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Its study and practice encompass the basic and clinical sciences including the biology of the normal pulp and the etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries of the pulp and associated periradicular conditions.	ENDODONTICS
The branch of dentistry concerned with the morphology, physiology and pathology of the human dental pulp and periradicular tissues	ENDODONTICS
Also includes the study of periapical/periradicular tissues because in a case that the pulp is diseased, there is a possibility that it will include the periapical tissues because of the common area known as the apical foramen	ENDODONTICS
Preserving the vitality of the pulp by initiating tertiary dentin formation	Pulp capping
Remove the infected coronal pulp (towards pulp chamber) but preserve the vitality of radicular part (root portion)	Pulpotomy
Procedure done for deciduous teeth and young permanent teeth that has an open apex	Pulpotomy
Surgical removal of tooth structure:Remove one root leaving the other root with the crown	Root-end resection
Surgical removal of tooth structure:resect a molar by making it into a premolar; half the tooth into two→save root portion and periradicular tissue	Bicuspidization
Surgical removal of tooth structure:removing a part of the tooth and preserving half of it	Hemisection
Surgical removal of tooth structure:removal of portion of the tooth in the apical end causing the pathosis	Apicoectomy
Surgical removal of tooth structure:greater portion of the root is removed	Root-end resection
Surgical removal of tooth structure:only a portion (2-3mm) of the root end is removed	Apicoectomy
tooth has already been treated with endodontic therapy, but it was not properly done or there is a pathosis that arises (poor prognosis)	Retreatment of teeth
published an excellent history of endodontics in the July 1976 issue of JADA	Dr. Grossman
Pre-Science	1776 to 1826
Age of Discovery	1826 to 1876
The Dark Age	1876 to 1926
The Renaissance	1926 to 1976
The Innovation Era	1977 to 1998 to present
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS: skull dating from the second or third century B.C. found in the Negev Desert in Israel had bronze wire in one of its teeth	Pre-Science: 1776 to 1826
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:abscesses treated with leeches	Pre-Science: 1776 to 1827
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS: pulps being cauterized with red hot cauteries	Pre-Science: 1776 to 1828
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS: entire root canals filled with gold	Pre-Science: 1776 to 1829
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS: endodontist who practices any form of power driven root canal preparation	Dr. Angelo Sargenti
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS: First to introduce single visit endodontics	Dr. Angelo Sargenti
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS: establishment and of the science of dentistry	Age of Discovery: 1826 to 1876
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS: publication of a dental journal	Age of Discovery: 1826 to 1877
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:formation of proper dental schools	Age of Discovery
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:discovery of anesthesia	Age of Discovery: 1826 to 1879
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:gutta percha points were created to fill root canals	Age of Discovery: 1826 to 1880
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:barbed broaches became available for cleaning and enlarging canals	Age of Discovery: 1826 to 1881
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:medications were created for treating pulpal infections and cements were discovered to fill them	Age of Discovery: 1826 to 1882
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:discovery of the X-ray	The Dark Age: 1876 to 1926
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:advancement of general anesthesia to local anaesthesia	The Dark Age: 1876 to 1927
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:wholesale extraction of teeth and very little endodontics was practiced	The Dark Age: 1876 to 1928
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:hardly any innovation took place	The Dark Age: 1876 to 1929
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:"focal infection" theory-	The Dark Age: 1876 to 1930
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:used radiographs for diagnosis and during root canal treatment	C. Edmund Kells
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:states that bacteria from an inflamed part could migrate and metastasize to other parts of the body	"focal infection" theory
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:first text book "Root Canal Therapy" by Dr. Grossman	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1976
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:root canal instruments got standardized and became available more readily	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1977
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:establishment of the American Association of Endodontics and the American Board of Endodontics	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1978
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:establishment of numerous dental schools worldwide	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1979
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:teaching the science of endodontics as a dental specialty	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1980
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:establishment of a number of journals solely devoted to this specialty	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1981
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:huge number of research projects for post graduate curriculum	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1982
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:introduction of the Gyromatic handpiece	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1983
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:rise and then the decline of the silver point for filling of root canals	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1984
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:gutta-percha became the material of choice for obturation	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1985
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:A variety of techniques became established as the norm vertical condensation by Dr. Herb Schilder (lateral condensation, softened gutta-percha, thermoplastic gutta-percha)	The Renaissance: 1926 to 1986
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:Improved and better forms of biomechanical preparation	Innovation Era: 1977 to 1998
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:Obturation techniques are becoming simpler, easier and faster	Innovation Era: 1977 to 1999
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:Improved and better forms of biomechanical preparation	Innovation Era: 1977 to 2000
HISTORY OF ENDODONTICS:Obturation techniques are becoming	Innovation Era: 1977 to 2001
Basic Concept of Root Canal Therapy: the extent of damage depends on the ______ of microorganisms and the _____ of the host.	virulence/ number; resistance
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:clearly see the canal through loops or microscope	endodontic visualization
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:magnify the area you are treating; may be used in cavity preparation	dental loop
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS: used in cutting gutta percha during obturation	torch and heat
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:better shaping and cleaning of the canal	rotary instrument
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:placed in rotary instrument	file
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:conforms with the correct shape of the canal as well as the length; inserted during obturation	Thermafeel
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:medicament; mineral trioxide aggregate	proroot
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:glassbead sterilizer	Chairside sterilizer
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:measure the correct working length; up to apical constriction only	Apex locator
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:using heated gutta percha	Obturator gun
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:place the gutta percha here	oven
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:intended for protaper; color coded	Filling material
EQUIPMENTS USED IN ENDODONTICS:used to dry the canal	Absorbent Paper Point
The greatest development in endodontic knowledge is the discovery of the __________of the root canal system	variations and ramifications
Understanding how endodontics can and should be the most productive part of you practice	"Endonomics"