Have you ever had an incident where you extracted a wisdom tooth in just minutes and extract a badly decayed tooth that took you almost an hour to remove? I have had my share of bad experiences and frankly speaking, I do not enjoy this at all. To me,  I chose oral surgical specialty because I know that I am good at what I do. But when certain matters happen where the bone of the patient is too dense and extraction becomes difficult, it is such a frustrating moment for me.  That's the time whe...
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For some dentists, doing RCT would be a breeze. They do their routine like clock work, quick and flawless. I on the other hand are among the many clinicians who shun this procedure because of the meticulous task of cleaning the canals dry and so forth.  

Amazingly, I was confronted by the same scenario where I had to open a lower right molar (46) that had a periapical lesion located at the apex of the tooth. I took the xray and to my surprise, the canals showed several root canals. How many do...
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