The 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…
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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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