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Confine yourself to the canal

Dr Raphael Bellamy explains the rationale for not confining yourself to the canal in endodontics and explains the concept of patency in endodontic treatment - Read the full article

 The Art of Patency

Dr. Raphael Bellamy explains the concept of patency. Read the full article

The implications of coronal leakage in endodontically treated teeth

Dr Raphael Bellamy explains the clinical and biological implications of coronal leakage in endodontically treated teeth and proposes some simple solutions to maximise success - Read the full article

Endo cases: Should you refer?

Dr Raphael Bellamy presents guidelines for assessing the difficulty of endodontic cases - Read the full article

Explaining Schilder’s Five Mechanical Objectives

Dr Raphael Bellamy addresses each of Schilder’s Mechanical Objectives from a practical, clinical standpoint - Read the full article

Oral disease and systemic health. The focal infection theory

Dr Ray Bellamy comments on the theory of focal infection and its implications in modern dentistry - Read the full article

Implants versus the natural tooth

Dr Raphael Bellamy addresses this disturbing new trend in dentistry - Read the full article

Practised in the art of pulpotomy

Dr Ray Bellamy addresses the treatment of acute pain from a pulpitic tooth - Read the full article

The Cracked Tooth Diagnosis and Evaluation

Dr.Ray Bellamy looks at the rising incidence of the cracked tooth and describes the five different types that could affect your patient -  Read the full article

Restoring the cracked tooth

In this article, Dr Raphael Bellamy focuses on the subject of the restoration of the cracked and/or grossly carious tooth - Read the full article

Introducing Schilder’s Five Mechanical Objectives

Dr Raphael Bellamy describes the historical concept of cleaning and shaping in endodontics, the modern concept of cleaning and shaping, its rationale and introduces Schilder’s Five Mechanical Objectives - Read the full article

Schilder’s Biological Objectives

Dr Raphael Bellamy emphasises the importance of the five biological objectives of cleaning and shaping to enhance endodontic success and patient comfort during treatment - Read the full article

The art and science of diagnosis in endodontics

Dr Raphael Bellamy confronts current diagnostic terminology in endodontics and introduces Dr Schilder’s simple classification of pulpal disease - Read the full article

Thoughts of home and abroad... Lateral or vertical condensation?

Lateral condensation versus warm vertical condensation... Ray Bellamy asks why we are still having this debate - Read the full article

The use and abuse of antibiotics in endodontics

The attendance at his office last week of a 24-year-old woman for endodontic treatment to a premolar tooth after seven visits with her dentist and three courses of broad spectrum antibiotics has served to jog Ray Bellamy into action to write an article on the use of antibiotics - Read the full article

Endodontic Success 100%-X

The challenge of endodontic success is clear to the conscientious clinician of general dentistry and the endodontist who is entirely committed to excellence in root canal therapy.-Read the full article

In Search of the Lateral Canal

Raphael Bellamy explores the issue of multiple portals of exit. Read the full article