I know it’s only Monday, but I’m hoping that we won’t see any more of these for the week.

I wonder when dentists will start to realize that dentin is not concrete, drywall, wood, or any other construction material; and posts are not really to be used as nails, screws, or rebar (even though they might look similar).

I wonder what that vertical line is towards the apex of the MB root in the 6?

Surprise, surprise — a split root. You can even see the post through the fracture.

The 7 is slated for an orthograde retreatment…

Summary posts are a sign of being too busy but I wanted to put these pictures up before I lost them.

An obvious crack going into the distal root. The patient was eating a hamburger and bit hard into a bone chip. Irreversible pulpitis set in right afterwards.

The next picture is our pool as of yesterday. The wood frame is part of the retaining wall that will separate the swim zone from the plant biofilter area. The pump house in the background can also serve as a doghouse for those times of punishment.

This one aggravated me because it was unexpected and I only ended up seeing it after I’d accessed the crown, removed the stubborn post, removed the gutta-percha, negotiated apical blocks in both canals, and finally dried the canals. Then the patient and I had to talk and talk about it and decide on a course of future action.

Now I’m running behind.

Although the lesion at MB is more significant apically, I get a little worried when I see periradicular PDL “looseness” into the furcation. Especially on a solitary molar with no crown that is an abutment for an RPD.

Because this is what it often turns out to be.