Dental anatomy and Dental anatomy and Root Canals: Check this out! Here is another case with 2 palatal canals! Although this one is within 1 root. Pretty cool nonetheless! […]
Category: Dental Anatomy
Dental Anatomy and Root Canals
Dental Anatomy and Root Canals 2
Dental anatomy and Root Canals:This is a very interesting case in which there are 2 completely separate palatal roots. Don’t see these often at all. Someone had mentioned that the 2 roots look like Pikachu’s ears? See it? […]
Dental Anatomy and Root Canals
Dental Anatomy and Root Canals
Dental anatomy 3
Maybe this tooth developed during an earthquake! In any case, maintaining original curvature in root canal therapy is the key to success here! […]
Dental Anatomy 2
Dental anatomy can be tricky sometimes…once again proving that assisted magnification in the form of the dental operating microscope and sometimes the CBCT scan can be immensely helpful. […]
Managing adverse outcomes…
Here is an interesting case of iatrogenic error. A hole was made inadvertently in the root; this is called a perforation (red arrows). This was confirmed with CT scan. Although we would have loved to save this tooth as this was our preference, this patient opted for extraction and immediate dental implant placement. […]
Minimally Invasive Endodontics
The purpose of root canal treatment is to remove all irritants (bacteria) from within the tooth. It is ideal to achieve this while removing as little internal tooth structure as possible. Here is a very good example of this. […]
Extraction & Dental Implants
Extraction & Dental Implants: In this case, our patient was referred for extraction of a non-restorable tooth and to place a couple of dental implants so as to stabilize the dentition on the upper right side of the mouth. In a few short months, these implants will be ready for crowns! […]
Dental anatomy and endodontic treatment
Dental Anatomy: Although treating multi-rooted premolar teeth is not uncommon in the endodontic world. We thought this case was interesting not only because one of the roots splits halfway down the entire length, but also that the bifurcation was slightly more wide than more commonly seen. […]
Dental Anatomy…
D Dental Anatomy: This tooth was extracted in our office today. If it were not a wisdom tooth, we would have loved to try to treat it endodontically! […]
