SINGLE VISIT ENDODONTICS

With the advent of technological advancement and emergence of new gadgets, evidence-based dentistry and more scientific deliberations and the concept of maximum dentistry in minimum visits led to a resurgent impetus towards laying down of various protocols to enable dentists to venture into single visit endodontics with reasonable level of outcome. With recent advances single visit endodontics has been shown to be an effective treatment modality, which compared to multiple visit therapy and it does not deviate from achieving the objectives of proper biomechanical preparation, debridement, shaping, disinfection and 3 dimensional obturation of canal system and is more beneficial to the patient and dentist provided there is careful case selection and adherence to standard endodontic principles.