Endodontics 31 January 2023
Chronic intake of systemic drugs and impact on the healing of endodontic pathologies
The association between systemic health and the pathogenesis or healing of endodontic disease has gained much attention over the past two decades. ...
Endodontics 03 January 2023
Evaluation of residual dentin thickness after root canal preparation for post placement
Teeth treated for extensive caries or with marked wear may have an insufficient residual structure to guarantee an adequate ferrule effect to support a suitable extra coronal restoration.
The management of permanent teeth with incomplete apex with compromised exposed vital pulp is often a complex treatment with dubious results.
Endodontics 20 December 2022
Direct dental pulp capping using calcium hydroxide: a 35-year follow-up
The authors evaluated the long-term outcome of the direct pulp capping technique in mature teeth with pulp exposure due to advanced caries with diagnosis of reversible pulpitis.
Endodontics 07 December 2022
What can cause the extrusion of debris beyond the apex in root canal therapies?
During root canal shaping the operator can inadvertently push fragments of dentin, pulp tissue, microorganisms and their by-products and irritants beyond the...
Endodontics 22 November 2022
Resistance to torsion, static and dynamic cyclic fatigue of Nickel Titanium instruments
Rotary nickel titanium instruments are widely used for root canal preparation because they reduce procedural errors and working time, but they are also...
Endodontics 21 October 2022
What factors influence the removal of broken instruments in root canals?
The presence of fractured endodontic instruments within the root canal system, preventing adequate disinfection and elimination of infected pulp tissues, can adversely affect the result of orthograde...
Endodontics 08 October 2022
The access cavity in retreatments: redefinition and management of iatrogenic errors
By Alessandro Fava
Endodontic retreatments often represent a fundamental crossroads for the fate of the single dental element. Even more so, when dealing with a multidisciplinary treatment plan, endodontic success can...
Endodontics 19 September 2022
Application of Artificial Intelligence to endodontic microsurgery
In the last 5 years, thanks to advanced surgical technology equipment and materials, the success rate of endodontic microsurgery has greatly improved and still fluctuates between 80% and 94%....
Endodontics 26 August 2022
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...
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,...
The endodontic treatment of teeth with curved canals is always challenging for the practitioner in terms of shaping, cleaning and filling of the endodontic system.It is well known that advancements...
In mandibular premolars, several morphologic variations of the root and root canals have been reported in the literature including the presence of radicular grooves, C-shaped configuration1,...
Endodontics 13 July 2022
Authors:FEDERICA FONZAR, ZAMIRA KALEMAJ, RICCARDO FABIAN FONZAR, JACOPO BUTI, PIERCARLO BUTTOLO, LEOPOLDO FORNER NAVARRO, ALBERTO FONZAR, MARCO ESPOSITO
To evaluate the 20-year prognosis of endodontically treated/re-treated teeth in a population with multiple patient/tooth/site risk factors, and to investigate the prognostic factors that could...
Endodontics 04 July 2022
Advancements in knowledge, techniques, and technologies have shaped dentistry. Endodontic therapy has significantly evolved over the past two decades, but in the end, endodontics is about clinician...
Endodontics 20 June 2022
Regenerative endodontic therapy and the benefit of dentinal conditioning with maleic acid.
The main purpose of regenerative endodontic therapy (RET) is the eradication of root canal infections and the stimulation of bone healing, with the aim of obtaining an increase in root wall thickness...
Endodontics 16 May 2022
Evaluation of periapical surgery under operative microscope: a retrospective study
Authors:Christian Bacci, Luca Donolato, Alessia Cerrato, Gastone Zanette
Apical post-treatment pathology can jeopardize the success of endodontic treatment. If periapical pathology develops the orthograde retreatment is considered the treatment of choice whenever...
Endodontics 06 May 2022
How to manage broken endodontic instruments - Interview with Dott. Castellucci
Author: Arianna Bianchi
The fracture of endodontic instruments during root canal treatment is an event that often worries clinicians, who risk finding themselves faced with an obstacle that is difficult to overcome, with...
Endodontics 06 May 2022
Specialty dental association, American Association of Endodontists, has shared the award winners announced during the annual meeting. Recipients include business owners, practitioners with decades of...
The American Association of Endodontists (AAE), the specialty dental association that represents more than seven thousand root canal dentists, is proud to recognize the winners of its prestigious awards during AAE22, the group’s annual meeting to be held
“The endodontic specialty consists of thousands of amazing, specialized dentists dedicated to saving patients’ natural teeth and relieving their tooth pain,” AAE President Dr. Alan S. Law said....