Archive for September 2019

Performance Enhancing Endodontics

It’s cases like this among others that really allow the efficacy of the Gentlewave Procedure to shine through. It allows me to delivery optimal care in a single appointment. This 68 yr old lady presented with pain in the upper right quadrant. She reported that she’d been dealing with the pain for years. The pain…

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An Infinity of Root Canal Cleanliness

This wonderful patient has a healthy grinding and an ice-chewing habit. Some weeks back they had bit into a hard mint and immediately experienced severe pain. Their discomfort had reduced over the following weeks but was still present when I met them. We discussed treatment options and decided that saving the tooth was desirable. Root canal…

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It’s the Little Differences.

  This patient presented with some slight tenderness in a lower molar. The previous treatment was carried out by an excellent endodontist in the area. Despite this quality treatment a small lesion (a small area of bone damage ) was noted at the tip of the distal root. The tooth paiful. After examining the three…

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Unparalleled Ultracleaning of the Gentlewave Procedure.

Deep decay in this premolar had led to a painful pulpitis for this patient. Fortunately, this tooth can be saved. Endodontists save teeth. After minimal instrumentation using V-taper rotary files, the narrow and long root canal complex was cleaned and then filled with bioceramic. Just look at the multiple apical foramen! Ultraclean!

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