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Rubber Dam! It's the ENDO Summer Semester!

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Rubber Dam!
It's the ENDO
Summer Semester!

Rubber DAms

improves the overall quality of dental treatment
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Three Reasons it is essential

  • Isolation of tooth/teeth for clinician
  • Protects patient from swelling and inhaling debris
  • Protects tissue from irritation from etch and acids

Contraindications

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things you will need

Procedure

  • Choose Material
  • Preparation
  • Place the Dam
  • Evaluate
  • Removal and evaluation of removal

TIPS

Precautions

  • Clamp can spring off tooth if unstable
  • Wear eye protection
  • Use floss for easy retrieval

Endodontic Obturation

  • Purpose?
purpose of obturation: to prevent the reinfection of root canal and to provide a tight seal to prevent micro leakage. Helps maintain healthy periapical conditions.

the substitution of an inert filling in the space previously occupied by the pulp tissues to prevent recurrent infection by way of circulation or through a break in the integrity of the crown of the tooth.

Instruments

  • Lentulo Spiral Filler/ Rotary paste filler
  • Finger Spreader
  • Endodontic Plugger
  • Gutta Percha Points

Obturating Materials

  • Solids (silver cones)
  • Semi-solids (gutta percha)
  • Paste (sealers)

techniques

  • cold lateral condensation
  • single cone
  • Injection molded gutta percha
  • lateral compaction

The coronal seal