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TIP #42: Instruments & Materials in Endodontics with Dr Pat Caldwell

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021Leave a Comment

How comfortable are you with Endo? Our ability to successfully and comfortably complete endodontics really evolves around our understand of our equipment and the techniques for using these instruments.

There are hundreds of files on the market. All with their own marketing of why they’re best. Dr Pat Caldwell comes on the WIWIK podcast to share a masterclass on these materials, their indications and use to help you complete your endodontics comfortably and predictably.

Dr Pat Caldwell also runs the Endospot Skills School, an online endodontics education company aimed at helping you treat more of your endodontics in house with less stress.

Join us as Pat walks us through a common situation when he is referred a calcified canal.

TIP#34: Importance of the Endo-Restorative Interface with Dr Pat Caldwell

February 11, 2021April 10, 2021Leave a Comment

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Why bother completing a beautiful Endodontic therapy only to have the tooth fracture and fail weeks later?

How an endodontically treated tooth is restored is critical to its long term success and that starts from the first temporary.

Dr Pat Caldwell shares his views and advice on perhaps the most critical decisions made in endodontics.

TIP#31: Why Restoration Removal is Crucial in Endodontics with Dr Pat Caldwell

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020Leave a Comment

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We’ve all had situations where we simply didn’t have the time to remove the entire restoration or we simply assumed the filling and thus tooth underneath was sound for endodontics. But is this really the best way to proceed?

We learn Dr Pat Caldwell’s experience in with this and how it really is a crucial step to your endodontic workflow. Pat goes through his workflow and really lays out the best way to start your endodontics out the right way.

TIP#23: CBCT in Endodontics with Dr Omar Ikram

October 14, 2020October 12, 2020Leave a Comment

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TIP#23: CBCT in Endodontics with Dr Omar Ikram @specialistendocrowsnest

Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is being used more and more in general dentistry, that 3D perspective is taking some of the guess work out of diagnosis. However, how many times have you been in that situation where you are looking for that MB2, or you’re not getting to where you think length should be, if only there was a way that we could see more of what is going on within the tooth? Well, what about using CBCT midway through our treatment? Dr Omar Ikram, opened my eyes to the appropriate uses of CBCT in Endodontics, for diagnosis of tricky cases, but also to give us that extra bit of information we need advance when we get stuck mid treatment

TIP#22: Tips for Endodontic Access with Dr Matthew Youssef – What I Wish I Knew

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020Leave a Comment

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We can’t do good endodontics without having a good access, and we can’t have a good access without being able to see where we are going.

Dr Matthew Youssef from ARIA Dental Education is better known for his skills with implants however he is also an exceptional general dentist and today on the podcast he shares some tips on how to better visualise and systemise our endodontic access cavities to ensure we are doing low stress, thorough and efficient endodontics

TIP#17: Endodontic Treatment Planning with Dr Omar Ikram – What I Wish I Knew

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020Leave a Comment

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Imagine the beautiful new deck you just added to your house. Freshly oiled, beautiful view, the perfect place to relax. Yet at the same time your bedroom and bathroom are falling in.

Starting RCT or sending a patient to an Endodontist without properly assessing their mouth and treatment planning both the micro factors of this tooth and the macro factors of their mouth is the equivalent mistake.

Today Dr Ikram shares his thoughts on this absolutely critical step in all aspects of dentistry.

I know I learnt a lot in my chat with Omar, and really hope you do too. Let us know what you think about the new podcast!

TIP#8: Managing Endodontic Instrument Fracture with Dr Omar Ikram – What I Wish I Knew

June 24, 2020June 23, 2020Leave a Comment

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TIP#2: Finding Calcified Canals with Dr Omar Ikram – What I Wish I Knew

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020Leave a Comment

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You’re emergency slot fills with a patient in pain. You find a tooth with irreversible pulpitis and need to extipate to get the patient out of pain. Yet on the PA, the canal is almost unrecognisable!

This episode Dr Omar Ikram leads us on a discussion about finding these elusive canals and shares a few tips and techniques that will help you locate, navgvate and extirpate!

How To Keep Access when Temporising an Endo Tooth

June 1, 2019June 4, 2019Leave a Comment

Caries into the pulp. Clearly, endo is indicated, but how do you build up you temporary prior to extirpation and canal preparation?

One method is to pop a little cavit in the chamber then restore as normal and reaccess through the restoration. This works fine when you feel confident you can easily reproduce the access cavity with little risk of deviation.

To be honest, endo access for calcified or thin teeth makes my cortisol spike. So when there is clear caries to the pulp chamber and I’ve got access, I prefer not to completely close it, only to need to reaccess again.

To keep patency, try placing a large paper point in the Canal. Then your free to get a well sealed temporary in, easily maintaining your conservative access. Once the temp is done, ensure your isolation is still ideal and get on with the endo without wasting time finding that access again!