1Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
2Final Yr Post Graduate Student, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
4Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Ravindranath Megha, Second Year Post Graduate Student, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai-600100, Tamilnadu, India, Phone: 9160921269, Email: mmegs12@gmail.com
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
The dental operating microscope and the ultrasonics have found many important applications in dentistry. Ultrasonics is undoubtedly imperative for improving the quality of the treatment and for handling difficult cases in endodontics. It is useful in procedures such as gaining access to canal openings, cleaning and shaping, obturation of root canals, retrieval of separated instruments, removal of intracanal medicaments and blockages and endodontic surgery. This review throws some insight on the applications of ultrasonics in endodontics today.
Ultrasonics, cleaning, shaping, cavitation, instrument retrieval
