Philippe Sleiman

Key Opinion Leader

Philippe Sleiman

"Love the challenge - enjoy the success."

Focus on: 
Endodontic Microsurgery
Country: 
Lebanon

ROOT CANAL PLUGGERS by Prof. Philippe Sleiman

POINTS OF PERFORMANCE

• The conical tips facilitate an improved penetrationand fit in the root canals.

• As a result increased lateral forces are created and an optimal root canal filling is achieved.

• All RCPSL Pluggers consist of a 5 mm conical tip. The first 4mm control the obturation material, in that the obturation material is condensed both laterally and apically. The concluding 1 mm of a point serves as a buffer in order to prevent the loss of pressure created within the thermoplastic material.

• The Prof. Sleiman pluggers, due to their special alloy, act not only as pluggers but also simultaneously as heat carriers. After only one second in a blue flame the plugger accumulates sufficient energy to soften and condense the obturation material.

• 5 Hu-Friedy Prof. Sleimann root canal pluggers replace various conventional pluggers. In the vertical root filling technique, as described above, it is imperative, that the working end reaches a depth of 5mm before the end of the root canal in order to guarantee an optimal condensing of the obturation material.

• The tip of the working end is sharp in order to facilitate the penetration of the mass of obturation material and the distribution of the heat energy there.

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Zero apicectomy in endodontic microsurgery

Surgical endodontic treatment is an option for teeth with periapical periodontitis and may be indicated for teeth previously submitted to unsuccessful endodontic treatment and teeth with a strong possibility of failure by the nonsurgical approach. This procedure includes root sectioning and preparation of a cavity in the root canal followed by retrograde obturation. Furthermore, the presence of apical true cysts requires surgical treatment as well, as these cysts are less likely to heal by nonsurgical root canal therapy because they are self-sustaining and no longer dependent on the presence or absence of root canal infection. Accordingly, surgical intervention of apical true cysts is necessary. The limitations of periapical radiography have led to significant interest in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in endodontic applications. The number of CBCT scans taken every year is increasing as awareness increases, resolution increases and costs decrease.

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