Celebrating the AAE 2025–2026 Membership Year: Conference, Community, and Giving Back

The American Association of Endodontists (AAE) — the specialty organization for root canal specialists in the United States — recently published its recap video for the 2025–2026 membership year. It's a short montage, but for those of us in the specialty it represents a full year of conferences, continuing education, research, and community.

What This Year Looked Like From Our Practice

I attended the AAE annual conference this membership year. The annual meeting is where endodontists from around the world compare techniques, review new research, and pressure-test the way we practice — everything from irrigation protocols and CBCT imaging to microsurgical approaches. Some of what you see in our Sunnyvale office, from how we plan retreatments to how we communicate with referring dentists, is shaped directly by what the specialty community shares at these meetings.

Supporting the Foundation for Endodontics

This year our practice also donated approximately $1,000 to the Foundation for Endodontics, the AAE's philanthropic arm. The Foundation funds the research that moves the specialty forward — clinical outcome studies, new-technology evaluations, resident education, and access-to-care programs. When you read that modern root canal treatment has success rates in the 90-percent range, studies funded by organizations like the Foundation are a big part of how we know that.

Why AAE Membership Matters for Patients

Membership in the AAE isn't a formality. It means your endodontist:

• Practices within a community that sets and updates evidence-based clinical guidelines,
• Has ongoing access to the specialty's current research and continuing education, and
• Is connected to the wider effort to save natural teeth rather than extract them.

If you'd like to see the kind of patient education the AAE produces, we host their video library on our patient education page — short, clear explanations of root canal treatment, cracked teeth, retreatment, and endodontic surgery. And if you're curious about the specialty itself, our guide to becoming an endodontist covers the training path.

Here's to the 2026–2027 membership year.