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Successful Root Canals Must Start with …

April 4, 2018 by reid pullen Leave a Comment

… Successful negotiation to patency.

Listen here to my introduction to successful negotiation to patency:

https://rootcanalacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IntroNegotiationtoPatency.mp3

 

The entire audio lesson is in our Free Library. Sign up!   If you are already a Free Library member, listen to the full audio lesson here:  Free Library Audio Page with Successful Negotiation to Patency

Happy Endo My Friends,

Reid

P.S.   We’ll cover in detail negotiation to patency and many other important topics in our April 13-14 Root Camp, Boot Camp. Sign up now!

 

Filed Under: Endodontic Education, Quarter 2 Tagged With: E3 Endodontics, Endodontics, Learning Root Canal Procedures, Negotiation to Patency, Root Canal Academy

Endodontic Education: Root Camp Boot Camp

January 19, 2018 by reid pullen Leave a Comment

Dear Clinicians,

I would like to introduce our 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camp where our goal is to make you better.  The 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camp has been going strong for 4 years and is proven to help you become an effective, efficient and excellent root canal clinician.  This course is designed for the general dentist and includes lecture, discussion, plenty of hands-on and a live patient molar demonstration performed on the Tru Vision Television monitor for easy viewing.  This is a fun informative course designed to get you back in the root canal game and achieving predictable results.  This Friday/Saturday January 26-27, 2018 course in Brea, CA includes all meals and a dinner at the amazing Brea Yardhouse.  To reserve your spot for this exclusive course please sign up quickly as this course is limited to twelve participants, and is first-come, first-serve. Contact the office of Reid Pullen at (949) 529-9029, or contact Dentsply Sirona Endodontics at (800) 662-1202, or visit the education section of www.Dentsply.com.  We look forward to seeing you and making you the best root canal clinician possible.

Sincerely,

Reid V. Pullen, D.D.S.

Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics

Founder of Rootcanalacademy.com

 

Filed Under: Quarter 1, Quarter 2, Quarter 3, Root Canal Playbook, Uncategorized Tagged With: Access, Case Selection, Dentsply, Diagnosis, E3 Endodontics, Learning Root Canal Procedures, NiTi Shaping, Obturation, Reid Pullen

3 Cases in a Row: ProGlider/WaveOne Gold Primary

May 23, 2016 by reid pullen Leave a Comment

It’s another Monday morning in the Endo world and I just finished 3 pretty cool cases in a row with very little effort (at least it felt like that).  I also had another endodontist in my office observing PIPS irrigation so the stress level was higher than normal. But when I start getting stressed I know I can rely on the basic Rootcanalacademy.com principles of Open Orifice, careful Negotiation to Patency, Accurate Working Length, and an Open Glide Path to help lead the way.

On all three of these molar cases (#3, #15 and #31) I used the Proglider (Dentsply Tulsa) glide path file to obtain a very fast and safe Open Glide Path and then the WaveOne Gold Primary (Dentsply Tulsa) reciprocation NiTi file to quickly and safely shape all the canals including #3 and #15 with MB2’s.  I then used Photon Induced Photo Acoustic Streaming to chemically debride the root canal system. The new WaveOne Gold gutta percha cones fit the cut shape like a glove.  I used BioRoot Root Canal Sealer to effectively seal the 4 canal molar systems and walked away feeling pretty good.

I felt very little stress treating these molars (this is not always true) and walked out of the room whistling feeling joyful and energetic.  I love it when I can perform high quality endo and still have lots of energy left for the day. I was even able to go to my 11am JiuJitsu class.

Six Xray

 

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Filed Under: NiTi Shaping, Open Glide Path, Quarter 2, Quarter 3 Tagged With: NiTi Shaping, Open Glide Path, Quarter 2, Quarter 3

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