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Endodontics is the branch of dentistry concerning dental pulp and tissues surrounding the roots of a tooth. “Endo” is the Greek word for “inside” and “odont” is Greek for “tooth.” Endodontic treatment, or root canal treatment, treats the soft pulp tissue inside the tooth.
Endodontics is the branch of dentistry concerning dental pulp and tissues surrounding the roots of a tooth. “Endo” is the Greek word for “inside” and “odont” is Greek for “tooth.” Endodontic treatment, or root canal treatment, treats the soft pulp tissue inside the tooth.
Endodontics is the branch of dentistry concerning dental pulp and tissues surrounding the roots of a tooth. “Endo” is the Greek word for “inside” and “odont” is Greek for “tooth.” Endodontic treatment, or root canal treatment, treats the soft pulp tissue inside the tooth.
The general objectives of canal preparation defined as follows: "Root canal systems must be cleaned and shaped:
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cleaned of their organic remnants and shaped to receive a three dimensional hermetic filling of the entire root canal space."
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CLEANING
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Debridement
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By definition, debridement is the removal of existing or potential irritants from the root canal system.
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These irritants consist of the following, either singly or in combination: bacteria, bacterial byproducts,
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necrotic tissue, organic debris, vital tissue, salivary byproducts, hemorrhage, and other contaminants.
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Technique
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The principle of debridement is simple Ideally, instruments contact and plane all walls to loosen debris.
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The chemical action of irrigants further dissolves organic remnants and destroys microorganisms.
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Irrigants then flush the loosened and suspended debris from the canal space. This rids the canal space of irritants.
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Criteria
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Unfortunately, there are no totally reliable, easily definable criteria for determining the end point of debridement.
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One suggestion has been to obtain clean shavings.
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One suggestion has been to obtain clean shavings. However, shavings are difficult to see on files at all, whether clean or
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When this criterion has been used in studies evaluating canal debridement, there is little relationship between clean shavings and the quality of debridement.
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Attainment of clean irrigating solution is another criterion. However, this is also inaccurate and serves only as a crude indictor.
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Achievement of glassy smooth walls is the preferred result. Smoothness is evaluated by firmly pushing the side of the tip of a small instrument along each wall on the outstroke.
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The walls should become and feel smooth in all dimensions.
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Although the best indicator to date, this criterion is not totally accurate either. Other and better determinants are yet to be identified.
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SHAPING
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To develop a continuously shaped conical form from apical to coronal. The apical preparation should be as small as is practical and in its original position spatially.
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In addition, removal of a uniform layer of den tin in all dimensions and all regions of the canal is also desirable.
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Is such uniform removal of dentin from all canal walls achievable?
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The answer is "seldom" for either straight or slightly curved canals and "almost never" for more curved canals.
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The nature of canal dimensions, shape, and curves as well as the physical properties of shaping instruments prevents the possibility of a uniform, tapered, flowing preparation.
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Essentially all canals are curved, and most instruments are relatively inflexible. It has been suggested that instruments be precurved to fit the canal.
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However, the files will cut to the outside of the curvature ("transportation") regardless of whether files are precurved and whether the files are stainless steel or nickel-titanium.
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In curved canals, files do most of their work by stripping away layers of raw dentin from one or two walls in certain areas ; they may not touch or may enlarge many other regions of the canal.
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Recognizing these deficiencies, the dentist attempts to minimize this action by using certain techniques of preparation.
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Enlargement
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The eternal question is, how much should the canal be enlarged?
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The answer is simple ( although implementation is difficult): enough to permit adequate debridement as well as manipulation and control of obturating materials and instruments,
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But not so much that the chances of making procedural errors and needlessly weakening the root are increased.
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Taper
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Generally, taper should be sufficient to permit deep penetration of spreaders or pluggers when obturating with gutta- percha.
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Excessive taper may result in unnecessary removal of dentin and weakening of the root.
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Criteria
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Adequate shaping basically reflects adequacy of preparation for obturation.
