ProTaper Gold Tackles Narrow Canals

Case Summary After diagnosing tooth #19 with necrotic pulp and chronic apical abscess, Dr. Sonia Chopra proposes RCT for a 66-year-old woman. Challenges in the case include obtaining a glide path...

Matching Gutta-Percha Provides Perfect Fit (Clinical Case)

Case Summary In this case from Dr. Diwakar Kinra, ProTaper Gold files stand up to high curvature, and matching ProTaper Gold gutta-percha provides a perfect fill the first time. The...

Calcified Roots in 97-Year-Old’s #13

Summary   Calcified roots in a 97-year-old patient prove a unique challenge for a New York endodontist.   The Case   A 97-year-old-female presented with a chief complaint of extreme...

Unconventional Access Helps Save Tooth (Tricky Case)

A Case From Dr. Cameron Currie   A general dentist referred a patient to me because of deep carious cavities and the appearance of periapical radiolucency in tooth #26 FDI...

Unexpected Curvature #3

Products: ProTaper Gold/Vortex Blue Tooth #3: Dx – pulp necrosis, asymptomatic apical periodontitis. Noted unexpected curvature not clearly seen in pre-op. Local anesthestic administered. Rubber dam isolation and surgical operating microscope...

A Premolar Bifurcation – Tooth #34

Products: ProTaper Gold files up to size F4 for the B canal and TRUShape file up to size #25 for the L canal. According to Cleghorn et al. review paper (JOE,...

Serpentine #14!

Products: Vortex Orifice opener 20/08. Protaper Gold S1,S2, Vortex Blue 25,30,35,40-04 taper. Dx of #14: Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis, Normal Periodical tissues. The main challenge that this case presented was the anatomy...

Curves for Days

Products: ProTaper Gold Orifice of the canals were extremely calcified, even though they do not appear to be on the radiograph. This case was referred to because the previous dentist could...

Peek-a-boo! 3rd Canal in #5

Products: ProUltra Endo Tip 4, ProTaper SX Gold orifice shaper, ProFile rotary system The patient presented to our graduate endodontic clinic with pain associated with tooth #5. Tooth #5 was diagnosed...

Caught a #14 Jellyfish!

Products: Protaper SX Gold Orifice Shaper, ProFile Rotary Files, Calamus The patient was referred by her dentist for completion of RCT on #14 due to inability to negotiate MB and MB2...