Nashville Endodontist Elected First Female President Of Tennessee Dental Association

Dr. Terryl Propper, a Nashville endodontist, likes to quote the first and only female prime minister of India, Indira Ghandi: “There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those that take the credit. There is less competition in the first group.” Doing the work has led Dr. Propper to be elected, … Read more

The NiTi File Revolution

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Nowhere in dentistry is technical progress as rapid as in modern endodontics. The development of flexible nickel-titanium files in the late 1980s created entirely new and hitherto unknown opportunities in the mechanical preparation of root canals. Numerous recent innovations have made endodontics significantly easier. The introduction of nickel-titanium alloy rotary files was a major milestone. … Read more

KaVo Kerr Introduces The Elements E-Motion Endodontic Motor

KaVo Kerr is excited to introduce the elements™ e-motion endodontic motor with next generation Adaptive Motion technology. The new Adaptive Motion enables higher cutting efficiency, and greater protection against file separation, deformation and transportation. elements™ e-motion also features an intuitive, full-color, touch screen and a customizable interface that allows users to program up to five … Read more

Henry Schein Partners with EdgeEndo®, Expanding Canadian Endodontic Portfolio

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Henry Schein Canada and EdgeEndo announced today an exclusive distribution agreement to offer EdgeEndo’s comprehensive offering of endodontic products and solutions to dental practitioners in Canada. The agreement is effective January 2, 2018. Founded in 2012 by endodontist Charles J. Goodis, DDS, EdgeEndo has become one of the world’s largest NiTi rotary file suppliers. The … Read more

Just when you thought the chatter about cbCT had died down

Something to share with you from ROOTS –  I encourage anyone doing expansive and comprehensive treatment plans to evaluate endodontic needs PRIOR of the non-Richard kind as a component of the critical thinking using cbCT. Remove the existing restorative and prosthetic work and construct provisionals for the patient and then assess the endodontic situation.  Identify … Read more

The Endo Blog – Jason Hales rocks!

For those interested in superb clinical endodontics, I refer you to www.theendoblog.com, the effort from a young lad in Eretzonia….that’s an inside joke that a few might get.  This unique weblog is an educational tool for dentists, dental students, dental auxillaries and anyone else with a need to learn everything about clinical endodontics. It is … Read more

Are we doing enough?

I would like to refer you to: https://public.me.com/ken.serota160 Download the article listed as sdarticle.pdf Lars Spangberg is passing the baton as the Section Editor for Endodontology in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology. He is a one of the foremost endodontic educators in the world. His editorial is to my mind … Read more

Endodontic Parousia; Nullius in Verba

Lorraine Daston and Katharine Park; two eminent historians who write on the subject of scientific claims note that in the days prior to enlightenment, “the hallmark of the narrow-minded and suspicious peasant, trapped in the bubble of his limited experience” was a comment directed at those who challenged “eye-witness” testimony or as we know it … Read more

Shoutout for a Canadian Endude

Rob Kaufman is an endodontist in Winnipeg, Manitoba and a longtime member of the endodontic forum ROOTS.  Education is his passion and he has manifested his energy through his website EndoExperience which he administers personally.  For those who are interested in endodontic information, look at what one person, with computer skills, can do to offer information … Read more