Michael Trudeau, Author at The Endo Fix

Periapical and CBCT views of maxillary anterior tooth with post showing lateral bone loss

Surgical Treatment of a Lateral Canal

September 11, 2018 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

Six year followup of an apical and lateral surgery. The CBCT, even with the significant artifact, suggested lateral bone loss. This could have been attributed to a fractured root. However, in this case it was

Periapicals and access photos of a tipped maxillary molar with a very deep margin

Getting Sideways

August 30, 2018 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

Super sideways molar positioned because the premolar never erupted. The area is kind of a food trap, but the patient wanted to keep it. The margin here was so deep the matrix wouldn’t reach. So

Periapicals and CBCT of maxillary incisor with large apical lesion before and 2 years after treatment

Resolved.

August 16, 2018 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

Experience has led some clinicians to the conclusion that large areas of apical bone loss can’t be managed without surgical intervention. And in some instances, that may be the case. However, often, in large areas

Periapicals and access photos of regenerative endodontic case on an immature mandibular premolar

Considering Revascularization, Regendo

August 8, 2018 Michael Trudeau Weekly Fix

This was a regendo case, or at the time almost 10 years ago we referred to these cases as revascularization. This tooth belonged to a young Asian girl who had a dens invaginatus. We

Periapicals of luxated maxillary lateral and avulsed central after splinting and root canal treatment

Trauma, Resorption, and Decoronation

July 20, 2018 Michael Trudeau Resorption, Weekly Fix

This little guy caught a fly ball… in the mouth. The lateral was laterally luxated. The central was avulsed and replanted with a dry time of 15 minutes. The lateral was repositioned and splinted. I

Resorption classification slide listing internal and external resorption types

Resorption Classification for Clinicians

July 20, 2018 Michael Trudeau Deep Fix, Resorption

Historically, classifying systems for resorption have been insufficient to adequately guide the treating doctor and inform decision making in the clinical management of resorption . Words like inflammatory and replacement as identifiers are less than

Crown Repair

July 13, 2018 Michael Trudeau Weekly Fix

A quality crown repair is important for successful patient centered outcomes. What’s desired is a quality core and an esthetic closure. There are options in achieving these goals, and presented here is just one

Animated sequence of mandibular molar radiographs from a completed endodontic case

Endo GIF

June 26, 2018 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

James Ho started doing some endodontic GIFs; here’s one he made out of a case we finished last year.

Traditional retreatment decision algorithm based on root filling quality, symptoms and coronal seal

Rethinking Retreatment

June 26, 2018 Michael Trudeau Deep Fix

A more traditional approach to retreatment thinking was given to me courtesy of Ken Serota with this first algorithm. The focus of the decision making is on the quality of the root filling. Decision

Periapicals and access photo of retreated mandibular molar with large lesion, pre-op to 5-year recall

Molar Recall with Large Radiographic Finding

May 16, 2018 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

This patient presented with a previously treated molar with pain and swelling and a large radiographic finding. The tooth was retreated and medicated for a few months. 5 year followup shows complete healing.

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