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That is, whether the technique is lateral or vertical condensation , the canal must Be flared and enlarged to permit control and to achieve adequate depth for spreader or plugger insertion during obturation.
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When taper is sufficient to permit spreader penetration deep into the canal (0 to 1 mm from the apical stop ) with some space adjacent for gutta - percha, the flare is adequate
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MASTER APICAL FILE DETERMINATION
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The master apical file (MAF) is by definition the largest file that binds slightly at the corrected working length.
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The MAF is determined by passively placing successively larger files at the correct working length until a size is reached that slightly binds at the tip.
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This determination is made after straight- line access .
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Straight-line access allows files to be introduced without binding through the chamber and into the canal until the first canal curve is reached,
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thus eliminating interference cervical to the apical constriction.
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After MAF determination, the next procedure is step-back cleaning and shaping.
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APICAL PREPARATION
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An additional objective is adequate preparation of the apical region.
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Length is important, but even more critical is the creation of an apical "matrix" or constriction.
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The apical matrix has two purposes: (1) to help confine instruments, materials, and chemicals to the canal space; and (2) to create (or retain) a barrier against which gutta-percha can be condensed.
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Depending on apical foramen configuration and canal shape and size, an apical stop, apical seat, or open apex will be created .
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Apical stop Apical seat Open apex
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Whichever of these three occurs, the result will influence the choice of the obturation technique and possibly affect the ultimate prognosis.
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The apical patency concept has been proposed as another means of managing the apex.
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The technique is to perform apical "trephination," i.e., to pass small files through the apical foramen (without widening it ) at times during canal preparation.
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The idea is that this will prevent hard or soft tissue blockage of the foramen, thereby improving debridement and reducing irritants.
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Variations
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Apical Stop
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A barrier at the preparation end is an apical stop.
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Apical Seat
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Lack of a complete barrier but the presence of a constriction represents an apical seat.
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Open Apex
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The apical preparation resembles an open cylinder (neither barrier nor constriction).
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Open apex is undesirable and will probably not confine materials to the canal space.
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In addition, there is no semblance of a matrix against which to condense gutta-percha; often, no apical seal will be created.
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Criteria
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An instrument one or two sizes smaller than that used for apical preparation (i.e., the MAF) is the instrument used for evaluation.
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If this smaller instrument is placed to length, tapped around, and hits a dead end in all areas, this is an apical stop.
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If the file meets some resistance but can be passed through the constriction, this is an apical seat.
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If the instrument passes unimpeded through the apical preparation, neither seat nor stop is present; this represents an open apex.
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Techniques of Pulp Extirpation and Cleaning and Shaping
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Preparation includes removal of vital pulp (extirpation) as well as cleaning and shaping.
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Cleaning and shaping methods have historically varied according to the situation and the obturating material selected.
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However, at present, two basic approaches are used: the standardized taper and the flaring (step-back or crown- down) taper.
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PULP EXTIRPATION
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Bulk Removal
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Pulpotomy is removal of the coronal vital pulp.
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Complete removal of necrotic and vital radicular pulp is referred to as debridement (cleaning and shaping).
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The description “ access with no vital pulp" or "debridement with no vital pulp" should be used instead of "pulpotomy" or "pulpectomy " to describe situations in which the pulp is necrotic.
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The preferred time for pulp extirpation is during access.
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Technique
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A barbed broach should fit the canal dimensions approximately (according to radiographic size) but does not bind.
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Caution must be used with broaches because they are somewhat fragile instruments and are difficult to remove when separated.
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The broach is measured at estimated length and teased into the canal short of working length.
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The handle is rotated a few times and then withdrawn.
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The broach is not reused if it is bent or has bound in the canal—a new instrument is selected.
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A technique used in larger canals is the "broach wrap." Two smaller broaches are inserted, and then the handles are wrapped several times around each other; this often engages and dislodges the pulp.
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STANDARDIZED PREPARATION
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This is the classic technique initially described as the preferred method of cleaning and shaping.
