Comments on: Do Not Try This Root Canal at Home. http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home I am Lesion, for there are many. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fragileheart http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-979 fragileheart Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:30:42 +0000 http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/#comment-979 hehehe that's true Peri, I'm not afraid of you anymore. Though I still shiver a little whenever you post xrays of teeth. hehehe that’s true Peri, I’m not afraid of you anymore. Though I still shiver a little whenever you post xrays of teeth.

]]> By: Periapex http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Periapex Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:25:16 +0000 http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/#comment-978 Hand instrumented the apical 1/3, I was able to get rotaries about 4 mm short of working length. I used my full set of rotaries to that length very carefully (and I also use gates gliddens). The small apical size is actually the limiting factor for irrigation, not the curvature. As long as instruments are able to get to WL and you're irrigating frequently enough, irrigant will get down (up). The question is whether there's enough volume that gets to the apex to be effective. That's why the fact that the case isn't infected is a major bonus. We've all botched endos at some point in the past... Hand instrumented the apical 1/3, I was able to get rotaries about 4 mm short of working length.

I used my full set of rotaries to that length very carefully (and I also use gates gliddens). The small apical size is actually the limiting factor for irrigation, not the curvature. As long as instruments are able to get to WL and you’re irrigating frequently enough, irrigant will get down (up). The question is whether there’s enough volume that gets to the apex to be effective. That’s why the fact that the case isn’t infected is a major bonus.

We’ve all botched endos at some point in the past…

]]> By: person who can't speak english http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-976 person who can't speak english Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:31:17 +0000 http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/#comment-976 oh, and it wasn't me, either! oh, and it wasn’t me, either!

]]> By: person who can't speak english http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-975 person who can't speak english Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:30:36 +0000 http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/#comment-975 i'm curious - obviously you had to hand instrument the apical 1/2, but did you use rotary to open up the orifice? how does the solution get all the way down there when it's that curved? some day i'll show you the botched endo that someone i know did, not an endodontist.... i’m curious – obviously you had to hand instrument the apical 1/2, but did you use rotary to open up the orifice? how does the solution get all the way down there when it’s that curved?

some day i’ll show you the botched endo that someone i know did, not an endodontist….

]]> By: Periapex http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-973 Periapex Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:49:20 +0000 http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/#comment-973 Ian: I don't know what you're talking about (LOL), it's not even infected. Even if the GP did the endo and screwed it up the tooth would probably survive. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14342926?ordinalpos=17&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum" rel="nofollow">Here</a>'s a link to modern day endodontics' watershed study. You OMFS people must walk around with elevators and forceps in your pockets :-) fragileheart: The same could be said for ex's... Ian: I don’t know what you’re talking about (LOL), it’s not even infected. Even if the GP did the endo and screwed it up the tooth would probably survive. Here‘s a link to modern day endodontics’ watershed study.

You OMFS people must walk around with elevators and forceps in your pockets :-)

fragileheart: The same could be said for ex’s…

]]> By: fragileheart http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-972 fragileheart Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:34:39 +0000 http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/#comment-972 Uh oh... I beginning to remember that you're a dentist.. and how I don't like dentists because all they ever do is hurt me. Now I'm afraid of you... eeeeeeeeee! <em>fragileheart's last blog post..<a href='http://www.fragileheart.com/journal/2008/03/17/happy-st-patricks-day/' rel="nofollow">(Belated) Happy St. Patrick’s Day!</a></em> Uh oh… I beginning to remember that you’re a dentist.. and how I don’t like dentists because all they ever do is hurt me. Now I’m afraid of you… eeeeeeeeee!

fragileheart’s last blog post..(Belated) Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

]]> By: Ian Furst http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Ian Furst Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:00:52 +0000 http://www.endodontics.ca/2008/03/18/do-not-try-this-root-canal-at-home/#comment-971 Nice - show me the picture in a year ;-) You know I would've had it on the table. Ian. <a href="http://www.waittimes.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">www.waittimes.blogspot.com</a> <em>Ian Furst's last blog post..<a href='http://waittimes.blogspot.com/2008/03/wait-time-news.html' rel="nofollow">Wait Time News</a></em> Nice – show me the picture in a year ;-)
You know I would’ve had it on the table.
Ian.
http://www.waittimes.blogspot.com

Ian Furst’s last blog post..Wait Time News

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