Ouch, dat hurts!
Common thermal test to determine pulp vitality.
What is Ice (endo ice, CO2, ice cube)?
Flex-O hand files are twisted from this metal.
What is stainless steel?
This type of incision is best utilized for maximum visibility of the entire root you are doing an apicoectomy on.
What is sulcular incision?
When negotiating a small canal with a small hand file, this type of action applied to the file aids in obtaining length.
What is watch-winding?
Sodium hypochlorite is an effective endodontic irrigant particularly because of these two actions.
What is disinfection and tissue dissolution?
This pulpal test often results in delayed intense dull ache after applying it to a tooth with late stage irreversible pulpitis/early necrosis.
What is Heat?
This hand file is best used in a plaining motion rather than reaming.
What is a Hedstrom file?
This flap elevates the entire gingival thickness and periosteum.
What is full thickness mucoperiosteal flap"
Although you have never seen it at HCMC, this liquid gold is often used for the removal of gutta percha during re-treatment.
What is chloroform?
8 year old Johnny needs an RCT. He has an open apex. These are two good options for canal disinfection.
What are hydrogen peroxide and chlorohexidine gluconate?
This diagnostic tool needs some form of natural tooth structure exposed to be properly utilized.
What is EPT?
Nickel-titanium rotary files can be made stronger and more flexible by applying this to it.
What is high heat treatment?
This substance can be applied to a root surface to aid in visualization of cracks.
What is methylene blue dye?
A poor root canal filling often lacks one or all of these three characteristics on a radiographic image.
What is length, density and taper?
8 year old Johnny has a complex crown fracture on a tooth with an open apex and vital pulp. This procedure can be done to preserve pulp vitality so the remaining tooth can form.
What is a Cvek pulpotomy?
J-shaped radioulucency around the root accompanied by a deep, narrow-walled probing defect is often found with these teeth.
What is vertical root fracture?
C-files are made stiffer than regular stainless steel files with the addition of this element.
What is Carbon?
MTA provides the best seal when it is filled this deep, also the average working end length of a surgical ultrasonic tip.
What is 4mm?
A root canal filling with poor length may be due to the doctor failing to use this measuring device during treatment.
What is an electronic apex locator?
The average number of canals and percent prevelance in a first maxillary premolar.
What is two canals, 90 percent of the time?
The periradicular diagnosis associated with a draining sinus tract.
What is Chronic Apical Abscess?
This is the measure of a files resistance to being deformed under stress.
What is modulus of elasticity?
Catgut may be derive by folk etymology from kitgut or kitstring—the word kit, meaning fiddle. This string is most commonly made from this animal.
What is sheep (or goat)?
This bacteria is often found in failing root canal treatments and can be killed with the aid of this medicament.
What is E. Faecalis? What is calcium hydroxide?
A size 25 k-file (.02 taper) is this diameter 10 mm up the file.
What is .45mm?