Recognition of aberrant root canal configurations is critical to successfully negotiate and treat a one such aberrancies C shape system. The fins webs present in system presents challenge debridement obturation. Knowledge variations through advanced imaging modalities like CBCT, rotary hand instruments assisted with ultrasonics modified obturation techniques aid effective management shaped cana...

This study used micro-CT to compare three obturation techniques with respect to void occurrence in canals filled with bioceramic sealer. Thirty extracted first mandibular premolars were prepared with a ProTaper Universal system and randomly allocated to three groups. Canals were obturated with gutta-percha and bioceramic root canal sealer, using either single-cone, lateral compaction, or Therma...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the rise in temperature in root surfaces during and immediately after diode laser irradiation, to observe morphological changes of root canal wall after irradiation, and to evaluate the apical leakage after irradiation and obturation in vitro. BACKGROUND DATA There have been very few reports on root canal treatment by 980-nm wavelength ...

OBJECTIVE To gather information on the materials and methods employed in root canal treatment by dentists in Turkey. METHODS A questionnaire was distributed to 1,527 dentists who attended the Turkish Dental Association Congress. Respondents were asked to choose one or more suitable answers for the questions. Data was gathered for demographic and professional information regarding stages, mate...

background: the incidence of dentinal defects may infl uence the outcome of root canal treatment. the aims of this study were to evaluate and compare the incidence of dentinal defects following root canal obturation with two different techniques. materials and methods: a total of 110 mesial roots of human mandibular fi rst molars were selected. twenty-seven roots were left unprepared as negativ...

The design and implementation of shaping, cleaning and sealing objectives in root canal therapy are fraught with real and potential pitfalls when the anatomic complexity of the space and technical considerations for its instrumentation, disinfection and obturation are contemplated. This review will focus on the genesis of results that lead to endodontic overfills. We will look at how the litera...

AIM To investigate the pattern of routine endodontic practices among Nigerian dentists. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was a questionnaire-based survey of samples of dentists in the Nigerian cities of Enugu and Benin. The self-administered questionnaire contained 25 close-ended questions with multiple choice options. The data collected included demographic details of respondents, root canal...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated whether smear layer removal has any influence on the filling of the root canal system, by examining the obturation of lateral canals, secondary canals and apical deltas. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty maxillary and mandibular canines were randomly divided into two groups, according to their irrigation regimen. Both groups were irrigated with 1% NaOCl during canal s...

long-term success of endodontic treatment is precisely and completely dependent on adequate and appropriate cleaning and shaping of the root canal along with proper and correct obturation of the entire prepared space. this paper aims to report an exceptionally and novel non-surgical and orthograde endodontic therapy on maxillary right central incisor with an extensive radiolucent lesion. a 17-y...

Thorough cleaning and shaping and followed by three-dimensional obturation is secret to successful clinical endodontics. Therefore, it is imperative that aberrant anatomy should be identified before and during root canal treatment. Multiple case reports of aberrant canals morphology in the mesial root of mandibular first molar have been documented. However, fewer studies have discussed the occu...