Future Endodontics - what it will be like ?
• Widespread
adoption of engine-driven instruments. Improved materials, better machining of
canal enlarging instruments, and improvements in the dentistry tactile sense
will lead to the use of engine-driven instruments as the norm in endodontic
therapy.
• Agreement that hand-filing instruments should be regarded as
disposable.
• Significant increase in the use of digital imaging devices. The
possibility of smaller pixilation and lower cost will drive this change.
• Agreement that enhanced magnification and illumination should be the
clinical standard.
• Acceptance of new concepts such as scanning devices to detect pulp
blood flow when they can be easily applied.
• Increase in the understanding of the best methods for achieving
profound local anesthesia for endodontic treatment. This development will allow
more dentists to render pain-free endodontic therapy and will lead more patients
to perceive endodontic treatment as a desirable method for relieving pain,
swelling, and infection.