Here’s a trick i use to prevent the MTA from slipping into the canal when the perforation is very close to the canal. This maxillary first molar had a missed Mesio-buccal canal with a perforation. After locating the mesio-buccal canal and cleaning it, the canal was filled with calcium hydroxide. A gutta percha cone was […]

These were some of the first cases of perforation repair that i was able to document under the microscope. For me, it was such a joy to be able to precisely differentiate between perorations and canals and to predictably do what i wanted to do rather than rely on guesswork. These two cases were converted […]

This young patient first came to me with a pulpal exposure in a grossly decayed mandibular second molar. The root formation wasn’t completed and restorative prognosis too wasn’t great. The pulp in the chamber was very inflamed. So, I cleaned up the pulp in the chamber and left the pulp in the canals as it […]

The internal resorption in this case was quite aggressive, but not perforating externally. It is always fascinating to see how much of tooth destruction happens in these cases. Even after cleaning up the soft tooth structure, the underlying hard dentine keeps flaking away and continues to have “bleeding points”. Munce burs are quite useful in […]

short tutorial showing the use of CBCT as an aid to locate calcified canals both prior to treatment and also inter-appointment.

This was probably the largest lesion I ever treated. It had several interesting characteristics. It would be tough to explain with just pics. So, I made it into a short presentation And here are the clinical pics for the same case:

This is a short tutorial on one of the techniques I use when I do access cavity preparation through crowns and I’m unable to find the canal where I’m supposed to find it.