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Superstition Springs Endodontics and Social Media by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health Come join us on Facebook at our page: www.facebook.com/superendo We recently invited our patients to produce their own video testimonial for their root canal experie ... Read on »

Cone Beam CT in Endodontic Diagnosis by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is a valuable radiographic tool in endodontic diagnosis. With traditional 2D radiography, you see only a coronal view. Historically in ... Read on »

Re-Apicoectomy. by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health Occasionally, we see cases that have had previous treatment, retreatment, and apicoectomy, and yet are failing again. The prognosis on these cases is often guarded at best, ... Read on »

Root Canal Treatment Can Save Teeth with Cracks by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health The following case is an example of the successful root canal treatment of a cracked tooth. Tooth #19 was diagnosed as necrotic pulp with acute apical abscess. RCT was reco ... Read on »

Root Canal Retreatment or Implant? by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health Stan, a recent reader of the blog, commented, "I'm 66 and have an abscessed pre-molar that had rct and a cap 25 years ago. Went to my dentist (who does implants) and was tol ... Read on »

Osteonecrosis and Ischemia in the Alveolar Bones by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health At a recent seminar, Dr. Jerry Bouquot, the director of diagnostic services at University of Texas, Houston - School of Dentistry, and world reknown oral pathologist and spe ... Read on »

Finding Missed Canals Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health We have had lots of discussion regarding the use of CBCT in endodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. CBCT is the future of endodontics. 3D imaging as an adjunct to 2D im ... Read on »

Challenging Isolation by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health Occasionally, as an endodontist, we are referred a patient for a difficult, maybe questionable, save. This patient was 85 years old and was undergoing cancer treatmen ... Read on »

Internal bleaching makes us smile! by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health This 13 yr old young lady had some trauma to #8 during a softball game. As you can imagine, the discoloration is of significant concern to the patient. At the time ... Read on »

Value and Limitations of CBCT in Endodontics-Case Report by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health For the longest time, I have been skeptical of the ability of the CBCT to detect vertical root fractures. Especially in previously treated teeth, where scatter radia ... Read on »

FAIR Health Consumer Cost Lookup by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health FAIR Health is an independent, not-for-profit organization that was established to maintain a database to help insurers and consumers determine reimbursement rates for out-o ... Read on »

This, Not That, Follow up by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health I realize that my last post was a little short. It was meant for the reader to contrast two root canal treatments on maxillary second molars and draw conclusions about ... Read on »

Are Implants the Future of Dentistry or Just a Step Along the Way? by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health The real future in medicine and dentistry is in regenerative therapy. While restorative materials including cements, resins, rubbers, metals, titanium etc. are the best mat ... Read on »

Who Cares About the Periodontal Ligament? by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health Congratulations to the manufacturers and marketers of dental implants! We now have patients with perfectly good teeth considering removal and replacement with implants on t ... Read on »

This, Not That. by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health Short one today. This is what a maxillary second molar root canal treatment should look like Rethink what you are doing if your cases look like this Read on »

Consult Along: A Day at Alpharetta Endodontics by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health Rather than try to have an overarching theme to this post, I will present each of today's patients as each case was complex and each illustrate rather important points. ... Read on »

Saving Teeth: Repairing a Resorptive Defect with MTA by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health In 2006, #19 was diagnosed as necrotic pulp w/ acute apical periodontitis. An irregular radiolucency was noted on the mesial aspect of distal root. This was diagnosed a ... Read on »

Avoiding Root Canal Therapy with MTA by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health Dr. Hale's excellent post on pulp canal obliteration inspired me to share these few cases where a coronal barrier was also used to avoid root canal therapy. The most recogni ... Read on »

Calcific Metamorphosis (Pulpal Obliteration) and Internal Bleaching by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health It has been reported that 11.6% - 33% of boys and 3.6% - 19% of girls suffer some kind of dental trauma before age 12. Internal staining is common following a traumatic inj ... Read on »

Cone Beam (CBCT): To Use or Not to Use? by Dr. Jason Hales Doctor of Dentistry

Posted in: Blog Posts in Dental Health There has been some discussion about the indications for use of CBCT in endodontics. The AAE and AAOMR released a joint position statement regarding the use of CBCT in endo ... Read on »

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