Root Canals and Dental Endodontics

Expand Your Endo Horizons

In a time when dentists and patients are facing more challenges in their day to day, a root canal can be a tough thing to experience. As every dental professional knows, there are far more root canals than there are teeth – and maintaining their health is of paramount importance to every dental office. In fact, 75% of all root canals treated are performed in a general dental practice.

Waterlase lasers effectively fight endodontic infection and can perform disinfection and cleaning, open dentinal tubules, decontamination prior to obturation, pulpotomy and pulp extirpation, and smear layer removal in the canal.

Using patented radial firing tips to deliver laser energy in a 360-degree cone within the canal, Waterlase can have a dramatic, positive impact on clinical outcomes for endodontics.

Performing Endodontic Procedures with Waterlase (PDF)

Introductory Overview to Waterlase Endodontic Treatments (clinical animation)

Root Canal cleaning and Disinfection (clinical animation)

Pulp Cap (clinical animation)

Pulpotomy (clinical animation)

Waterlase in the root canal – simulation (video)

‘The Impact of an Er,Cr:YSGG laser with Radial Firing Tips on Endodontic Treatment’ by Schoop, et al. (link to abstract)

‘Effect of Laser-Activated Irrigations on Smear Layer Removal from the Root Canal Wall’ by Wang, et al. (link to abstract)

Endodontic access and canal cleaning, courtesy of Dr. Jose Marcano (clinical video)

Occlusal access with Waterlase prior to endodontic obturation, courtesy of Dr. Pat Ruehle (clinical video)