1. While doing endo, suppose you came upon an accessory canal. As of
current, there is no literature that suggests obturation ( or
otherwise ) of accessory canals. So what would you do? Would you
obturation it?

2. How likely is it to have perforated through the furcation but still
not see any blood?

3. In reference to the above question, on its radiograph, you see a
slight grayish radioluency in the shape of a vertical tube right in
the middle of the furcation. How likely is it that this is a
perforation?

4. To what extent do you obturate canals? 0.5 mm short of the apex?
0.5 mm past the apex?

5. Would you do an endo on a premolar with 3/4 horizontal bone loss?
( assuming a mobility of just grade 1 and there are no existing caries
or failing restoration on the tooth )

6. Suppose you get an emergency patient with an irreversible pulpitis
and having all the related acute symptoms. And you are to do a
pulpotomy; you can't do a full root canal treatment because the
patient can't afford it at the moment and isn't sure if he wants to
withstand the procedure.

a. Would you apply some CaOH inside the canals before temporarily
filling it?

b. Do you use Cavit or IRM as the temporarily filling material?

c. To what extent would you instrument the canals just for the
pulpotomy?

d. Do you usually recommend or prescribe to the patient pain meds
right after the pulpotomy? If so, which meds are they?

e. On average, how long does it take for your patients to feel
acceptably comfortable from the onset of the pulpotomy, with or
without meds? 24 hrs? 48 hrs? Never?

f. Even a few days after the pulpotomy, suppose the patient is still
suffering from throbbing pain, even with pain meds? Assuming that you
can't finish the root canal trmt, what would you do? Would you re-do
the pulpotomy?

g. More importantly, in regards to the above question, what would you
wish having done differently during the pulpotomy so that the patient
wouldn't be feeling the pain?

Sounds like a fishing trip to me.

Steve

On Sep 15, 10:41 pm, Steven Fawks <tuthjoc...@myturbonet.com> wrote:

> Sounds like a fishing trip to me.
>
> Steve

huh?

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:41:23 -0500, Steven Fawks
<> wrote:

>Sounds like a fishing trip to me.
>
>Steve

With bad bait to boot.

Write your own term paper.

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:36:23 -0700, dacconverter
<> wrote:

>
>

On Sep 16, 7:44 pm, New...@bix.nex wrote:

> Write your own term paper.
>

I just wanted to do some polling on how the dentists here approach
endo.

Sheesh !

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:06:15 -0700, dacconverter
<> wrote:

>On Sep 16, 7:44 pm, New...@bix.nex wrote:

>
>
>I just wanted to do some polling on how the dentists here approach
>endo.
>
>Sheesh !
>

OK fair enough.

How long have you been practicing ?
Answer that and I'll answer your endo quesitons.

I don't view referrals to specialists as "lost revenue".
Specialists are there for a purpose, use when your skills
aren't adequate for the best care for the patient.

We get a fair number of legal assistants coming here thinking they will get
free opinions to support a legal case. We don't mind passing out free
advice and information to people who need it, but if someone is going to
profit from the information, they should pay for it.

Your list of questions seemed to focus on a topic which would be asked by
the typical legal assistant hunting for free information. Sorry if it
mis-read your posting. We get kind of calloused after a while.

Are you a fresh graduate, or a seasoned one.??

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Amatus

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"dacconverter" <> wrote in message
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> On Sep 16, 7:44 pm, New...@bix.nex wrote:

>
>
> I just wanted to do some polling on how the dentists here approach
> endo.
>
> Sheesh !
>
>

>
>
> huh?
>

From what dental school did you graduate?

What is your favorite composite bonding system and why?

:-)
D

Especially the accessory canal and perforation questions.

JMO,
D

Amatus Cremona wrote:

> We get a fair number of legal assistants coming here thinking they will get
> free opinions to support a legal case. We don't mind passing out free
> advice and information to people who need it, but if someone is going to
> profit from the information, they should pay for it.
>
> Your list of questions seemed to focus on a topic which would be asked by
> the typical legal assistant hunting for free information. Sorry if it
> mis-read your posting. We get kind of calloused after a while.
>
> Are you a fresh graduate, or a seasoned one.??
>