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Using Calcium Hydroxide

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Greetings Clinicians,

Though it appears to be a simple, calcium hydroxide application can be tricky.  In my Learning Lessons Case #4, I provide perspective on some of your common CA(OH)2 questions:

  • What type of calcium hydroxide should I use? Why?
  • How should I best apply calcium hydroxide?
  • What do I say to a patient?
  • What should I avoid?

Click on the image below for a seven-page lesson on using calcium hydroxide.

Learning Lesson Case #4
Learning Lesson Case #4

 

 

 

 

 

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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Reid Pullen’s 30 Second Exam

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Clinicians,
Pop quiz: What physical indicators do you use to help efficiently diagnose a patient?

At RootCanalAcademy.com we have seven tests that we conduct in a 30 second exam:
1. Visual
2. Percussion
3. Mobility
4. Probing
5. Palpation
6. Bite stick
7. Cold

Explaining each test while in progress, and the patient’s own corresponding sensation, will help them understand the need for treatment and is a good precursor to your diagnostic explanation. Conducting your test efficiently and authoritatively instills confidence.

Best,
Reid

Difficult Patient Circumstances?

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Everyday, all day, we deal with patients. Some are easy, some are grumpy and some just are downright difficult. In our patient communication series we continue discussing how to effectively talk to the patient.

In these videos I discuss:

What do you say to a patient who has an apical lesion but doesn’t have any pain and does not want treatment? Try this little trick and see what happens.

 

What do you say to a patient regarding the success rate of endodontic treatment? Clear communication can alleviate later problems if the endodontic treatment fails.

 

Successful Root Canals Must Start with …

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… Successful negotiation to patency.

Listen here to my introduction to successful negotiation to patency:

 

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!

 

Learn Excellence in Root Canal Technique

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Benefits of Root Canal Academy’s Two-Day Root Camp Boot Camp Course

I have seen numerous dentists roll through my 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camp courses these last 3 years and I have received a ton of feedback on whether these courses really help the general practitioner to practice E3 Endodontics. E3 Endodontics means being Effective in technique, Efficient in its application, and thus achieving an Excellent result. E3 Endodontics is where it’s at. If you are not confident and effective during the root canal process than the efficiency is reduced. If the efficiency is reduced than it is more challenging to produce an excellent obturation and final post-op radiograph.

 

LIVE or ONLINE: 4 Qtrs of the Root Canal Game

My goal in teaching the 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camps (Standard RCT and Simple ReTx boot camps) is to help the general dentist “Be Better Today and Tomorrow” while performing root canals and simple Re-Tx’s in their practice. How do I achieve this grand goal?

#1 The 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camps will give you a root canal plan or prescription that works for every case. I call it the Root Canal Playbook. You will learn to follow the 4 Quarters of the Root Canal Game for each and every case.

#2 The 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camps will give you the confidence that you are performing better technique and using it in the correct application.

#3 The 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camps will increase your efficiency and reduce your total root canal treatment time. The live patient demonstration along with lecture, discussion and hands-on shows you how this can be done.

#4 The 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camp will help you boost your office endo production. You will learn to tackle simple to medium cases and complete them in 1/2 time you were before. Material overhead for each endo case averages $50-75 while your molar production can be anywhere from $700-1200 or higher. Not a bad overhead to production ratio!

#5 Lastly, The 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camp will make you better in endodontics forever as long as you consistently apply the 4 Quarters of the Root Canal Game principles.

 

Satisfied Customer

My friend found this online and sent me this unsolicited testimonial:

“Joseph, I recently attended a Dentsply endo weekend Boot Camp, given by Dr. Reid Pullen in Brea, CA. I think it’s the best course (besides cerecdocs, of course) I’ve ever taken. I wanted to feel more confident doing molar endos, finding and obturating MB2, getting around curves, etc. Pullen is an absolute master and excellent teacher. We spent 2 days in his office. Small group of 6. Now I went to feeling indifferent about endo to loving it. Attached is a recently done upper second molar.”    –Dr. E. Prouty

 

Dr. E. Prouty Tooth #15

EProuty Tooth 15

 

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See Reid Pullen’s teaching schedule on the Root Canal Academy ‘Learn’ page.

 

 

Keywords: 2 Day Root Camp Boot Camp, E3 Endodontics, Root Canal Playbook, 4 Quarters of the Root Canal Game, Learning Endodontics, Learning Root Canal Procedures

 

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