Comparison of Piezotome Bone Window/Lid With PRF and Bone Crushing Techniques
By Drs. Samuel Kratchman and Andrew Grinsell The technique of drawing blood from a patient and centrifuging platelet-rich fibrin (PRF)(1) has been used in dentistry for some time, mostly in…
Read MoreThe Piezotome in Endodontic Surgery
By Dr. Jean Philippe Mallett Micro Endodontic Surgery is an essential intervention for addressing persistent infections or pathologies at the root apex of a tooth when conventional root canal therapy…
Read MorePeriapical Microsurgery: Embracing the Renaissance
By Peter Z. Tawil, D.M.D., M.S., FRCD(C) Periradicular surgery is an important treatment option in modern endodontic practices and has been a crucial asset for those practitioners that embraced it…
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Thirteen thousand years ago, a hunter-gatherer received treatment described in the Journal of Physical Anthropology as “…consistent with tool‐assisted manipulation to remove necrotic or infected pulp in vivo and the subsequent use of a composite, organic filling (1).” Were this not to have occurred during the Paleolithic Era, the use of a file for root canal treatment would seem uninteresting, although the obturation concoction of bitumen, vegetable fibers and hair might raise an eyebrow. But this was a stone file!
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