Unit 309- RCT

Question 1

what do you use for obturation

Answer 1

finger spreader

Question 2

how would sclerosis effect endo treatment

Answer 2

difficult to access

Question 3

why don’t you do rct on children

Answer 3

apex is not fully formed

Question 4

what do you use and what is it called with the first stage of rct removal of pulpal contents

Answer 4

extirpation barbed broach

Question 5

what do you use for irrigation

Answer 5

sodium hypochlorite

Question 6

what is it called when filling the canals

Answer 6

obturation

Question 7

what is used to enlarge and shape the canals

Answer 7

reamers and files

Question 8

what is the apex locator for

Answer 8

the working length finding the apex of the root

Question 9

what do finger spreaders do

Answer 9

condense the GP against the canal walls also called lateral condensers

Question 10

what do rotary paste fillers do

Answer 10

propels the material to the full length

Question 11

what do you use to access the pulp chamber

Answer 11

gates glidden

Question 12

what syringe is used for irrigation

Answer 12

monoject

Question 13

what is a root canal sealer

Answer 13

zinc oxide-eugenol tubiseal

Question 14

name vertical condensation

Answer 14

thermafil

Question 15

what is pulpotomy

Answer 15

removing the infected part of pulp chamber placing calcium hydroxide (alive tooth)

Question 16

what happens in pulp capping

Answer 16

prevent future micro-organisms, pulp exposure is covered with calcium hydroxide and GIC cap

Question 17

reasons for a apicectomy

Answer 17

-unsuccessful incomplete filling
-pain and infection
-canal blocked
-post crown

Question 18

what happens in an apicectomy

Answer 18

-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