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RCA Course Preview! 4 Quarters of the Simple ReTx Game

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Greetings Clinicians,

I’m proud to give a preview of a major new content area on our RootCanalAcademy.com website: The ‘4 Quarters of the Simple ReTx Game.’


In the next few weeks, we will add this content area to our RootCanalAcademy.com website, and as with our core ‘4 Quarters of the Root Canal Game,’ we will update video, audio, charts, and other content as endo tools and techniques evolve.  Oh, and we have a ReTx book in production too, as part of our Learning Lessons series. I’m excited about how this can help you serve existing patients better, and add a revenue source with simple ReTx.

ReTx Video — Preview of ‘4 Quarters of the Simple ReTx Game’

This 6:30 minute video — part of a 35:00 minute full procedure — walks us through the retreatment process using a standard periapical radiograph. I annotate the image showing which areas of the canal are targeted with each step and tool of the retreatment–watch and learn the basics of the retreatment technique. The full video will be part of Root Canal Academy’s new 4 Quarters of the Simple ReTx Game, which will be the second full course offered by RootCanalAcademy.com.

Stay tuned to our website for more introductory material for the retreatment course, and our new membership programs to be BETTER TOMORROW with 4 Quarters of the Simple ReTx Game!

Please ask any questions about this course. I’d love to hear your perspective and needs.

Reid

Better Tomorrow!

 

Root Canal Technique Training with Reid Pullen April 2020

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!! Gain confidence with your root canals …

 

We are proud to present this endodontic training in collaboration with Dentsply Sirona!  

Our teaching is centered around making you

EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, and EXCELLENT

with root canal procedures.  14 CE credits!

 

 

Why I Prefer Warm Vertical Obturation Over Single Cone

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Reid wrote an article for Dentaltown about how he prefers warm vertical obturation over single cone, which reduces postoperative problems and makes Reid and his patients happy.

In the first installment of a two-part series, a Townie endodontist explains why he prefers warm vertical obturation over single-cone techniques.

Dr. Brett Gilbert: My Foe, My Friend

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Greetings Clinicians,
My esteemed colleague Dr. Brett Gilbert of Access Endo interviewed me for his Endo Files. Brett and I used to be opposed to each other–because before we met the endodontic royalty asked us to debate each other at a conference about key topics in endodontics.

We battled, then realized we like each other’s approach and that we share a lot personally and professionally. Now we want to be collaborators.

Interview topics include:
– Dental missions, giving back
– Mentoring is important, thank you Dr. Stephanie Sidow
– Reid was bad but made extraordinary commitment to be real good
– Don’t be bored unless it’s a surf board
– 4 Quarters of the Root Canal Game playbook
– Why Reid excites factory representatives
– Getting out of the comfort zone
– Staring at a canal
– Access, obturation, patency, lunch
– Puff Daddys
– Cutting the cord
– Brett sees freedom on the other side of fear
– Misdiagnosis and making diagnosis fun
– A magic wand
– The need for continuous endo study
– How to study endo

Enjoy the interview. Thank you Dr. Brett Gilbert!

Happy Endo My Friends,
Reid
ReidPullen@RootCanalAcademy.com

 

Removing Calcium Hydroxide

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Greetings Clinicians,
Our last post was a primer ‘Using Calcium Hydroxide,’ as part of our preview of the forthcoming publication of Learning Lessons. In this post, we present Case #5 ‘Removing Calcium Hydroxide.’ I get these questions about removing Ca(OH)2.

  • Why do I need to use Calcium Hydroxide? Why not just
    leave the canal dry?
  • What if some Ca(OH)2 is left on the canal walls and you obturate?
  • Can Ca(OH)2 block you out on the 2nd visit?

Here are answers and procedure tips in my Learning Lessons Case #5:

Learning Lessons Book 1, Case #5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is another sneak peak at a forthcoming series of Learning Lessons books to be available soon through RootCanalAcademy.com. See other lesson samples in this blog.

Happy endo my friends,

Reid
ReidPullen@RootCanalAcademy.com

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