Endodontics has traditionally been founded on the principles of thorough canal cleansing and natural tooth structure preservation. However, for many decades, we were forced to focus on more operator-centric techniques (straight-line access openings, large canal preps) to facilitate new technologies as they became available. For example, coronal flaring or enlargement was a big part of … Read more
Introduction “The pulp is a big issue about a little tissue.” This quote is credited to early endodontic educator Dr. Sam Seltzer of Philadelphia. Nothing has changed. Restorative dentists have discovered that endodontics is one of the fastest ways to grow their practices, and, therefore, most dentists want to add more endodontic procedures to their … Read more
Introduction The long-term retention of root canal treated teeth depends on many factors but it has become evident that the most common reasons for extraction of these teeth are ‘large carious lesion’ or ‘unrestorable tooth’, followed by ‘tooth fracture’, ‘periodontal disease’ and last of all, ‘endodontically related disease’ (Ng, Mann and Gulabivala, 2010). Moreover, it … Read more