Sharing Passion for Fixing Teeth With Endo
Decision making under uncertainty is undoubtedly strained to the max when managing external crestal resorption. The literature is all but useless in guiding our decision making with regards to risks, benefits, and alternatives. An honest
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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.
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Precision endodontics was a concept John and I were planning to explore in more depth in the text Advanced CBCT for Endodontics: Technical Considerations, Perception, and Decision-Making (Khademi). Like many other noble concepts John wanted
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Simply put, parfocus in endodontics is where the object of interest is in focus for the endodontist, the scopeside assistant, and the camera. The lack of parfocus can lead to team incohesiveness, lack of efficiency,
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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
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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
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It isn’t a new term. Restoratively Driven Endodontics that is. It’s not new. I came up with it in 2007/ 2008 during my endodontic residency at Albert Einstein making the term about 10 years old
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