Endodontics

The Set Up: Endodontic Predictability

Preparation When endodontics fails, it often fails before it even begins. In endodontics, technique isn’t everything. Your endodontic preparation—I call it “The Set.

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Endodontics

Closed-System Negative Pressure Irrigation: A Serious Inflection Point in Root Canal Cleaning

The previous 25 years have seen great strides in improving endodontic instrumentation1 and obturation methods,2 yet advances in our ability to clean root.

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Endodontics

Root Resorption: Causes and Remedies

Root resorption (RR) is the progressive loss of dentin and cementum by the action of odontoclasts.1 RR may occur as a physiologic or.

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Endodontics

Retreatment vs Extraction and Implant: Making Sound Clinical Treatment Decisions

The Hippocratic Oath was written sometime between 500 and 300 BCE by Hippocrates. Its principles have survived to this day, and when dental.

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Endodontics

Tips for Treating Patients With Limited Openings

One of the most difficult aspects for the clinician in doing root canal treatment is gaining access in patients who have limited mouth.

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Endodontics

Mastering Irrigation in Endodontics, Part 2

In a previous article, published in the September 2019 issue of Dentistry Today, I discussed different irrigants and their roles in cleaning the.

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Endodontics

Interdisciplinary Endodontics

INTRODUCTION Endodontically treated teeth can be the weakest link in the aesthetic/restorative diagnosis and treatment plan. They can also be the missing link.

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Endodontics

Insurgent RCT Concepts: Treating Molars With Severely Curved DL Roots

The case in Figure 1 is a dramatic example of 3 massive changes that have occurred in the field of endodontics—rotary negotiation of.

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Endodontics

Overcoming Endodontic Procedural Failures

INTRODUCTION Endodontic treatment involves many dependent procedures that are done in a consecutive manner. Each procedure is dependent on the preceding procedure having.

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Endodontics

Clinical Applications of Apex Locator Technology

INTRODUCTION Technology has affected most aspects of our lives. Homes are smart, cars can drive themselves, and cell phones are more powerful than.

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