Blogs
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As an additional resource I've catalogued my blog posts that correspond with your E-School journey by module. Select the module you want to find a corresponding blog post for and click blog post title you wish to review.
Module 1
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Diagnosis
- How Long Does It Take for a Periapical Lesion to Develop?
- Tooth Story #3: Sometimes The Best Treatment Plan Is To Do Nothing - Except Listen
- Pulpal and Periapical Diagnosis
- Failed Dental X-Rays: What To Do When Radiographs Aren't Enough
- Tooth Story #13: Setting Expectations for Your Patients
- A Sinus Tract is a Dentist's Best Friend
- Sneaky Referred Pain in Endodontic Evaluation and Diagnosis
- Sinus Tract Tracing: It's Not What You Think, So Trace It!
- When Time Is the Best Medicine
- Holy Lesion, Batman!
- Love Your Patients, Save their Teeth
- Performing a Cold Test on a Tooth: Why It Is Not Optional
- Risk Assessment: Making Endo Profitable
- E-School LIVE: The Back Story
- The Weekender: This Common Tooth Story Shows Advantages of CBCT
- Tooth Story #18: Teeth Diagnosis Can Challenge Doctors
- Why You Must Perform a Cold Test on Teeth
- Periapical Lesion Classification: Is it Scar Tissue or a Root Canal Infection?
- The Dangerous Myth of Focal Infection Theory
- Improving Your Endodontic Diagnosis
- Treating Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis and PCO (Pulp Canal Obliteration)
- Tricky Taurodont Treatment: A Tooth Story
- What Would You Do in this Case?
- Tooth Story #7: Endo, A Second Opinion, and a Dash of Hope
- To Treat or Not to Treat: Dental Trauma Diagnosis Edition
- Line, Line, Dot: CBCT & Endodontic Diagnosis
Diagnosis - Imaging
- Never Judge a Tooth's Endodontic Health By Its X-Ray
- Video: The SLOB Rule Explained
- Two Easy Radiograph Solutions
- Root Resorption Treatment: What Dental Imaging Can Tell You
Diagnosis - Treatment Planning
- Endodontic Treatment Planning: An Empowered Patient's Case
- Video: Retreatment vs. Apico
- The Endo Case I Almost Messed Up: A Story About Endodontic Treatment Planning
- Tooth Retreat: When Retreatment Is the Right Plan
- How to Communicate with Patients
- Tooth Story #5: Endodontic Surgery is Not Always the Answer
Art of the Referral
- How To Be a Happy Referring Dentist when Working with Specialists
- Do you need a referral to see an endodontist?: Unpacking referral do's and don'ts
- Additional Endodontic Evaluation: But Why?
Follow-Up
- Tooth Story #2: How To Get Your Bone Back: A Special Acute Apical Abscess Case
- Tooth Story #4: Endodontic Diagnosis Is Key to Giving Teeth a Chance
- Tooth Story #11: The Urban Myth That Root Canals Don't Work
- Recalls on Root Canal Treatments: A Love Story
- Tooth Story #14: Another Good Root Canal Recall on the Books
- Is Bone Slow to Heal? Absolutely.
- The Waiting Game (A Story About a Chronic Apical Abscess and Saving Teeth)
- Tooth Story: A Case of Severe Calcification
Module 2
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Antibiotics
Module 3
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Anatomy
- How Has Dentistry Changed 3 Years After the Start of Covid?
- New Endodontic Technology to Look Out For
- Endo Tip: Tooth Anatomy You May Have Forgotten
- Avoiding a Missed Root During a Root Canal
- Endo Lesson: MB2s are Everywhere!
- Teeth with Lateral Canals & How to Treat Them with GentleWave
- Tooth Story #17: The Middle Mesial Canal
- Root Canal Treatment of a Mandibular Molar (The Other MB2: The Second Distal Canal)
- Tooth Story: A Case Close to the Nerve (That Took a Scary Turn)
- Tooth Story: The Tooth that Wouldn't Heal and Root Canal Anatomy
- All About the Radix Root
- Tooth Story #5: Endodontic Surgery is Not Always the Answer
- Tricky Taurodont Treatment: A Tooth Story
- What Would You Do in this Case?
Instrumentation
- My Top 10 Endodontic Tools to Get a Root Canal Job Done
- 7 Tips for Troubleshooting Your Apex Locator
- Why Do Root Canals Take 2 Visits? Common Multi-visit Scenarios
- Apical Calcification and Curvatures in Root Canals: 8 Key Tips
- The Importance of Informed Consent for Endodontic Treatment
- How to Find the MB2 Canal: The Struggle Is Real
- In Dentistry, What Is A Rubber Dam Used For? Get the Scoop on this Essential Tool
- Mastering Endodontic Instrumentation: Let's Talk Files!
- ProTaper Gold Tackles Narrow Canals
- Video: My Rubber Dam Tips and Template Download for Dentists
- Endo Quick Tip: Considerations for Two Root Canals at One Time
- Endo Quick Tip: What to Do with Bent Files
- Endo Lesson: Root Perforations
- The Root Perforations Continue
- Lessons from a Pediatric Endodontics Case Study
- Endo Quick Tip: The Power of an Occlusal Reduction
- Endo Video Tip: M4 Handpiece
- A Silver Point Retreatment Case
- The Case of the Separated File
- How Is COVID-19 Affecting Dentistry?
- Reducing Aerosols: My Fave Tools to Get the Job Done
- How To Use Your Endodontic Apex Locator Successfully
- Tooth Story: File Separated in Tooth
- Endo Technology to Save Time
- Endodontic Technology to Invest in to Save More Teeth
- Dentistry Today: The Endodontics Renaissance and Modern-Day Root Canals
- Symptom-Free RCT Retreatment after Endodontic Online CE Courses for General Dentists
- Rubber Dam Clamp Guide: All the Essentials in One Place
- How to Locate the MB2 Canal: A Realistic Look at Finding & Treating It
- Endo Tips & Tricks You Probably Haven't Thought Of Yet
- Treating Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis and PCO (Pulp Canal Obliteration)
Irrigation
- New Endodontic Technology that Saves Teeth
- Preventing Root Canal Failure: Review of the Gentle Wave procedure
- Teeth with Lateral Canals & How to Treat Them with GentleWave
- Endo Quick Tip: Hypochlorite in Action
- Why I Am a Gentlewave Provider
Access
Obturation
- How to Fix the Obturation in your Root Canal Without Starting Over
- Working with Gutta Percha in a Tooth: Troubleshooting a Common Scenario
- Endo Video Tip: Removing Gutta Percha
- Review of KaVo Kerr's Elements IC Obturation System
- The Best Root Canal Sealers
Endo Restorative
Module 4
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Cracked Tooth
- Can Cracked Teeth Be Saved?
- Cracked Tooth Diagnosis and How to Handle Them
- Can a Cracked Tooth Be Saved? Exploring the Options
Root Fractures
Module 5
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Trauma
- The Dental Trauma Guide for Everybody
- A Tale of Child Tooth Trauma and Saving Teeth
- The Not-So-Proper Way to Handle Tooth Trauma
- Tooth Story #7: Endo, A Second Opinion, and a Dash of Hope
- To Treat or Not to Treat: Dental Trauma Diagnosis Edition
- Horizontal Root Fracture Diagnosis and Treatment
Resorption
Module 6
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CBCT
Bonus Modules
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Internal Bleaching
MTA Vital Pulp Therapy
