Rapid Analysis of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics (RACE-2016)

Lasers in Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics - A Review

The dental lasers of today have benefited from field of quantum mechanics, initially formulated during the early 1900s by Danish physicist Bohr. The first laser use in endodontics was reported by Weichman & Johnson (1971) who attempted to seal the apical foramen in vitro by means of a high power-infrared (CO2) laser. In May 1990, Myers and Myers developed the first specialized dental laser (pul...

Role of magnification in conservative dentistry and endodontics in today’s practice- a review of literature

Dentistry has become more sophisticated and complex thus requiring precised motor skills and visual acuity. Optical magnification has expanded the horizons of dentistry. During past decades, dentistry has not only evolved clinically but the histological aspects has also played an important part in the development of new materials as well as helped in better evaluation of treatment procedures. H...

Melding Endodontics with Restorative Dentistry

Conservative Dentistry

ummary: Intermittent methohexitone for conservative dentistry has been shown to cause clinically undetectable respiratory obstruction, depression of the laryngeal reflex, and arterial hypoxaemia. Because of the pronounced decrease in total peripheral resistance, the blood pressure was maintained only by large increases in cardiac output. Furthermore, the output of the heart could not increase w...

Asepsis in Operative Dentistry and Endodontics

Received Dec 6, 2013 Revised Jan 20, 2014 Accepted Feb 26, 2014 Operative (conservative) dentistry and endodontics are specialties of dentistry where the operator is exposed to various infectious agents either via contact with infected tissues, fluids or aerosol. The potential for cross infection to happen at the dental office is great and every dentist must have a thorough knowledge of the con...