CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 35, no. 3, 2009

Possibilities of Achieving an Efficient Endodontic Treatment

[Original paper]

O. DIACONU(1), M. BATAIOSU(1), I. MORARU(1), M. TUCULINA(1), L. GHEORGHITA(1), V. ANDREI(1)


(1)Odontotherapy-Endodontics Departament, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Farmacy of Craiova


Abstract:

Aims: The study aims to emphasize the possibility of realizing a superior and yet not expensive, very accessible mechanical root canal treatment using ProTaper Manual needles. Materials and methods: The study was realized on 56 extracted teeth, most of them multi-rooted and curved and some single-rooted. The access path was created using Kerr Ni-Ti flexible needles under permanent irrigation with 2% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), until ISO 15 or 20 dimensions were reached; effective preparation of root canals was realized by techniques of crown-down and compensated forces when using the ProTaper Manual system. Discussions and conclusions: Preparation of root canals should confer an appropriate form to them and facilitate adequate action of irrigation and disinfection solutions in order to deeply penetrate the root canal system and to determinate its efficient filling. The design of these needles allows ideal preparation of root canals with diverse anatomical configurations. The manual use of the ProTaper system provides more predictability, high tactile control, and guarantees the achievement of a more appropriate anatomical form than any other manual steel endodontic instrument.


Keywords: mechanical root canal treatment, Ni-Ti files, ProTaper manual system



Corresponding: Dr. Oana Diaconu , Odontotherapy-Endodontics Departament, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Farmacy of Craiova oanamihailescu76@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.35.03.10 - Download PDF
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