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<\/a><\/p>\nThe tooth\u2019s root-canal system is comparable to the roots of a tree and is composed of a set of branches, some of which no larger than a human hair. Traditional endodontic practice only treats the main branches within the root-canal system. Endodontic specialists, however, attempt to go much further. The techniques developed and taught by Dr. Herbert Schilder at Boston University (USA) are designed to clean the entire root-canal system, in all its complexity, from bacteria and from diseased or dead tissue. This involves the use of ultra-fine flexible files as well as irrigation techniques to clean and shape the root-canals, which are then 3-dimensionally filled with warm gutta-percha (a form of natural rubber) and a so-called sealer. This technique is extremely difficult and time-consuming, and is therefore more costly. The quality of this treatment however contributes to its long-term success. In this way the referring dentist will get a very reliable base on which to place the final restoration (e.g., a crown).<\/p>\n
100% cleaning with a 3-dimensional obturation = 100% success<\/h5>\n
In some instances a surgical procedure on the root tip may be required. Endodontic surgery, performed with a surgical operating microscope, requires advanced training and many hours of experience.This enables up to 90% success rates with even the most complicated procedures. Endodontists are specially trained to treat accidental injuries to teeth and their surrounding tissue (dental trauma<\/a>). Endodontists are also experienced in finding the cause of oral and facial pain that has been difficult to diagnose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Long term studies in the US and Scandinavia have shown long-term success rates of about 90% for professionally performed root-canals \u2013 assuming an appropriate restoration, healthy [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5937,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5943","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5943"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7043,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5943\/revisions\/7043"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}