Endodontic Therapy

File Bending - An Essential Endodontic Skill The popularity of nickel titanium engine driven Rotary instrumentation has had one unfortunate byproduct:  Graduate students are becoming much less...

You Just Broke a File - Now What?   Separated files, busted files, broken files, and my all time favorite "Disarticulated files" (Do files actually "articulate"?!) all mean the same thing - part of...

The Conversion of a Scope Cynic A 20 year RetrospectiveWhen the Endoexperience web site was first created in 2000, I originally had included a page that suggested that the use of a Surgical...

Mechanized Ni-Ti Rotary Endodontics  What Goes Around, Comes Around Note: This article was originally published 20 years ago and discussed techniques being taught at the time - circa 2003 .  I have...

Access in Endodontics - Why is it so important? DISCLAIMER - How well you "see" influences your access design.HOW you access canals is directly proportional to your ability to see. Naked Eye...

The End is Near!  How near?   Well, I'm Not Exactly Sure   Where to "End" a root canal filling?For a long time, clinicians performing endodontic treatment were deathly afraid of "overfilling"...

 Sonics and Ultrasonics in Endo As an Endodontic specialist of almost 40 years practice, I have seen products and techniques come and go. Hydron, the magic hydrophilic filling material of the 80s is...

The Broach- An Underutilized Time Saver   In its rush to move to mechanization, Endodontic clinicians sometimes neglect one of the most primitive, yet effective instruments for gross debridement of...

 The Controversy of the Lateral Canal Why don't you get all those wonderful accessories in your cases? We all have been there. You sit in on a lecture by a famous Endodontist using a warm gutta...

Proper protection for non-vital bleach cases - A Case Study The increase in the demand for cosmetic services has resulted in more bleaching treatments being performed by General Practitioners. In...

 Post Placement and Use of Multiple Posts    When to use a post Posts are designed to provide retention for restorations when there is insufficient remaining tooth structure to retain the core....

Intrapulpal Anesthesia One of the most useful tools of last resort in endodontic therapy is the ability to quickly and effectively provide profound anesthesia through the use of intra-pulpal...

Instrumentation - the Move from Push Pull to Rotary Motion - What happened and why. A 25 year historical perspective - originally published in 1995 In the past 30 years, Endodontics moved away from...

 My Conversion to Ni-Ti Rotary Technology OK. I'll admit it. I was a cynic. I really wondered what the "big deal" was all about when it came to Rotary Ni-Ti instrumentation. I had been using hand...

Getting the Most out of Your Electronic Apex Locator (EAL) Electronic Apex Location (EAL) has revolutionized endodontic treatment. While it has not completely replaced imaging techniques for...

Custom Fitting Gutta Percha cones with Cold Rolling and the Solvent/Impression Technique   The warm Gutta percha technique is based upon intimate three-dimensional adaptation of the filling material...

Antibiotics are NOT Chicken Soup We are all familiar with the expression "Chicken soup…may not help but wouldn't hurt". Endodontists have become alarmed with the tendency for referring dentists to...