2020 Posts
Ibuprofen and Irreversible Pulpitis Treatment
When caries reaches within 0.5 mm of the pulp, the immune system responds to the bacterial advance by recruiting inflammatory cells. These inflamma-tory cells migrate to the dental pulp, typically resulting in irreversible [...]
Percussion Test Responses in Adjacent and Contralateral Teeth
Forming a proper endodontic diagnosis requires taking a patient’s medical and dental history, a thorough inspection and the use of clinical examination methods, such as pulp vitality and mobility testing, along with palpation [...]
Comparative Effectiveness of Two Endodontic Screening Tools
The frequently used decayed, missing or filled tooth (DMFT) index provides accurate infor-mation to epidemiologists about the incidence of caries, tooth loss and tooth restorations. Unfortunately, the DMFT index provides no information on [...]
Endodontic Treatment of Cracked Posterior Teeth: Outcome and Survival
Diagnosing cracked teeth is often not a simple decision, and no efficient clinical methods exist to predict their prognosis. This problem is exacerbated in cracked teeth that require root canal treatment before restorative [...]
New Year 2021
Happy New Year! We hope you and your families had a peaceful holiday and are staying safe and doing well. We say good-bye to year 2020 in a bittersweet farewell. Our hearts go out [...]
Christmas 2020
Christmas season provides a sign of hope. Let us find joy in putting together a different kind of holiday this year. It may not be the same but by creating some of those feelings, [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Dear Colleagues, These past few months have affected the lives of everyone. Thanksgiving is a great time to express our gratitude to all of you who have been very supportive through this collective experience. [...]
WHAT TO EXPECT AT YOUR NEXT DENTAL APPOINTMENT
What to expect at your next dental appointment, before, during, and after. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of things about our day-to-day lives, including dental appointments. Your health and safety are as important [...]
November 13-14, 2020 symposium participant
Dear symposium participant, Thank you for your registration to the Inaugural John I. Ingle International Endodontic Symposium Live Online, November 13-14, 2020. We have an exciting program and look forward to interacting with [...]
2020 Autumn Endodontic Newsletter
The Relationship Between Missed Canals and Periapical Lesions. An overlooked canal can have a serious effect on an endodontically treated tooth, serving as a potential reservoir for microorganisms that may lead to persistent apical periodontitis.
Suspended Study Club Seminars
I hope you and your staff and your family are fine amid these challenging corona days and your practice is back on track and adapting to the CDC and ADA protocols to protect our patients [...]
Postoperative Pain After Occlusal Reduction
The reported prevalence of post-operative pain after root canal treatment varies widely. Most postoperative pain dissipates fairly rapidly, with severity falling by 50% after the first day and to <10% by day 7. Given the multifactorial [...]
Comparing Anesthetic Efficacy In Treatment of Irreversible Pulpitis
For many years, lidocaine has been the local anesthetic most commonly employed by dentists. When combined with adrenaline, lidocaine, with its rapid onset and typical duration of 60 minutes for pulpal anesthesia and 3 to 5 [...]
Impact of Endodontic Treatment on Quality of Life
Study after study has shown excellent clinical success or survival rates of teeth after endodontic treatment. But evaluating outcomes based only on clinical parameters overlooks current trends that emphasize patient-centered outcomes, especially quality of life (QoL). [...]
Association Between Apical Periodontitis and Systemic Inflammation
Many studies over the past several decades have found a correlation between periodontal disease and a host of systemic morbidities, including atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, diabetes, pneumonia, adverse pregnancy outcomes and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; [...]