Dried Licorice Root Fights Tooth Decay and Gum Disease
From WebDental – Dr. Carey Feuerman – January 14, 2012 Scientists are reporting identification of two substances in licorice — used extensively in Chinese traditional … more
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Transmitting Medical Records … The Ins and Outs
Persistence………….I’m sure the root word is PEST………..for your consideration……. You’ve asked your legal assistant to retrieve medical records for a court case and then email … more
Carrier based obturation or calamity based obfuscation
From my favorite Satan Barbarian endude: This is full cycle. Thermafilth obturation by another endodontist, Tooth split, I got to extract and look at the … more
A thing of beauty is a joy forever – unless you’re an anti-endodontite!
From the Queen Beatrix of the Principality of Netherlandian Endodontics This 16 year old girl was recommended to have 36 extracted. Her dentist separated an … more
Tri me a river, three for two, on the stump – do you sense burnout
This is for comment – please – if it doesn’t elicit it, I’m turning in my blogosphere union card and throwing away my iPHONE 4GS … more
A gift from the Netherlands
Holland possesses two things of beauty – tulips and Marga Ree Patient is a young 16 year old guy that presented with pain and a … more
L. Stephen Zarathustra spaketh – what to leave in, what to leave out…
Nickel titanium rotary shaping files fundamentally changed everything in endodontics; conceptually, procedurally and economically as well. NiTi rotary files made root canal therapy more accessible … more
Lasers in Endodontics
Comments from Maarten Meire re; subject about to get a lot of press as Biolase Technology has secured a new patent for cleaning and disinfecting … more
White lines or white lies?
By Rafael Michiels, Belgium – from Dental Tribune With the recent development of new file systems–WaveOne from DENTSPLY Maillefer and RECIPROC from VDW–endodontists have been … more
Anti-Infective Agents in Periodontal Treatment
By Jorgen Slots, DDS, DMD, PhD, MBA Image via Wikipedia The primary goal of periodontal therapy is to achieve a periodontal environment free of infectious … more
Randy Lang – we need your Bill Maher New Rules sermon now more than ever
Just gonna let the image speak for itself………..if you’re really interested, I have a 90 second webinar in low resolution – why spend money on … more
Just because it’s a policy statement doesn’t make it accurate, reasonable, logical or appropriate………
The following comes from the Department of Health in Jolly Olde: This letter from the Chief Dental Officer (England) clarifies the situation with regard to … more
DENTSPLY Tulsa Dental Specialties introduces WaveOne reciprocating file system
From Dentistry IQ – June 14, 2011 “Single file shaping of an entire root canal system may sound like a myth to some…… Nuff sed…Read … more
Veritas; In the realm of the philosopher kings
Please bear with me re; this particular blog entry. It is an experimental model for future design parameters of both clinical and op-ed pieces on … more
Protected: Step on a crack, you break your mother’s back or the distal root
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Veritas – If it seems too good to be true, it most likely is.
All I want is the truth, just gimme some truth – John Lennon (1940 – 1980) Endodontics is once again careening towards technologic revisionism – … more
Introducing CheckDent,the Social Network for Dental Health
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Yee Olde Strip and Perf…….verily and foresooth
From the ROOTS forum Here is the 2 year follow up after iatrogenic perforation on mesial root #47. I has started as a regular re-retreatment … more
Coltène/Whaledent announces formation of endodontic business unit
From Dental Tribune USA – May 5, 2011 Coltène/Whaledent has a long history of manufacturing and selling endodontic products under the Roeko, Hygenic and Whaledent … more
Study IDs root cause of local anesthetic-related NSDs
From Dr. Bicuspid May 5, 2011 — The root cause of local anesthetic-related neurosensory disturbances (NSDs) in dentistry has been unclear. But now a group of … more