#12 Diagnosis and Patient Management

#12 Diagnosis and Patient Management

I am working into my fourth decade of full time clinical endodontics. The impressive technology that we have in our offices for diagnostic purposes makes my clinical practice of endodontics much more satisfactory, as it provides images of pathology previously unseen...
What is the source of this defect?

What is the source of this defect?

Patient presents for evaluation of a large asymptomatic dentinal defect… Signs and Symptoms The tooth tests vital and this radiographic view was the foundation for the referral generated from an annual hygiene appointment. Beyond the obvious distal decay pattern the...
Cortical Cloaking

Cortical Cloaking

The primary mode of radiographic visualization within the dental environment utilizes the bitewing, periapical, or orthopantomographic image, viewed either digitally, or by film equivalent. Many of us where trained, licensed, and have been in dental practice prior to...
What do you see?

What do you see?

Well, we have all had the chance to view many radiographs. I love the fact that when I began dentistry the digital world was only briefly imagined and not yet realized. We would develop and fix images on film, some of us still do. This post encourages the requirement...
When do you recommend a CBCT scan?

When do you recommend a CBCT scan?

A fit, healthy, 54 year-old male presented with the chief complaint of “having on and off swelling” from a draining sinus tract in the mucco-buccal fold proximal to an endodontically treated upper left first molar. Intake Radiographs We took a full oral history,...