Category: Endodontic Therapy
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Tooth Slooth
At Ocean Microendodontics, we utilize clinically proven, advanced technologies to assist in diagnosis and treatment of endodontic disease. However, the value of an instrument lies not in the technology itself but in the clinician’s ability to use it. For example, did you know that a simple piece of plastic could tell us that your tooth…
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Why Didn’t My Dentist Give Me Antibiotics?
Root canal therapy is intended to treat and prevent infection of the root canal system, so many patients wonder why their general dentist or endodontist does not prescribe antibiotics in addition to root canal therapy. If a patient has a significantly compromised immune system or signs of a systemic infection, antibiotics are a way to…
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Rubber Dams
The cause of endodontic disease is bacteria (1), so the two big goals of root canal treatment are: Get rid of bacteria in the tooth Keep bacteria out of the tooth Endodontists use a variety of instruments, irrigants and procedures to accomplish these goals. One of the simplest and most effective ways of keeping bacteria…
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Happy (Belated) Root Canal Awareness Week!
It’s really a thing! Ocean MicroEndodontics and the American Association of Endodontists invite you to join us in celebrating Root Canal Awareness Week (even if we’re a week late in posting this). Root canal therapy remains an invaluable dental procedure that relieves tooth pain and infection. Advancements in technology, materials and research continue to enrich…