You know those cases that feel better after RCT is completed, but just continue to feel “not normal”? Gentlewave has virtually eliminated that phenomenon from my practice. I almost never get calls anymore with patients asking “is it normal to still feel something?” ...except for this case.
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I completed RCT #18 ten months ago, and it never felt quite right. Unusual; this is my only #gentlewave case from 2019 to do this that I’m aware of. (This tooth was treated short of the radiographic apex due to proximity to the IAN). I took a #cbct and a new furcal radiolucency appeared.
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Selective retreatment was completed in two visits. I located a mid mesial canal with a separate POE leading to the lesion. I was able to negotiate it with pre-bent k-files, shaped, cleaned and placed #calciumhydroxide. She was back today symptom free, so I filled it.
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Gentlewave is a panacea, but we’re not losing our jobs to automation quite yet.
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#endodontics #midmesialcanal #endodonticanatomy #rootcanalspecialist #dentistry ...