Endodontics 04 February 2021
Regenerative Endodontic Procedures: state of the art and clinical procedures
Authors:Barbara G. Nunez Torrijos, Gianluca Plotino, Simone Staffoli, Eugenio Pedullà, Maurizio Bossù, Gianluca Gambarini, Antonella Polimeni
Calcium hydroxide apexification and Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) apexification are classical treatments for necrotic immature permanent teeth, but they still present some drawbacks. With both...
Endodontics 12 January 2021
An interesting review on Cryotherapy in Endodontics have been recently published on Journal of Endodontics; this simple and easy procedure might be accomplished by different methods and can provide...
Endodontics 07 December 2020
The technological evolution of CBCT machines: an opportunity for modern endodontics.
Author: Dr. A. Bebi
Recent years have seen CBCT exams become increasingly widespread and, as machine development continues to expand their application range, they look set to play an ever-greater role in dentistry.The...
Endodontics 24 November 2020
M. Esposito, L. Sbricoli, J. Buti, U. Uccioli, M. Tallarico
PURPOSE. To ascertain whether it is better to endodontically retreat a previously endodontically treated tooth with periapical pathology and/or symptoms and an uncertain prognosis, or to replace the...
External cervical resorption (ECR) is a phenomenon often found in the clinical practice of the endodontist, but the nature of this problem is still mostly unknown. It is characterized by the loss of...
It is commonly known that a root canal-treated tooth (RCTT) has more possibilities to fracture than a tooth with vital pulp. Several factors must be...
Apical periodontitis is a local inflammatory response due to the presence of microorganisms within an infected root canal system . A systematic review by Ng et al. (2008) reported that four...
Endodontics 10 June 2020
Is there a different response to pulp sensibility test between healthy and diabetic patients?
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic inherited or acquired disorder caused by low production or ineffectiveness of insulin produced by the pancreas glands. Diabetes mellitus not only induces dental pulp...
Saving anterior teeth is mandatory not only for esthetic reasons but also for the great problems that a prosthetic or implantological solutions imply. This is...
Endodontics 29 April 2020
Bioactive ceramic VS calcium hydroxide: which is the best material for pulpotomy?
When we have to effort an incisor fracture that involves enamel, dentin and pulp, our goal is to preserve the pulp, when it is possible. To do this, we have ...
Endodontics 28 April 2020
Live Webinar with Prof. Arnaldo Castellucci
Title: Endodontic Surgery or Micro Surgical Endodontics? Author: Prof. Arnaldo CastellucciWhen: April 30th, 2020Time: 8pm GMT+2 – 2pm EST – 11am PST. Price: $...
Live Webinar with Prof. Massimo Gagliani
Title: Root canal retreatment: new solutions for old problems. Author: Prof. Massimo GaglianiTime: 8pm GMT+2 – 2pm EST – 11am PST. Price: $ 49.99 (included...
Several milestone papers have been written in the last years on Endodontic Retreatments and some of the most important among them have been authored by Prof....
Endodontics 08 April 2020
Heat treated Ni-ti Alloys and modern Endodontics: a clinical case with Coltene instruments
Author: G. Fumei
The objective of an Endodontic treatment is to prevent a periradicular disease or promoting the healing, if the disease is already present. Since 70’s...
Endodontics 25 February 2020
An untreated root canal is one of the main causes of failure in endodontics. Absence of disinfection and shaping of a root canal can determine the presence of a reservoir of bacteria, which may...
Has the end of endodontic instruments arrived? It could be good news for "non-lovers" of root canal shaping. In the multicenter study conducted on 45...
A certain pain symptomatology is found, after a root canal treatment, with a frequency that varies between 3% and 58% of the cases.It is above all a complication both for the dentist and, above all,...
Endodontics 06 November 2019
Nickel Titanium vs M-Wire vs Gold Wire: which guarantees the best root canal shaping?
In these years, different kind of rotary instruments were created for root canal shaping. The aim of using these instruments was to create a correct tapered ...
Endodontics 25 September 2019
Sodium Hypochlorite or Chlorhexidine digluconate as canal irrigant during endodontic retreatment?
In the field of the endodontic treatment, retreatments are increasing in number. Several studies compared the outcome of these type of root canal therapies...
Endodontics 16 July 2019
Is it better to try to preserve a dental element with every possible means or to place an osseointegrated implant? There is a great variability of response...