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Advanced Dental Care 2018
Dentistry and Craniofacial Research
ISSN: 2576-392X
Page 33
October 08-09, 2018
Moscow, Russia
26
th
International Conference on
Advanced Dental Care
T
he purpose of endodontics is to prevent or heal lesions
of endodontic origin. In order to achieve this purpose, the
root canal system must be successfully obturated. In order
to be obturated, the root canal system has to be successfully
3-dimensionally (3D) cleaned and rotary shaped. In order to be
3D cleaned and rotary shaped, a Glide path has to be successfully
prepared and so the Glide path is the answer. It is the starting
point of radicular preparations. Without it, cleaning and shaping
become unpredictable or impossible because there is no guide
for endodontic mechanics. The amazing fact is that the subject
of Glide path has no formal training in the endodontic curricula
of most dental schools. In fact, a PubMed Central search of
Glide path and endodontics reveals 300 references. However,
none of them actually describe how to prepare a Glide path.
Most of the references say something like, “Of course you must
first make a Glide path. That’s all. This presentation will try to
answer the following questions: 1. What is a glidepath? 2 Why
is the endodontic glidepath important? 3. How does the dentist
predictably prepare the glidepath? 4. Glidepath techniques.
dr.meqdadi@yahoo.comEndodontic glide path, why is it
important?
Fayeq Migdadi
Madinat Zayed Hospital, UAE
Dent Craniofac Res 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2576-392X-C4-012