Archive for December 20th, 2007
Case of the Week.
Morphology December 20th, 2007
Nothing earth-shattering here, but this case is another example of how canals can exit roots short of the radiographic apex (RA). For this case, the working lengths were consistently electronically verified. You can even see that the canal appears to stop short of the RA.
My thoughts are that the root actually ends where the canal does and there’s either radiographic artifact or some bony trabeculation that makes it appear longer.
How to Poorly Manage a Dental Office: Conserve.
Office December 20th, 2007
Action: Assign a supervisory staff member (usually the hygiene or treatment co-ordinator or office manager) to dispense minute quantities of prophy paste to hygienists when they are ready to polish.
This ensures that you save money because the hygienists are not wasting prophy paste.