Objective: A review is made to determine whether the use of the endoscope in endodontic surgery offers advantages in clinical practice, and whether it improves the clinical and radiographic outcomes of the procedure. Material and methods: The main search terms used were: endodontic surgery, apicoectomy, apical surgery, endoscope, and magnification devices. The authors searched the Medline datab...

Objective To assess the success of apical surgery procedures performed using TotalFill® Root Repair Material putty (Schöttlander, Letchworth, UK) as a root-end filling material. Materials and methods This case series consisting 29 teeth in 22 patients highlights use TotalFill RRM material treated at Edinburgh Dental Institute by Registrars Consultants, from 1st January 2017 13th March 2019. The...

On weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass, a 59-year-old Japanese woman with mitral valve plasty suddenly showed a greatly increased heart rate, and an electrocardiogram revealed elevated ST-segments. There was also abnormal wall motion in the inferior region and apical ballooning of the left ventricle. We diagnosed the condition as takotsubo cardiomyopathy (acute left ventricle apical ballooning ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential benefit of an ultrasonic device in apical surgery on the outcome of treatment. STUDY DESIGN A randomized prospective design was used in a standardized treatment protocol. Patients were allocated to treatment with an ultrasonic device (P-Max Newtron) or treatment with a bur in an otherwise similar protocol. One year after treatm...

Twenty patients with coronary artery disease were studied with two-dimensional echocardiography the day before saphenous vein bypass graft surgery. Serial studies were obtained 7.4 +/- 2.5 (+/- SD) and 43.4 +/- 13.1 days postoperatively to qualitatively assess the effect of bypass surgery on regional wall motion. Changes in segmental wall motion were assessed semiquantitatively by assigning a s...

Objectives Adequate knowledge about canal anatomy is necessary for clinicians to prevent any damage to the periodontium. The aim of this study was to evaluate the canal and apical complexities of the mandibular first and second premolars in an Iranian population. Methods One-hundred mandibular first (n=50) and second (n=50) premolars were collected. After access cavity preparation, 2% methylen...