Treatment of Endodontic Disease Flashcards
_____ difference between infiltrations and PSA blocks for maxillary first molars
No
Aggarwal
Addition of palatal anesthesia ________ increase anesthetic success rates but does increase ______
Does not
Duration
Aggarwal
No difference between ______ and ______ for maxillary teeth
Lidocaine and Articaine
For mandibular anteriors and premolars _______ often provide sufficient anesthesia.
infiltrations
Mandibular infiltration works as a _______ and ______ nerve block
mental and incisive
Single mandibular infiltration has _____ success. Double infiltration has ______ success
80-87%
92-94%
No advantage of ______ or _____ techniques over standard IANB
Gow-gates or akinosi
_____ fold increase in parasthesias when articaine is used for IANB
5
Anesthetic _______ has little-no effect on anesthetic success
volume
_______ alone is not predictable enough to serve as primary technique for mandibular posterior anesthesia
infiltration
Commonly cited reasons for local anesthetic failure (5)
Lower pH of inflamed tissue
unsuccessful techniques
Altered resting potential in inflamed nerves
Upregulation of anesthetic- and tetrodotoxin resistant sodium channels
Patient anxiety
Success rate of standard IANB alone
15-57%
Reader
Repeat IAN successful ______
32%
Buccal infiltration after failed IANB
84%
______ significantly more effective than ______ when used as buccal infiltration
articaine than lidocaine
Caution with IO injection when coexisting ______ disease
cardiac
(increased heart rate)
Intrapulpal success rate
92%
Intrapulpal mechanism
pressure
Use of rubber dam is standard of care according to ______
AAE 2010
Rubber dam benefits (4)
isolation
visualization
aspiration
survival probability enhanced
Microscope is an integral and important part of the performance of modern endodontic techniques.
AAE position 2012
Shape and location of access preparation reflects _____
pulpal anatomy
______ provides the most consistent landmark for the pulp chamber
CEJ
High correlation between working lengths measured by ______ and _______
CBCT and electronic apex locators
Conventional vs digital films for working length determination
Conventional more accurate with smaller file sizes
Apex locators are ______% accurate
Author
96%
Shabahang
Apex locators accuracy not affected by
presence of solutions
Apex locators safe to use with
pacemakers
Wilson
______ increases irrigant efficiency at the apex
Maintaining patency
Vera
Negative aspects of maintaining patency (2)
transportation
increases apical cracks
Crown-down as defined by
Morgan and Montgomery
All instrumentation techniques ______ in terms or debris left behind
similar
Heat treated NiTi remains in
martensite and R phases
(More flexible, better fatigue resistance)
______ instruments remain better centered in the root canal system
rotary
Minimum MAF of _______ allowed penetration of irrigants to the apex
30.02
MAF should be ______ sizes larger than the initial apical size
3
2 components of the smear layer
surface of the canal wall
debris packed into dentinal tubules
Smear layer may block the _______ of NaOCl and CHX
disinfecting properties
Instrumentation leaves ______% of canal walls untouched
35%
_____ and _____ can not be instrumented
isthmuses and lateral anatomy
Properties of an ideal irrigant (5)
Broad antimicrobial
effective against anaerobes and facultatives
Inactivates LPS
Dissolves vital and necrotic tissue
Prevents or dissolves smear layer
Most common concentration of NaOCl
5.25%
NaOCl can only dissolve the ______ component of the smear layer
organic
EDTA _____ calcium ions
chelates
EDTA dissolves ______ components of the smear layer
both (organic and mineralized)
Caution when using both NaOCl and EDTA together to avoid
excessive erosion of root canal dentin
CHX binds to dentin and exhibits substantivity for up to _____ days
48
Carcinogenic precipitate when mixing NaOCl and CHX
Parachloroaniline
Passive ultrasonic irrigation improves cleanliness of both ____ and _____
main canal and isthmuses
Gutarts
No difference in outcomes between single visit and multi visit tx
Author
Penesis
pH of CH
between 11 and 12
CH reduces the cytotoxic response to LPS by destroying _____
Lipid A moiety
CH is less ______ to the apical papilla stem cells compared to ABX pastes
cytotoxic
______ or ______ should be used to remove CH from the canals
rotary instrumentation
PUI
Drawbacks of CH (5)
decreased fracture resistance
PDL necrosis
tissue necrosis
parasthesia
inhibits setting of eugenol based sealers
GP is a naturally occurring polymer of _____
isoprene
Components of GP
65% zinc oxide
20% GP
Other – waxes, resins, metals
GP is in ______ form as a cone
beta crystalline
GP is in _____ form once heated to 42-49 C
alpha crystalline
In regards to GP, Care should be used in patients with
severe type I allergy to latex
Lateral condensation ________ faster than vertical condensation
leaks microbes
____ difference in outcomes noted between lateral and vertical condensation
No
Idea behind resilon
Mono block – sealer bonds to both dentin and filling. Not supported by research.
Carrier-based systems ______ significantly more than lateral or vertical condensation
Author
leak
Baumgardner
Instrumentation and obturation should terminate at the
CDJ
Extruded obturation materials have been associated with _______
chronic inflammation
_____mm thickness of cavit required for adequate seal
3.5mm
Cavit leaks after ______ days
42
Cavit and IRM both leak more than
GI
Properties of eugenol (3)
alters neurotransmission, increases potassium, decreases sodium
blocks neuropeptide transmission
decreases vascular response to epi
Factors associated with recurrent apical periodontitis (7)
Coronal leakage
intraradicular infection
extraradicular infection
untreated canal anatomy
fractures
foreign body reaction
true cystic lesions
____ minutes of ultrasonic vibration is effective in metal post removal
16
Care must be taken when using ultrasonics to remove posts due to
Significant heat production capable of causing bony damage
Temperature increase of _____ within 15 seconds of ultrasonic without irrigation
10 degrees C
_______ is the only solvent capable of completely dissolving GP
chloroform
Silver points ____ in the presence of tissue fluid producing highly toxic byproducts
corrode
Seltzer
______ of silver points is not indicated
Prophylactic revision
Two steps to carrier-based system retreatment
- chloroform to soften surrounding GP
- Hand files to remove the carrier
Surgical endodontic therapy is indicated when
orthograde endodontic treatment is not feasible
3 modern advances in surgical endodontics
- Magnification - Von arx
- ultrasonic retropreparations - de Lange
- improved filling materials - Kim
With modern techniques, surgical endodontics provides _______
Author
Predictable means of eradicating periapical pathology
Tsesis
Hemostasis is essential for ____ and _____
visibility
minimize blood loss
Average of _____ mL of blood is lost during surgery
9.5mL
Selim
Bone wax is no longer used due to ______
robust inflammatory response