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Objective
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The desired end result is the creation of a preparation that has the same size, shape, and taper as a standardized instrument.
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The technique was an outgrowth of size standardization, which was introduced in the 1950s as a guide for endodontic instrument manufacturers.
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In fact, creating a true standardized tapered preparation is difficult in ideal situations and impossible in curved canals.
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Standardized preparation is indicated for silver cone obturation but may also be used for gutta-percha.
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Preparation with large instruments around curves transports the preparation, which tends to create irregularities (ledges and zips) and subsequent problems.
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Method
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FLARING PREPARATION
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This is a tapered preparation, using a step-back or crown-down technique or a combination of the two.
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A series of research reports indicated its superiority over the standardized preparation techniques.
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In addition, the step-back technique creates a smoother flow and a more tapered preparation from apical to coronal direction.
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The crown-down (also known as step-down) technique is also relatively new and also creates a tapered preparation.
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Objective
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The objective is to keep the apical preparation as small as practical (but well debrided ) with an increasing taper throughout the canal.
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Also, the final apical preparation should be at or close to the original canal position.
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It is desirable to remove a layer of dentin from all canal walls from apical to coronal.
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Method
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The basic method of canal preparation for any flaring technique is as follows:
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1. Negotiate the canal space with small files to length.
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2. Remove coronal dentin ( enlarge the coronal canal) to facilitate placement of larger files in the middle and apical regions.
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This is performed with Gates-Glidden burs, orifice openers, or hand files.
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3. Determine the size of the file that corre- sponds with the size of the most apical canal space. This is the "master apical file."
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4. Enlarge the apical and middle canal spaces with a flaring preparation (step - back or crown-down) to clean and shape.
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Note that apical preparation has two phases, initial and final.
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The initial phase is small to minimize transportation.
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In the final phase the apical preparation is increased three to four sizes larger during apical clearing; this will improve debridement and obturation.
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Apical Preparation
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This is the next step after straight-line access is made and the MAF size is determined.
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Care is required to not overprepare the apical region, particularly in the curved canal!
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As the curvature becomes greater , a smaller apical preparation is needed.
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If the canal is small and the curvature is more than slight, the MAF is usually no larger than a No. 20 file.
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A straight or slightly curved canal allows more latitude for a larger MAF.
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If the apical portion of the curved canal is anatomically larger than a No. 25 file, to minimize transportation, no attempt should be made to enlarge this region further than the size of the file that shows slight binding.
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Taper
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After apical preparation, tapering of the remaining canal is created by shortening the working length of each successively larger instrument by 0.5 mm and by performing peripheral filing. This creates the step-back.
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After each step - back file is used, recapitulation is performed by returning to length with the MAF (or smaller file) .
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The instrument is rotated carefully to loosen debris but not enlarge the apical canal.
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At least 2 ml of irrigant is used between each file size after recapitulation .
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Size of Preparation
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Step-back instrumentation up to at least a size 70 file is usually necessary.
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This should give adequate debridement of most of the canal as well as sufficient taper to permit deep spreader (or plugger) penetration.
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A larger step-back is indicated in larger canals.
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Final Apical Enlargement
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This will improve debridement of the apical portion of the canal. See the upcoming section on "Apical Clearing."
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Crown-Down
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The "crown-down pressureless" techniqueand the step-down technique are modifications of the step-back technique.
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Advocates propose that the canals will be somewhat debrided before the instruments are placed in the apical region, thereby decreasing the chance of debris extrusion.
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The crown-down is often suggested as a basic approach using nickel-titanium rotary instruments.
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PASSIVE STEP-BACK
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The passive step-back technique uses a combination of hand instruments (files) and rotary instruments (Gates - Glidden drills and Peeso reamers ) to achieve adequate coronal flare before apical root canal preparation.
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The passive step-back technique provides an unforceful and gradual enlargement of canals in an apical-coronal direction.
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In addition, it is applicable in every canal type, is easy to master, reduces procedural accidents , and is convenient for both operator and patient.
