Obturation Flashcards
What is the purpose of obturation?
- Prevent micro organisms from entering and re-infecting the canal
- To prevent tissue fluid from percolating back into the root canal system and provide a culture medium for any residual bacteria
- Prevent anchoresis
What are the requirements before obturating a canal?
Dry canal
Abscence of pain of symptoms
Signs of resolution of infection
Abscence of signs of residual infection
What is the purpose of obturation?
3D hermetic seal to the entire root canal system in order to prevent micro leakage
Apical and coronal seal
What is anachoresis ?
Tissue fluid denaturing and becoming antigenic
the localisation of microbes from the blood stream in a damaged pulp
What materials are used for obturation?
Silver point
Cement
Pastes
Gutta percha
What are the issues with silver points?
Single point dependant sealer and corrosion
What is GP?
It is a trans isomer of rubber and produced from the latex tropical trees,
What taper do the new GP points have?
0.04 and 0.06 taper
To match the new taper files and should be used for the thermoplasticed technqiue and
not single point
When do we use root canal sealer? And what is the purpose?
With all systems Cements core arterial to the canal Helps fill voids Acts as as lubricant Acts and a bacterial agent Thermal insulator on placement of GP
What are the features of a good canal sealer?
- Non irritant
- hermetic seal ability
- insoluble to tissue fluid
- radiopaqye
- bacteriostatic
- non staining to dentine
- sticky and good adhesion to canal when set
- easily mixed
- good working time
- easily removed
What are the groups of sealers we use?
Zinc OxidenEugenol sealer: tubliseal Non eugenol group : CaOH Resin sealer: AH26 Mediated group: endomethasone GIC sealers
What are the obturation techniques ?
- Lateral condensation (warm and cold)
- single cone and sealer with thermomechcanical compaction
- Coated carriers
- Vertical condensation
- injection thermoplasticisdd
- hybrid technique
- chlorowrcha
What are the errors in obturation?
Inaccurate placement of master point Lack of snug fit of master point at apex Use of incorrect spreader and points Extrusion of filler or sealer through apex Use of excessive heat Use of expxcessive condensation pressure Inadequate coronal seal
How do you do cold lateral condensation?
- Select master GP
- Remove master GP and place sealer
- Select spreader A and mark it so that it does not pass more than 2mm short of master GP
- Apply firm pressure and leave for 5-10seonds and then rotate and place a point which should be marked 2mm short of GP.
- Coat only the tip of the accessory points
- When you start getting to the wider part of the canal use B points.
How can sealer be placed into the canal?
Using a k file which is at master apical file size
Use a spiral filler but need to use on slow rotation and careful not to wedge canal
What must be done to excess sealer?
Removed with paper point
What is the disadvantage of cold lateral?
Voids in condensation
Reliant on sealer
Voids not identified in clinical radiographic view often