Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to G B Carr.
Root end preparation techniques have historically been approached from the perspective of the restorative dentist. This article discusses how Black's principles for cavity design and preparation have been modified to reflect the advances in bonding chemistry.
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The introduction of microscopes in clinical and surgical endodontics is fairly recent. Potential applications, including removal of fractured instruments, localizing calcified canals, soft tissue management and root-end procedures, are reviewed.
A mandibular molar requiring root canal therapy was found with five canals, a mesial root, and two distal roots. The distobuccal root had two separate canals, and the distolingual root had but one. The bizarre aspects of this case are somewhat lessened because of the presence of the second distal root. Practitioners should not become excessively alarmed by the increasing reports of bizarre pulpal anatomy. However, knowledge of their existence may occasionally enable them to treat a case successfully that otherwise might have ended in failure.