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Instruments
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No. 10 to 40 K-type files, No. 2 and 3 Gates- Glidden drills, and Peeso engine reamers as well as highspeed round and diamond burs will suffice for most situations.
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Clinical Techniques and Rationale
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Step One: Access Preparation.
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With the use of an appropriate sized bur in a high- speed handpiece, the pulp chamber is penetrated and unroofed .
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After the canal orifice is located , the access cavity wall(s) are flared adjacent to the orifice with a thin, tapered diamond bur.
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With use of the diagnostic film, a No. 15 file is placed in the canal at the estimated working length of the root canal either as determined radiographically or with an electronic apex locator.
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Step Two: Passive Step-Back Hand Instrumentation.
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After depositing sodium hypochlorite in the pulp chamber, a No. 10 or 15 K-type file is placed to the radiographic apex with a very light one eighth to one quarter turn and push- pull strokes to establish apical canal patency with little or no resistance.
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With the same motion, No. 20,25,30,35, and40 K-type files are carried into the canal as far as they can be inserted passively to remove small amounts of dentin.
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After passage of these files, the canal is irrigated with sodium hypochlorite solution.
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Step Three: Passive Use of Gates- Glidden Drills.
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A No. 2 Gates-Glidden drill is inserted into the mildly flared canal to a point where it binds slightly.
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It is then pulled back about 1 to 1.5 mm and the slow-speed handpiece is activated.
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With an up-and-down motion and slight pressure, the desired canal wall(s) is planed and flared.
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A similar technique is used to plane and flare the coronal region with No. 3 Gates - Glidden drill. A No. 4 Gates-Glidden drill is used in large canals.
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A No. 4 Gates-Glidden drill is used in large canals.
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The root canals should be irrigated with sodium hypochlorite solution between the engine-driven instrument.
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Step Four: Passive Use of Peeso Reamers.
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A No. 2 Peeso reamer is placed into the canal to a point where it binds slightly.
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It is then pulled back about 1 to 1.5 mm and the slow-speed handpiece is activated.
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With a gentle up-and-down motion, the coronal portion of the canal is shaped and flared further.
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With the use of a similar technique, the coronal 2 to 3 mm can be flared with a No. 3 Peeso reamer.
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Step Five: Confirmation of Working Length.
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Because flaring and removal of curvatures reduce the working length, it is essential to confirm the corrected working length before apical preparation.
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After placing a No. 15 (patency file) or No. 20 file in the canal, the working length should be confirmed either with a radiograph or an electronic apex locator.
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Step Six: Apical Preparation.
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After the canal is flared and the corrected working length is determined, a No. 20 file should penetrate to the working length without any resistance.
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The canal is then prepared with sequential use of progressively larger instruments placed successively short of the working length.
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Narrow or curved root canals should not be enlarged beyond the size of No. 25 or 30 files.
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There are basically three criteria for evaluation of canal preparation.
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1-Debridement.
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After preparation, the MAF tip is pressed firmly against each wall on the outstroke. All walls should feel smooth.
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2-Taper.
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The selected spreader passes easily to or within 1 mm of the working length with space alongside for the master gutta-percha cone.
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3-Apical Preparation.
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A seat or a stop or neither (open apex) is identified by using a file smaller than the MAF at the working length.
Performed in a prepared canal with an apical stop, apical clearing enlarges the apical region at the corrected working length .
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There are two steps: final apical enlargement and dry reaming.
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Apical clearing is indicated only if there is an apical stop.
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Further apical enlargement in the presence of an apical seat or open apex configuration increases the chance of an overfill
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by removing dentin chips that are forming a partial plug or seal, or it may actually open the apex further.
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Final Apical Enlargement.
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This step is performed after canal preparation is complete and has met the criteria of adequate cleaning and shaping.
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Instead of final recapitulation, instruments three to four sizes larger than the MAF are carefully spun (reamed) in a clockwise manner at the working length in the wet canal.
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Therefore, the final apical size in a smaller canal would be No. 35 or 40.
