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Radiographs and CBCT of a cantilever bridge abutment with a titanium post and apical lesion

Titanium Decision Making

May 12, 2023 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

I’m not really even going to get into the decision making generally speaking with regard to the bridgework that cantilevers with two premolars off the back end of the canine, but doesn’t connect to the

Lecture slide: 'Inadequate obturation of the root canal invites failure'

Root Form Appropriate Instrumentation

May 12, 2023 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix, Deep Fix

Contextualizing with history here is kinda important. As many of the old timers are calling it quits, it may be of benefit to put this down for the next generation of pulp slaying tooth fixers.

Canine Dens

May 4, 2023 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

Dens in dente are a relatively rare tooth deformity. Canine dens are particularly rare. The dens or “tooth within a tooth” presents problems in that the canal systems are highly irregular, challenging to disinfect, and

Periapicals and CBCT of mandibular molar with J-shaped radiolucency (arrows) before and after retreatment

J-Shaped Retreatment

August 13, 2020 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

This gentleman presented with pain and swelling as well as probing to the apex on the distal aspect of the tooth. Many people would say the tooth was cracked. But we’ve saved many, many teeth

Periapicals and CBCT of apically perforated mandibular molar with large lesion, pre-op to resolution

Apically Perf’d

May 6, 2020 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

Seeing as how this case was both apically perf’d and had a large lesion, I would toss it into the problem case type bucket. But we gave it our best, and it looks like that

Mandibular molar with distal caries under crown: bitewing, access photos, root filling and 6.5-year recall

Soup to Nuts

February 5, 2020 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

This patient was in for another tooth so we grabbed a followup of this case we performed 6.5 years ago. Pretty extensive distal caries under the crown. The wide platform lent itself to a truss

Periapicals of mandibular molar endo-perio lesion: pre-op, root filling and 2-year recall

Bilateral Endo-Perio Cases

November 21, 2019 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

Same patient-both teeth probed more than 9mm in the furcation area. In both cases we placed the tooth in medication for a few months during which time the probings decreased to 3mm or less. In

Periapical and access photos of mandibular molar with extensive caries before custom resin matrix

Custom Resin Matrix: 9 Years Ago…

November 21, 2019 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

This is the same patient as the prior post but contralateral side. She had extensive decay under the existing crown which didn’t leave much to work with. It was a pretty tough case to band

Periapical, CBCT and surgical photos of mandibular canine external resorption repair

External Resorption of a Lower Canine

November 11, 2019 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix, Resorption

Lower canines seem to exhibit a higher degree of prevalence of external resorption than other teeth. Perhaps it’s the higher forces as they guide the occlusion. Perhaps it’s their position as the corner of the

$Serial periapicals of maxillary anterior tooth: fiber post, fracture and stainless post redo to 4 years$

Stainless Post Case

November 7, 2019 Michael Trudeau Daily Fix

Kind of an interesting case. Not a lot of tooth to start; we went with a fiber post initially. It broke off at a year. We redid it with a stainless post. Looking good 4

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