The best plan for success is to begin with the end in mind. It generally is agreed that the successful treatment of a badly broken down tooth with pulpal disease depends not only good endodontic therapy, but also on good prosthetic reconstruction of the tooth after endodontic therapy. The primary purpose of the post is to retain a core that can be used to retain definitive prostheses. A post an...

The possible variations of anatomical and morphological characteristics of the teeth are very important especially for the endodontic practitioner. Before beginning any kind of endodontic treatment, the clinician must be always take into account the morphological variations in pulp anatomy. Among all human teeth, the mandibular first permanent molar is one of the most important. It is often aff...

OBJECTIVE Our goal of the study was to evaluate the antibacterial properties of endodontic sealers against the E. faecalis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six millimeters wells were made for each material in all the preinoculated petri plates. Then, the petri plates were incubated for 24 h. The zones of inhibition appeared were measured, and the measurements were put to statistical analysis. RESULTS...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the apical and coronal seal of endodontic filling promoted by the combined use of Sealer 26/gutta-percha, Endofill/gutta-percha and Resilon/ Epiphany. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 38 extracted human canine teeth were selected; 10 teeth for each test group and 4 for each control group. After conducting conventional endodontic treatment, th...

INTRODUCTION Root-end preparation and restoration with an endodontic material are required when nonsurgical endodontic retreatment has failed or is impossible. The present clinical study reports the treatment outcomes of periradicular surgery using calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective outcome study of periradicular surgery using CEM was conducted on 14 pe...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to measure and compare the root canal cleanliness and smear layer removal effectiveness of Aquatine Endodontic Cleanser (Aquatine EC) when used as an endodontic irrigating solution in comparison with 6% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl). MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty-five human teeth were randomly allocated to five treatment groups; the pulp chamber was accesse...

Ameloblastoma is a benign tumor; whose importance lies in its potential to grow to enormous size with resulting bone deformity. Unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) is a less encountered variant of amelobastoma. The neoplastic nature of the lesion becomes evident only when the enucleated material is available for histologic examination. Although its predilection is for the posterior mandibular region, ...

AIM To examine formaldehyde release from three different root-canal sealers: one phenol resin, one epoxy resin and one paraformaldehyde containing zinc oxide eugenol cement. METHODOLOGY Formaldehyde was measured from freshly mixed material and from specimens allowed to set for 2 days or 2 weeks. Different mixing ratios and sample sizes were tested. Analysis was performed by reacting formaldeh...

Objectives: We hypothesized that malpractice panorama in endodontics has changed alongside of adoption of new devices. To assess such changes, we compared endodontic malpractice claims and their indemnity in Finland in 2002-2006 and 20112013. Methods: Our two cross-sectional data sets comprised the health care claims related to endodontic malpractice, handled by The Patient Insurance Centre (PI...

This paper describes a new nonsurgical approach for treating large periapical lesions which involves using a modified vacuum system within the root canal space. This new technique produces a vacuum effect in the periapical zone, which facilitates evacuation of large amounts of inflammatory fluids. This technique was used in 3 clinical cases, in which the patients presented with copious amounts ...