Endodontics

Preventative Endodontics: The Art of Avoiding a Root Canal

INTRODUCTION For years, Real World Endo has shared with the readers of Dentistry Today...

Mastering Irrigation in Endodontics: Cleaning and Shaping, or Shaping to Clean?

INTRODUCTION Endodontic treatment is aimed at chemo-mechanically minimizing microorganisms, inactivating their by-products, and optimally...

Apical Lesions: Diagnostic Considerations

INTRODUCTION “My dentist saw a dark spot on the x-ray.” This statement is commonly...

Endodontic Disease and Periodontal Problems: The Role of Occlusion

THE INDEX CASE Medicine uses the term index case to denote the first documented...

The Evolving Look of ‘The Look’

INTRODUCTION “The pulp is a big issue about a little tissue.” This quote is...

Rotary Negotiation Procedures

Introduction Clinical facts are often obsoleted by progress. When I began designing variably tapered...

Better and Faster Root Canal Treatments: A Synopsis of the Latest High-Tech Protocols

The success rate for non-surgical root canal treatments has been shown to be very...

Filling Root Canal Systems: A Carrier-Based Obturation Method

Filling root canal systems represents the culmination of a series of procedural steps that...

Internal Routing: A Paradigm Shift in Endodontic Instrumentation

Describing internal routing as a different method of instrumentation and a paradigm shift, especially...

Restoratively Driven, Minimally Invasive Endodontics

INTRODUCTION Ursula Franklin, PhD, a professor, physicist, and educator, writes, “Every tool shapes the...