Hand filing, working length, and apex locators Flashcards
6 steps of endodontic infection (etiology)
BACTERIA
- pulpal injury
- irreversible inflammation
- ischemia
- infarction
- necrosis
- periradicular extension of disease
primary etiology of endo disease and who determined it? what year?
BACTERIA
1965 by Kakehashi
two major types of infections in endodontic lesions?
- Intraradicular infection
2. Extraradicular infections
Intraradicular infection
contained within the root canal system
Extraradicular infections
typically forms in response to an intrara-dicular infection lie apical abscess in response to necrosing pulp
can be independent of intra-radicular infection and thus may persist when host defense is unable to clear infection (chronic periapical inflammation)
what is considered to be the number one failure of a root canal procedure?
coronal leakage
what causes coronal leakage?
- delay in restoration after RTC
- temporary coronal filling compromised
- fracture to canal system exposed prior to final restoration
- final restoration lacks ideal marginal integrity or deteriorates
- recurrent caries present at restoration margins
predictability of successful endodontics is compromised of what three factors?
- knowledge
- skill
- desire
primary objectives of cleaning and shaping (4)
- remove infected soft and hard tissue
- give disinfecting irrigants access to the apical canal space
- create space for the delivery of medicament’s and subsequent obturation
- retain the integrity of radicular structures
in ideal shaping you develop?
develop a CONTINUOUSLY SHAPED CONICAL FORM from apical to coronal with apical preparation AS SMALL AS PRACTICAL and in its ORIGINAL SPATIAL POSITION
- removal of a uniform layer of dentin in all dimensions and all regions of the canal is desirable
shaping facilitates?
CLEANING
minimal apical size in shaping? what does this allow for?
30/0.06
or maybe 5 and 0.04
*exchanging of irrigants is enabled when open it up
shaping criteria and requirements?
when can you be considered done shaping?
- enlargement
- taper (0.06 taper for warm vertical compaction)
shaping can be considered complete when a non-standardized medium or fine-medium gutta-percha cone can be fitted to the working length
Schilder’s 5 BIOLOGICAL objectives
- confine instrumentation to the root canal
- beware of forcing necrotic material beyond the foramen
- remove all tissue debris from the root canal system
- complete cleaning and shaping of canals in one visit
- create sufficient space during canal enlargement for intra-canal medication and for potential exudates reception
Schilder’s Five MECHANICAL objectives
- develop a continously tapering cone / canal
- decreasing cross sectional diameters at every point apically and increasing at each point as the access cavity is approached (canal more narrow apically)
- maintain the original ‘flow’ of the canal (prepare in a multitude of planes)
- do NOT transport the foramen
- keep the apical opening as small as PRACTICAL
what is the ISO?
International Standards Organization
- standardized specifications to improve instrument quality
two primary goals of root canal instrumentation
- provide a biological environment (infection control) conducive to healing
- develop a canal shape receptive to obturation (filling material)
how do files work? shape vs a reamer?
enlarge canals with reciprocal insertion and withdrawal motions
3-4 sides with more spirals
how do reamers work?
shape vs a file?
cut and enlarge with rotational movements
3 sides with less spirals
barbed broaches and rasps function?
how are they made?
used to extirpate pulp and enlarge canals
does no cut/ machine dentin
good for removing cotton pellet in chamber or canal
made by hacking a round, tapered wire with a blade to achieve projecting barbs to cut/snag tissue
k-type instruments are either?
hand files or reamers
How do k-type instruments work?
Work by compression and release destruction of dentin in surrounding canal
- reaming motion has less transportation than filing motion
penetrating and enlarging canals
which has more flutes per length unit a file or reamer?
FILE
how are k-files made?
stainless steel wire ground to tapered square or triangular cross-section and then twisted
describe how to use a reamer and what is most useful for
used in a CLOCKWISE srew-in motion followed by a withdrawl stroke from the canal
used for shaping the CORONAL AND MIDDLE THIRDS of the canal
files are used for shaping what part?
the APICAL AND MIDDLE THIRDS of the canal
ISO files aka
K files
what does ‘D0’ signify
the diameter at the TIP is measured in 1/100 of a millimeter which corresponds to the file sizr