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Gone fishin’ – instrument removal case

Jul 13 2011 in Chronicles by Bojidar Kafelov

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The two molars don’t have very optimistic restorative prognosis, but the patient wanted to keep his teeth. Tooth 36 was scheduled for extraction and tooth 37 was scheduled for root end resection!!! The patient didn’t had the money to pay for the two endodontic treatments and wanted to extract the 36. I told him that I will try to get out the fractured instrument and if I succeed I will retreat the tooth pro bono and if … [Read the rest]

Tags: fishing technique, Instrument removal, Svedent
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Removal of a fractured root canal drill with tube technique

Jul 2 2011 in Chronicles by Stefan Klinge

Number of Views:902

Hello Buddies.

This patient has been sent to me, after the referring dentist broke a Beutelrock drill in mb1. It seemed to be “a piece of cake” at first glance. But the instrument was stuck. Wedged in the dentine of the root canal walls. It was not possible to remove it with ultrasonics alone. Although it could be loosen up a little bit, it did not jump out as expected. Meanwhile the attempts of getting out this … [Read the rest]

Tags: fractured instrument, Instrument removal, tube technique, ultrasonic
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