We just finished a meditation series given by Neil Arbic. There are different reasons that people meditate. Some are new agey, others are more religious. While I was in university, I ended up self-learning aspects of the Silva Method and I do believe that I achieved what I did in life afterwards mostly because of that system. As with all of this stuff, though, it’s impossible to prove to others that it works. Neil was my first real teacher of meditation. He brings no agenda to the table. He simply teaches you to find peace within yourself. He shows how meditation allows us to experience the beauty of living by doing nothing. By returning the practice of meditation to my life, Neil has returned something that I didn’t even know I had lost.

Ignoring the periodontal issue with the 6, there’s a carbon fibre post in the 5 and it seems to go all the way to the apex.

I decided to try to retreat the endo because apical surgery would wack too much of the root off and create a very unfavourable crown to root ratio.

During the retreatment the radiopaque areas turned out to be residual gutta percha, and the post did indeed go the apex. I ended up thinning out the root so much apically that a perforation developed and I lost a fragment of the post into the periapex. The tooth is currently medicated with calcium hydroxide paste. We’ll see how it fares over the next couple of weeks. Prognosis is currently guarded.

Just finished closing this case up. It was a lower left first molar with a persistent abscess (I retreated it a month or two ago). I decided to flap it to see what was going on and to do an apical resection if necessary. I didn’t get past this part once I saw the split mesial root.

You Are a German Shepherd Puppy

Intelligent, quick witted, and a bit aggressive. You’ve got the jaw power to take a bite out of anyone you choose.

What Breed of Puppy Are You?

We saw Pippin at the Royal Alex yesterday. It’s a play within a play, yet as it moves on, this distinction becomes blurred. It’s a thought-provoking work and towards the end reminds me of the movie Crossroads (the one where Ralph Machio has to contend with the Devil to live).