Endodontics
Course Review
Enoch Ng, DDS 2014
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Technique
Visit 1
Local anesthetic, rubber dam
Remove caries
Careful determination of radiographic working length
Irrigation with NaOCl – little/no instrumentation of the walls
Placement of antibiotic paste
Coronal seal with cavit/irm
Visit 2
Local anesthetic, rubber dam
Irrigate with NaOCl, rinse sterile saline
Dry canals with paper points
Induce bleeding with file beyond WL
Place moist cotton pellet below CEJ to induce clotting
Place MTA against clot, seal with glass ionomer, place final restoration
Objectives of vital permanent tooth with incomplete root growth
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Maintain vitality, allow completion of root growth
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Increased dentin wall formation
Summary
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Reversible Pulpitis
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Indirect pulp cap
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Direct pulp cap
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Pulpotomy
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Necrosis
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Open apex
Revascularization, revitalization
Apexification
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Closed
Pulpectomy