In a different thread, CB commented on his concerns about a pulp horn.  I have not seen a case fail from an "undebrided pulp horn."  If we think about it just a little bit, we don't debride the apical portion well, and cases still work.  So conversations about the coronal pulp chamber are pretty pointless. […]

Dynamic navigation has been in dentistry for many years. It remains in its infancy in endodontics but is proving to be very helpful for the access of calcified teeth. This is a case from yesterday in which dynamic navigation was used to allow for a conservative access while locating the calcified canal. -Charles

This patient was in for another tooth which I will share in a following post. One year recall for #31. -Charles

Nec/SAP. I had a historical on this from 2005…subsequent to which a Zirc was placed. I took a look at it and knew there wasn't going to be any point in a traditional access…i.e. even if I cut a traditional access, it would be a search and try-not-to-destroy in the roots.  Found four PONs. CBCT […]

My lab tech. First saw him in 2001 with the separated instrument and finding around the mesial root on this endo that "does not meet the standard of practice in contemporary endodontics."  We thought was about 20 years old at the time.  Only findings were radiographic.  Panel 2 shows a two year followup in my […]

In today regarding this tooth I treated in 2005. Stepped access, two step crown repair with amalgam internal core with HF etched, silanated, opaqued and resin veneer. Shapes were ProFile S29 #5/.06 mesials, #6/.06 distals…large for that time but I was trying it out to see if it made any difference.  Normal shapes at that […]