My Mistake
Routine dental exams can detect decay early. Early detection will allow saving a tooth with a minimal amount of dental treatment, less time spent at the dental office and saving a lot of money. So, neglect on my part by … Continue reading
Tag Archives: endodontic
To Extract or Restore… This is the Question
Treatment planning is based on multiple factors; expense, time and technical considerations. Here is an asymptomatic upper left second molar with no opposing dentition. The tooth has lost a lingual amalgam and has extensive mesial-buccal subgingival decay. The patient cannot … Continue reading
Crown Preparation, fabrication of a temporary crown and modification to fit existing flipper
The upper left first bicuspid has had endodontic therapy. The radiograph shows a questionable obturation and an apical area with a slightly different bone density. This is a rather typical scenario and in an ideal world, prior to … Continue reading
Broken Instrument in Root Canal Therapy
This gentleman appeared as an emergency patient (see report below). He was experiencing pain and swelling as a result of an abscess in the apical area of the upper left second bicuspid. The etiology seems to be the result of … Continue reading
Composite Restoration
This emergency patient had just arrived in Miami Beach from Australia. She was concerned about her broken and unaesthetic front teeth. Clinical and radiographic exam showed asymptomatic (didn’t hurt) central incisors. The radiograph showed a slight radiolucency in the apical … Continue reading