Unit 309- RCT Flashcards
what do you use for obturation
finger spreader
how would sclerosis effect endo treatment
difficult to access
why don’t you do rct on children
apex is not fully formed
what do you use and what is it called with the first stage of rct removal of pulpal contents
extirpation barbed broach
what do you use for irrigation
sodium hypochlorite
what is it called when filling the canals
obturation
what is used to enlarge and shape the canals
reamers and files
what is the apex locator for
the working length finding the apex of the root
what do finger spreaders do
condense the GP against the canal walls also called lateral condensers
what do rotary paste fillers do
propels the material to the full length
what do you use to access the pulp chamber
gates glidden
what syringe is used for irrigation
monoject
what is a root canal sealer
zinc oxide-eugenol tubiseal
name vertical condensation
thermafil
what is pulpotomy
removing the infected part of pulp chamber placing calcium hydroxide (alive tooth)
what happens in pulp capping
prevent future micro-organisms, pulp exposure is covered with calcium hydroxide and GIC cap
reasons for a apicectomy
-unsuccessful incomplete filling
-pain and infection
-canal blocked
-post crown
what happens in an apicectomy
-mucoperiosteal flap is raised with a periosteal
-bone is cut to access infected root apex
-infected tissues is scrapped out with Mitchell’s trimmer or curette
-end of the root is cut off
-filled the end
-suture flap back
