When a patient arrives at your office with a problem it is up to you to try to solve it! Luckily for us, most of these problems are easily remedied. Some however require a bit of detective work, and others leave us scratching our heads! If through your testing procedures you determine [...]
The importance lies in the cooperation from the dental trauma team when emergency treatment is needed. Time is of the essence after dental trauma occurs. The patient recovery depends upon the timeliness of care by all dental care professionals involved, and Professional Endodontics prides itself on seeing your patients in a timely [...]
Professional Endodontics will be participating in “Future of Dentistry” event hosted by Drs. Bill and Heidi Dickerson. The event will focus on alternative dental practices that aim to bring more satisfaction and fulfillment to the industry. Dr. Bill Dickerson is currently the CEO and co-founder, alongside his wife Heidi, of the Las [...]
Here is some information regarding four common dental injuries that should be examined by an endodontist, courtesy of Professional Endodontics. What should you do when you experience a dental injury? How do you know if the injury is serious? Is it possible to save a fractured, chipped, or dislodged tooth? Many people [...]
In any dental emergency that requires an endodontist, the specialist will always opt for nonsurgical endodontic treatment whenever possible. However, there are instances where nonsurgical endodontic treatment cannot solve the problem. In these instances, endodontists will resort to endodontic microsurgery. Endodontic microsurgery is a “…treatment performed on the root apices of an [...]
The common misconception that endodontic care is painful can be put to rest as endodontists drastically improve on the administering of anesthetics. One of the most common concerns among dental and endodontic patients is that restorative dentistry and endodontics are inseparable from pain. The best example of this is the stigma surrounding [...]
Keeping up with the latest tools and methods for canal preparation and obturation is essential for providing proper endodontic care. According to the newsletter Colleagues for Excellence, published by the American Association of Endodontics (AAE), canal preparation and obturation are the “two pillars of nonsurgical endodontics.” In short, canal preparation involves providing [...]
To ensure that our patients get the best quality dental care, we believe it is important to keep them informed of advances in modern endodontics and root canal treatment. Just as a cardiologist focuses on saving the heart, an endodontist focuses on saving the natural teeth. One of the most common treatments [...]
In addition to providing pain relief, root canal treatment has proven to offer many other lasting oral benefits. Mentioning the words ‘root canal treatment’ to most dental patients garners an immediate reaction of fear. Most people have an outdated perception regarding what the treatment actually is, still holding the belief that it’s [...]
By partnering with Professional Endodontics, dentists can provide the additional specialized care that some patient circumstances require. The dental industry has experienced significant improvements in the practices and procedures that make up standard root canal therapy. These improvements have led to increasingly higher success rates. In fact, in many cases, the results [...]
