A historic review of endodontics, 1689–1963, part 1

A Survey for Endodontists in Today's Economy: Exploring the Current State of Endodontics as a Profession and the Relationship between Endodontists and Their Referral Base

“…T hrough immense efforts of our predecessors, endodontics was officially recognized as a dental specialty in 1963 by the American Dental Association (1). It is an ever evolving specialty (1)(2)(3)(4), as seen from the invention of engine-driven rotary instrumentation, single-file systems such as WaveOne and Reciproc, regenerative endodontics, and the decision-making process of implant versus endodontics (5).…”

“…It is an ever evolving specialty (1)(2)(3)(4), as seen from the invention of engine-driven rotary instrumentation, single-file systems such as WaveOne and Reciproc, regenerative endodontics, and the decision-making process of implant versus endodontics (5). The advancement of how one practices endodontics for general practitioners (GPs) and endodontists is shifting continuously.…”

Historical Milestones in Endodontics: Review of Literature

“…2 This came as a major breakthrough for pain relief in the procedure of endodontics, while its consequences remained unexplored due to the unavailability of radiography because of which the periapical pathosis could not be seen ,clinically but tested only through percussion, and it was first done by Fedrick Hisrchat by the end of 18th century. The year 1809 was when Edward Hudson first used a root canal filling with gold foil, 7 and the next milestone was in 1834 when Runge introduced phenols into the canal for irrigation.…”

“…Nygaard Ostby introduced ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid for canal irrigation in 1957, 6 and finally in 1963 endodontics was recognized as a separate dental specialty by the American Dental Association. 7 In 1993, a revolutionary material for the apical sealing in retrograde filling material, furcation repair, was introduced by Parirokh and Torabinejad. 12 It is an ideal retrograde filling material for root end sealing with nontoxic, noncarcinogenic, nongenotoxic, biocompatible, insoluble properties in tissue fluids, and dimensionally stable.…”

Regenerative Endodontics: An Evidence Based Review

“…Endodontics has come a long way since 1687 when Charles Allen authored the first book in the English language exclusively on the subject of dentistry describing the techniques of dental transplant [1] . Since then there has been remarkable development in dentistry particularly in the field of Endodontics.…”