Apical Surgery: Therapeutic Option for Endodontic Failure

Endodontic Surgery

During the past decade, endodontics has seen a dramatic shift in the application of periradicular surgery and the role it plays in endodontic treatment. With the introduction of enhanced magnification, periradicular ultrasonics and other associative technologies, teeth that might otherwise be extracted now have a chance for retention. This article describes the role of these advances in contemp...

Endodontic Surgery

Finishing the apical one third. Endodontic considerations.

Alkylphosphocholines: a new therapeutic option in glaucoma filtration surgery.

PURPOSE To investigate the effect of alkylphosphocholines (APCs) on human Tenon fibroblast (HTF) proliferation, migration, and cell-mediated collagen gel contraction. METHODS HTFs were isolated from tissue samples of three patients obtained during surgery and cultured in DMEM and 10% fetal calf serum (FCS). HTFs (passage 3-6) were treated with one APC in different concentrations spanning the ...

Predictable endodontic success. The apical control zone.

October 2003 ORAL HEALTH 75 T he ‘Apical Control Zone’ is a matrix-like region created in the apical third of the root canal space. The zone demonstrates an exaggerated taper from the clinician defined apical constriction whether this is spatially a linear or point determination. This enhanced taper in the apical control zone provides resistance form against the condensation pressures of obtura...