Applicable Reverse Engineering Upgrades to Endodontic Shaping Systems Soon After the Establishment of Universal Standards for Fatigue Test Condition
By Dr. Ekim Onur Orhan This short note highlights the need for a standardization regarding endodontic shaping systems, able to predict their remaining functional life. The objective is to reduce…
Read MoreFlowcharting of the Proposed Clinical Decision-Making Algorithm of Broken Endodontic Instruments: Decision-making to Retrieve, Bypass, or Entomb
By Drs. Nurcan Deniz and Ekim Onur Orhan Clinical approaches have been described to accessing fractured instruments, depending on their location in the canal and stage of cleaning and shaping…
Read MoreSeparation Anxiety? Eleven Tips for Working with NiTi Files
By Joseph C. Stern, D.D.S. There have been few innovations in endodontics as revolutionary as nickel titanium (NiTi) rotary. There was a time when one would spend multiple visits hand…
Read MoreBroken Instruments – Clinical Decision Making Algorithm
By Dr. Michael Solomonov The fracture of endodontic instruments during root canal treatment is a complication every endodontist must have to deal with. The reported frequency rate for fractured instruments…
Read MoreWhen a Toothache is Not
A 60-year-old female presents to your clinic with a chief complaint of a “sharp pain in (her) face in the area of the left maxillary second bicuspid”. She indicates that her complaint began approximately one year prior to her consultation with you today. Her symptoms seem to be getting worse over time.
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