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Final irrigation with 2 to 3 ml of irrigant per canal is followed by drying with paper points.
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Final apical enlargement is not done in canals greater than a size 40.
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If MAF size is already greater than 40 and there is an apical stop, dry reaming is done with the MAF only.
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Dry Reaming.
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Dry reaming is done after final apical enlargement and irrigation and drying with paper points.
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The last size file used for final apical enlargement (or the MAF if larger than a size 40) is then spun carefully in a clockwise manner to length. This is the final apical file.
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Chemical Adjuncts
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Important adjuncts are irrigants and agents that aid in debridement and that may alter dentin to facilitate enlargement.
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Other adjuncts are lubricants, which facilitate the negotiation of small canals, and desiccants, which aid in drying before obturation.
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IRRIGATION
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With filing, the other important process in canal debridement is irrigation.
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In theory, files loosen and disrupt materials within canals and remove dentin from the walls as shavings; the whole sludge is then flushed out with an irrigant.
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Irrigants
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Many types of solutions have been used, such as distilled water, concentrated acids, and antimicrobials.
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Properties of Ideal Irrigant
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1-Tissue or Debris Solvent.
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2-Toxicity: The irrigant should be noninjurious to periradicular tissues.
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3-Low Surface Tension. This property promotes flow into tubules and into inaccessible areas.
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4-Lubricant. Lubrication helps instruments to slide down the canal .
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5-Sterilization (or at Least Disinfection).
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6-Removal of Smear Layer. The smear layer is a layer of microcrystalline and organic particle debris spread on the walls after canal preparation.
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7-Other Factors. Other factors relate to irrigant utility and include availability, moderate cost , user friendliness , convenience, adequate shelf life, and ease of storage.
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An additional important requirement is that the chemical not be easily neutralized in the canal to retain effectiveness.
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Solutions
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Sodium hypochlorite , in various concentrations, is the most popular and most advocated irrigant.
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This inexpensive, readily available, easily used chemical usually rates the best in research.
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Chelators (calcium removers), such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) or citric acid, remove the smear layer.
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The combination of chelators alternating with sodium hypochlorite has potential as the ultimate clinical debriding agent to soften dentin and to reduce the smear layer and organic debris
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Recommendation. A suggested concentration of sodium hypochlorite is common household bleach (5.25%) diluted with equal parts of water for a 2.6% solution.
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This is just as effective as full strength and is safer and more pleasant for both patient and dentist.
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Technique
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Needles.
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A 27- or 28-gauge needle is preferred.
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These needles have the potential to pass farther into the canal for better delivery and flushing.
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Smaller needles tend to clog; this tendency is minimized by aspirating air into the needle after each irrigation.
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Safety. To avoid forcing irrigant or debris out of the apex, the needle tip must not bind in the canal.
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The importance of nickel- titanium (NiTi) instruments has recently become significant.
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This metal, when cut to the shape of a file, has desirable physical properties.
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These relate to the flexibility of the instrument without memory ( the instrument can be bent significantly, but returns to its original shape).
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NiTi may be used in a rotary, slow speed (150 to 300 rpm) handpiece.
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HAND
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NiTi hand files have advantages and disadvantages compared with more commonly used stainless steel files.
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The major advantages are flexibility and superelastic behavior (memory) upon deformation.
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These are useful when a small, curved canal is prepared; there is evidence of less transportation.
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Other claimed advantages include strength, anticorrosive properties, and no weakening after sterilization.
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Disadvantages include cost (much more expensive), inability to precurve, lack of some stiffness (stiffness is desirable when trying to locate or negotiate a small canal), and a tendency for breakage if overused.
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NiTi hand instruments seem to be less efficient in removing dentin compared with stainless steel files because of their cross-sectional and flute designs.
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NiTi hand files are used in a manner similar to that used for stainless steel files.
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ENGINE-DRIVEN ROTARY Systems
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Many designs of NiTi instruments are available. Most resemble a basic file, with flutes along the length and a latching or attaching system to affix the file to a handpiece.
