The Importance of Pericervical Dentin in Endodontics Modern endodontics aims to save pericervical dentin (PCD) to keep teeth strong and prevent
Root Canal Calcifications, a Challenge in Root Canal Treatments
According to the Canadian Academy of Endodontics, when having to treat a tooth presenting with an exceptionally complicated preoperative condition,
Apical hook, a challenging root canal procedure
Conventional endodontic treatment is based on emptying, shaping, disinfecting and filling of the root canal system. Root canal shape can be
Pulp Chamber Obliteration, Krasner and Rankow Laws and microendodontics
Patient referred for a pre prosthetic microendodontic treatment on this first mandibular molar. Pulp chamber is almost completely obliterated by
A Root Canal Treatment on a Severely Curved Root Canal
A colleague asked me on my facebook page what has been my root canal treatment approach to overcome that challenging
Striving to Treat a “C” Shape Root Canal System
The name comes from the letter "C" shape appearance of a very large isthmus in the pulp chamber floor when viewed from above. This isthmus or groove
A challenging Curved Root Canal Treatment
Tooth torsion , tooth distal inclination , root canal severe curvature and 3 different techniques for numbing made this root canal procedure a
Root Canal Therapy on a Radix Entomolaris
In some rare instances, a molar may have two distal root instead of one. Leaving this extra root untreated may lead to a complete root canal
Cleaning, shaping and filling of an apical root canal split
Apical split has been cleaned and shaped with precurved stainless steel Mani endodontic K files. Passive ultrasonic irrigation with NaOCl 5%.