Open AccessConservative shaping combined with three-dimensional cleaning can be a powerful tool: Case series
Author(s) -
Alfredo Iandolo,
Dina Abdellatif,
Giuseppe Pantaleo,
Pasquale Sammartino,
Alessandra Amato
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/jcd.jcd_601_20
Subject(s) - root canal , endodontics , coronal plane , dentistry , dentin , fracture (geology) , orthodontics , conservative treatment , materials science , medicine , composite material , surgery , anatomy
Conservative endodontics has been introduced about a decade ago. Since then, it has been demonstrated that less canal preparations lead to more dentin preservation resulted in decreased stress on tooth structure, mainly in the coronal third of the root, and potentially a higher resistance to fracture. In addition, smaller and larger canal preparations were comparable with regard to the cleanliness of the root canal. The purpose of this case series was to report on the outcome of root canal treatments following a conservative canal preparation, followed by three-dimensional cleaning technique (intracanal heating and ultrasonic activation of NaOCl).