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Current Challenges and Concepts in the Preparation of Root Canal Systems: A Review
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This review attempts to identify factors that influence shaping outcomes with nickel-titanium rotary instruments, such as preoperative root-canal anatomy and instrument tip design, and implications of various working length definitions and desired apical widths.About:
This article is published in Journal of Endodontics.The article was published on 2004-08-01. It has received 1177 citations till now.read more
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Root canal irrigants.
TL;DR: Based on the actions and interactions of currently available solutions, a clinical irrigating regimen is proposed and some technical aspects of irrigating the root canal system are discussed, and recent trends are critically inspected.
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Microbial status of apical root canal system of human mandibular first molars with primary apical periodontitis after “one-visit” endodontic treatment
TL;DR: The results show the anatomical complexity of the root canal system of mandibular first molar roots and the organization of the flora as biofilms in inaccessible areas of the canal system that cannot be removed by contemporary instruments and irrigation alone in one-visit endodontic treatment.
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Root canal morphology and its relationship to endodontic procedures
TL;DR: The hard tissue repository of the human dental pulp takes on numerous configurations and shapes and its relationship to endodontic procedures is described and illustrated.
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Mechanical preparation of root canals: shaping goals, techniques and means
TL;DR: The main problems with the methodology of research relating to root canal preparation are discussed while the remaining section critically reviews current endodontic instruments and shaping techniques.
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Passive ultrasonic irrigation of the root canal: a review of the literature.
TL;DR: The taper and the diameter of the root canal were found to be important parameters in determining the efficacies of dentine debris removal and the role of cavitation during PUI remains inconclusive.
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Pathways of the Pulp
Stephen Cohen,Richard C. Burns +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter discusses Endodontic-Periodontic Interrelationships, Pulp Development, Structure and Function, Pulpal Reaction to Caries and Dental Procedures, and Digital Technologies in Endodonic Practice.
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A comparison of canal preparations in straight and curved root canals
TL;DR: Extracted human single-rooted permanent teeth were classified according to degree of root curvature and an examination of cross sections revealed that straight canals were much more readily prepared round than were curved canals.
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Factors affecting the long-term results of endodontic treatment
TL;DR: The predictability from clinical and radiographic signs of the treatment-outcome in individual cases with preoperative periapical lesions cases was found to be low and factors which were not measured or identified may be critical to the outcome of endodontic treatment.
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Cyclic fatigue testing of nickel-titanium endodontic instruments.
TL;DR: This study supports engineering concepts of cyclic fatigue failure and suggests that standardized fatigue tests of nickel-titanium rotary instruments should include dynamic operation in a flexed state and the effect of the radius of curvature as an independent variable should be considered when evaluating studies of root canal instrumentation.
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Bacteriologic evaluation of the efficacy of mechanical root canal instrumentation in endodontic therapy.
TL;DR: The presence of bacteria in 17 single-rooted teeth, with periapical lesions, was studied throughout a whole period of treatment and there was no evidence that specific microorganisms were implicated in these persistent infections.