Dental Operating Microscope in Endodontics-A Review

Dental Operating Microscope: The Third Dimension in Dentistry

“…During instrumentation with operating microscope, the improved ability to see specific canals allows endodontists to maneuver instruments into canal openings with greater efficiency, to detect tiny amounts of purulence or blood draining through canals or see any tiny amounts of necrotic pulp material that were not removed during canal instrumentation. So it is possible for an endodontist to determine if all canals are accessed and instrumented properly when a direct view might be difficult without removing excessive amounts of coronal tooth structure [5]. Locating hidden canals, localization and treatment of highly complex anatomical variations, identification and removal of canal obliterations and calcifications, perforation repair procedures and removal of fractured posts and endodontic instruments from the canal are the other uses of operating microscope in non-surgical endodontics.…”