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Some are available in different tapers and with noncutting tips .
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Another unique design (Lightspeed) resembles a Gates-Glidden drill, with a small shaft and a short, flame-shaped cutting head; this instrument also has a latch to attach to a rotary handpiece .
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Both types can be used with either conventional or special low-torque, controlled speed motor systems, including battery-operated handpieces.
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Techniques
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After negotiating the canals and determining the corrected working length, NiTi rotary instruments are used to flare either with the step-back or the crown-down methods.
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Straight-line access to the canal space is established (usually with Gates-Glidden drills or with special orifice shapers).
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A small hand file (No. 10 stainless steel) is used to explore the canal to the corrected length.
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Hand instrumentation (reaming) is performed at the corrected length through two or three sizes with either stainless steel or NiTi files.
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This is followed by rotary instrumentation.
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Very light pressure is used along with lubrication (irrigant) to place the NiTi rotary instrument into the canal until resistance is felt.
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The instrument is then immediately withdrawn in a smooth motion from the canal space,
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although recommendations of advancement of the instrument apically in an up-and-down "pecking" motion have also been made.
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Slow speed is preferred to minimize instrument distortion.
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Light pressure (force is never used!) is applied; the instrument is withdrawn when resistance is felt to prevent breakage.
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After each withdrawal, the flutes are cleaned with wet gauze or an alcohol sponge, and the file is examined for distortions and/or deformations
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This process is repeated by using a sequence of larger instruments to the desired length, with recapitulation and irrigation between each instrument size.
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Intracanal Medicaments
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Intracanal medicaments have traditionally been integral to root canal treatment and have been considered important to success .
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273 Prof. Dr. Safouh Al-Bunni There is no demonstrated usefulness for the traditional phenolic or fixative agents such as camphorated monochlorophenol (CMCP), formocresol, and Cresatin.
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In contrast , calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) usage is increasing because of its demonstrated antimicrobial properties, coupled with some initial evidence of its aiding in reducing periapical inflammation.
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APPLICATIONS
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Antibacterial Action
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The most popular antimicrobials are calcium hydroxide, CMCP, and formocresol.
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Pain Relief
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Reducing or preventing inflammation presumably decreases its byproduct, pain.
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Clinical studies on phenolics, formocresol, and calcium hydroxide show that routine use as intracanal medicaments has no effect on prevention or control of pain.
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However, steroids have been demonstrated to decrease post-treatment pain somewhat, but with mixed results.
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However, steroids do not reduce the incidence of flare-ups (severe pain).
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Rendered Inert
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Chemicals used for this purpose are fixatives, or aldehyde derivatives.
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They fix fresh tissues for histologic study; however, aldehydes do not effectively fix necrotic or decomposed tissues.
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Fixed tissues are not inert. In fact, when both necrotic and vital tissues are fixed with aldehydes, they become more toxic and antigenic.
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CALCIUM HYDROXIDE
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Properties
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Calcium hydroxide may be used as a canal dressing between appointments, particularly when pulp necrosis has been diagnosed.
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Calcium hydroxide also has some tissue- altering effects, but it does not aid in debridement when placed in the canal space.
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Placement
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Calcium hydroxide should ideally be placed deep and densely in the canal space so that its biological effect can be exerted in close proximity to the appropriate tissues.
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Techniques that deliver dry calcium hydroxide powder alone are difficult or impossible in smaller, more curved canals.
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In most cases, the calcium hydroxide must be mixed with a liquid such as anesthetic solution water, glycerin , other intracanal medicaments, or methyl cellulose to facilitate placement.
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To use, calcium hydroxide is mixed with glycerin (water is less effective in terms of density to length) to a thick paste and placed in the canal with either a plugger or spun into a lentulo spiral using a counter- clockwise motion.
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The lentulo spiral (use with caution!) is most effective device for carrying calcium hydroxide paste to length in small, curved canals.
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The powder alone may be placed with a Messing gun or pluggers in large, straight canals.