A Short Tutorial on the Use of K-Reamers
Barry Lee Musikant, D.M.D.,
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Barry Musikant
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 -REAMERS, particularly those relieved with a flat along their length, encounter far less resistance along length than what we are used to from our experience with K-files. This reduction in resistance is a result of the fewer flutes along the length of the K-reamer shaft and their more vertical orientation. This article is essentially a short tutorial on how to use reamers—both unrelieved and relieved—to negotiate through calcified canals.
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Pulp-Capping Using MTA
Young Bui, D.D.S. |
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Young Bui
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 TA is an excellent retrograde material and root perforation sealer because it can enhance the formation of cementoblasts at its interface. I’ve had many successful healings of perforations created from post space to transportation during instrumentation. MTA is also an amazing pulp-capping material.
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Retreatment of a Maxillary Canine with Five Canals
Sara Kim, D.M.D. |
Sara Kim
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 KNOW. When you read the title of this article, you probably said, “What? Five canals in a canine? Impossible! ” Yes, it is possible, and it is called dens in dente, or tooth within a tooth. As you may remember, dens in dente is a developmental abnormality in which the outer surface (enamel) folds inward.
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Tales from the Chamber
A Kase Quickie
Doug Kase, D.D.S. |
Doug Kase
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ELCOME BACK all ye loyal readers and followers. First, I hope your New Year will be happy and healthy, and of course we can all look back with a great feeling of accomplishment and say we made it through 2011. Now on to 2012, and the start of a new cycle. There are, however, only eleven months or so till December 21st, so if you believe the Mayans, none of the informative material I present will really matter anyway. For those who think that the cycle will continue, well, here we go.
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall . . .
Allan S. Deutsch, D.M.D. |
Allan Deutsch
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 ISUALIZATION is one of the key elements in performing endodontics. Over the last twenty years or so, the development of loupes of up to 4.5 magnification and the surgical operating microscope have advanced the clinical aspect of endodontic treatment immeasurably. When you can see the operating field better you can do a better job faster. You can make better access quicker, you can find canals faster with less destruction of tooth structure, and you can instrument the canals better when you can see where you are placing the instruments. But it all boils down to how much light is around.
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Investment: Dental Health
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