Rubber dam use in dentistry. Is it better? It is generally accepted that use of the rubber dam (and perhaps the Isolite or something similar) is both safer and clinically more efficient and effective for root canal therapy. There is also a general belief that this holds for composite dentistry as well. However, whether this […]
Build up for endodontics – fracture resistance Monga 2009 showed that a bonded composite or amalgam is as good as natural tooth structure in fracture resistance. Amalgam by itself is the least fracture resistance. Bryan Bauer, DDS, FAGD 630-665-5550 Wheaton General and Cosmetic Dentists
Mandibular incisor anatomy – Mandibular central and lateral anatomy The mandibular incisor anatomy partially because the root is so small and there is a high percentage of teeth with more than one canal. This is not what many were taught in dental school. Mandibular incisor anatomy basics Mandibular incisors almost always have only 1 foramen […]
Root Canal Madibular Molar Anatomy micro-CBCT Study My analysis of Wolf JOE 2016 for mesial root 55% are fairly straight forward like 2-2-1/1 or 1-2-2/2 7% are doable with a little luck like 2-1-1/2 or 1-1-1/2 38% are nearly impossible to completely access all canals like 2-1-1/3 or 2-2-2/4 Distal root is much better 73% […]
Case of the week Cracked tooth syndrome I chose this case this week because it, like many cracked tooth syndrome teeth, was difficult to diagnose and caused significant suffering for the patient prior to extraction. Liza came to see me on a Monday in severe pain in her upper right jaw. As with most cracked […]
Categories of this blog are Tooth vital- tooth necrotic (Any canal necrotic then tooth considered necrotic) # (teeth with MB3 present- able to cleanse and shape the MB3) – (teeth with MB2 present- able to cleanse and shape the MB2 – MB2 join MB1 – teeth I consider calcified that no MB2 was found) – […]
Root Canal Lower Molar First 4 canals none join necrotic Bryan Bauer, DDS, FAGD 630-665-5550
Appears to have another more cornonal lateral POE other than the one that is filled. I spent extra time with a curved 8 and 10 and lots of time with irrigants. Bryan Bauer, DDS, FAGD 630-665-5550
Categories of this blog are Tooth vital – tooth necrotic # teeth with MB2 present- able to cleanse and shape the MB2 – MB2 join MB1 – teeth I consider calcified that no MB2 was found – total # of 1st molar treated MB2 distance from MB1 – join MB1 13-12=25 20-17-8-1-25 NA This tooth […]
Categories of this blog are Tooth vital- tooth necrotic (Any canal necrotic then tooth considered necrotic) # (teeth with MB3 present- able to cleanse and shape the MB3) – (teeth with MB2 present- able to cleanse and shape the MB2 – MB2 join MB1 – teeth I consider calcified that no MB2 was found) – […]
Case of the week I chose this case because the root canal turned out beautifully and it was an unusual diagnosis, resorption of a molar. I take great pride in completely finishing upper molar root canals, ie finding and cleaning the fourth canal. Many of the “specialists” in our area do not EVER do this […]
Normal join together
Normal single canal. vital
C canal
