The Strength of the AAE Is Its People
Reflections from a President’s Year Over the past year, I spent a good deal of time in airports and on airplanes—nearly 80 flights in total. Along the way, I began…
Read MoreManagement of Severe Curvatures and Complex Anatomy: A New Approach
By Drs. Antonis Chaniotis, Anastasia Chanioti, and Ronald Ordinola Zapata Introduction Successful root canal preparation begins with negotiation and establishment of a smooth radicular tunnel from the canal orifice to…
Read MoreHarnessing AI to Advance Endodontics
Artificial intelligence is not new. The concept emerged in the early 1950s and has progressed through multiple stages of development. However, beginning in 2022–2023, large language models, powered by advances…
Read MoreRemembering Mbachan Collins Okwen, DDS, MBA, MSD
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mbachan Collins Okwen, DDS, MBA, MSD, endodontist, educator, and leader, who died on January 21, 2026, in Conroe, Texas.…
Read MoreRethinking Decompression of Large Cystic Periapical Lesions in the New Era
By Feng-Ming Wang, DDS, PhD Deroofing of the jaw cyst (the original strategy of decompression) was first suggested by Partsch in the German literature in 1892 (1). In 1964, Patterson…
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