BACKGROUND AND AIM: Surgical endodontics may sometimes fail despite using root-end filling materials (REFMs). In this case report, a symptomatic right maxillary first premolar underwent periradicular surgery (PS) for replacing huge rate of amalgam with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA).CASE REPORT: A thirty-year-old healthy woman attended with the chief complaint of recurrent swelling and absces...

Traditionally, endodontology includes pulp and periapical biology and pathology. Clinically, however, endodontics is perceived as treatment of the root canal with fi les and the placement of a root fi lling, or treatment by surgical endodontics. The vital pulp and the treatment measures to preserve its vitality are usually considered a part of conservative dentistry, and include specifi c techn...

The Editorial Board of the Journal of Endodontics has developed a literature-based study guide of topical areas related to endodontics. This study guide is intended to give the reader a focused review of the essential endodontic literature and does not cite all possible articles related to each topic. Although citing all articles would be comprehensive, it would defeat the idea of a study guide...

The legacy of Dr. Louis I. Grossman, who is often called the Visionary Father of Modern Endodontics, has been perpetuated once again in the 13th edition of his seminal text. Supported by a “star-studded” cast of 67 contributors from 18 countries spanning the globe, this text is an acknowledgment to the vision that Dr. Grossman had for the specialty of endodontics, or in his time as it was calle...

BACKGROUND Objectives were to: (1) determine whether and how often general dentists (GDs) provide specific dental procedures; and (2) test the hypothesis that provision is associated with key dentist, practice, and patient characteristics. METHODS GDs (n = 2,367) in the United States National Dental Practice-Based Research Network completed an Enrollment Questionnaire that included: (1) denti...

By producing undistorted three-dimensional images of the area under examination, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) systems have met many of the limitations of conventional radiography. These systems produce images with small field of view at low radiation doses with adequate spatial resolution that are suitable for many applications in endodontics from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up. T...

Authors Dr. Priya R, Dr. Sapna C. M. , Dr. Rakesh R. Rajan Dept. of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kerala, India Corresponding Author Dr. Priya R Dept. of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Amrita School of Dentistry AIMS Ponekkara P. O., Kochi, Kerala, India – 682041 Email: [email protected] ORCID: 0000-0002-2825-5131 Abstract As with every aspect of ...