Endodontic management of the teeth with immature apices and necrotic pulps has always been challenging. Therefore fabrication of an artificial hard tissue barrier with a biomaterial has indicated as an alternative to more traditional apexification procedure. Successful endodontic treatment needs to prevent leakage of intracanal irritants into the peri radicular tissues. On the other hand, achie...

AIM To determine the knowledge of undergraduate Spanish dental students regarding the indications of systemic antibiotics in the management of endodontic infections. METHODOLOGY The final year dental students from four Spanish dental schools were requested to answer a one-page questionnaire on the indications for systemic antibiotics in the treatment of endodontic infections. One hundred and ...

A combined endodontic-periodontal lesion is characterized by the association of endodontic and periodontal infection in same tooth, attacking destroying its attachment system. This complicates therapeutic management because simultaneous control two infections would be inconvenient clinical practice. It therefore essential to sequence stages both treatment. The general objective this article she...

BACKGROUND Irreversible pulpitis is a highly painful inflammatory condition of the dental pulp which represents a common dental emergency. Recommended care is partial endodontic treatment. The dental literature reports major difficulties in achieving adequate analgesia to perform this emergency treatment, especially in the case of mandibular molars. In current practice, short-course, orally adm...

abstract: antibiotics are a valuable addition to health practitioners for the management of bacterial infections. during endodontic treatment and when managing trauma to the teeth, antibiotics may be applied systemically or locally. due to the potential risk of adverse effects of systemic applications, and the ineffectiveness of systemic prescribed antibiotics in necrotic or pulpless teeth and ...

OBJECTIVES In endodontic practice, clinicians should be aware of possible root canal anatomic variations. The aim of this study was to assess using CBCT acquisitions regarding whether one root canal anatomy of a tooth is associated with a specific anatomy of another tooth. METHODS A total of 106 CBCT acquisitions were obtained using a CBCT scanner with 200μm voxel size. Numbers of roots and c...

Due to its pseudo elastic behavior, the nickel-titanium (nitinol) alloy has been used in the manufacture of endodontic instruments in recent years, being especially useful for curved canals preparation. Extensive research has been carried out to improve the wear resistance of the nitinol instruments without create modifications in the bulk of the files. The purpose of this work was to measure t...

The benefits of using sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) as endodontic irrigants, and calcium hydroxide as an inter-appointment medicament, are well known to dentists. Many steps undertaken during endodontic treatment and retreatment are rather mechanical in nature, and less attention is committed to understanding the biological issues underlying endodontic t...

Use of an appropriate root canal irrigant is essential during endodontic treatment, due to the complex and unpredictable anatomy of the root canal system and limitations in the mechanical instrumentation techniques used to obtain a clean, bacteria-free canal. Several irrigants, such as sodium hypochlorite, chlorhexidine, hydrogen peroxide, and normal saline, have been proposed as canal system i...