica
In Spanish · ISBN 958-96057-0-2
1999
Terapéutica en Endodoncia
In Spanish · ISBN 958-96057-2-9
2000
Endodoncia 2001
In Spanish · ISBN 958-96057-3-7
2007
Lesiones Periapicales/Perirradiculares
In Spanish · ISBN 978-958-96057-4-5
2008
Trauma Dentoalveolar. Guías de atención
CD-ROM · ISBN 978-958-96057-5-2
2009
Anatomía Endodóntica. Aplicaciones clínicas
CD-ROM · ISBN 978-958-44-5180-4
2009
Free downloadPDFLineamientos de evaluación en endodoncia convencional
In Spanish · ISBN 978-958-44-5703-5
2017
Free downloadPDFGrietas y fracturas longitudinales
In Spanish · ISBN 978-958-48-0575-1
2021
Free downloadPDFUrgencias y emergencias odontológicas
In Spanish · ISBN 978-958-49-3721-6
2026
Free downloadPDFGuías de Práctica Clínica ESE-S3: pulpitis y periodontitis apical. Un análisis crítico
In Spanish · ISBN 978-628-02-4063-3
Research
Contributions to endodontics
He was the first to show secretory IgA in chronic periapical lesions (Journal of Endodontics, 1994).
Kit Peeso-Condensadores JOCT
His own design; produced by Hu-Friedy in the USA since 2001.
Técnica de preparación Peeso-Abajo
Biomechanical preparation technique (Fundamentos en Endodoncia, 1995).
Regla 3 × 3 en cirugía perirradicular
3 mm apical resection at a right angle and a 3 mm cavity (1995).
Técnica de irrigación por agitación mecánica
Presented in Endodoncia 2001.
Colombian Ministry of Education
Academic peer reviewer
He has assessed dentistry and endodontics programs across Colombia.
- Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud CES · Endodontics specialtyMedellín
- Universidad Santo Tomás · Endodontics specialtyBucaramanga
- Universidad Metropolitana · Endodontics specialtyBarranquilla
- Universidad del Magdalena · Dentistry programSanta Marta
- Universidad Autónoma de Manizales · Endodontics specialtyManizales
- Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia · Endodontics specialtyPasto
- Universidad Antonio Nariño · Dentistry programPopayán
- Universidad Metropolitana · Endodontics specialtyBarranquilla
- Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia · Endodontics specialtyPasto
- Metrosalud y Corporación Universitaria Remington · Teaching-service agreementMedellín
Career
Timeline
Graduates as a dentist from the Colegio Odontológico Colombiano and starts clinical practice.
Specialist in Endodontics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Endodontist for the Colombian Air Force for 20 years.
Publishes in the Journal of Endodontics the first study to show secretory IgA in periapical lesions.
Founds and directs the Endodontics graduate program at Fundación Universitaria San Martín.
Publishes his first textbook: Fundamentos en Endodoncia.
National Director of Oral Health Specialties, Universidad Santo Tomás.
Founds the Colombian Institute of Endodontics.
Master's in Educational Assessment, Universidad Santo Tomás.
Hu-Friedy begins producing his Peeso-Condenser JOCT kit in the United States.
Associate professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Academic peer reviewer for Colombia's Ministry of Education (dentistry and endodontics programs).
Publishes Grietas y fracturas longitudinales (Cracks and longitudinal fractures).
Lifetime member of the Bogotá Endodontics Association after 30 years of membership.
Publishes Urgencias y emergencias odontológicas (Dental urgencies and emergencies).
Publishes his critical analysis of the ESE S3 Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Colombian Institute of Endodontics: private scientific organization founded in Bogotá, Chamber of Commerce registration 00979642, November 19, 1999.