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Endodontic treatment and the magic lamp Dr Anne Heinz, Germany
1 Fig. 1: Dr Heinz as a fairy tale princess in Dentiland. (© Dr Anne Heinz)
Sensitive or traumatised patients require special attention, whether they are adults or children. Sometimes both the clinician and the patient share a common anxiety when it comes to root canal therapy—mostly out of fear of the unknown. To reduce this fear, it helps to break established habits and to ensure a smooth treatment process by employing state-of-the-art endodontic assistance systems. The following case report demonstrates how fears can be successfully reduced and how to trust the miraculous genie of the magic lamp. When a child enters the Dentiland dental practice for the first time, he or she is reminded not of a dentist’s practice but
rather of a fairy tale castle (Fig. 1). This way, we break through familiar stereotypes to put children in a trance. It is important for children to be taken seriously and to be treated sympathetically in an environment in which they feel comfortable. Besides providing a feel-good atmosphere in child-oriented treatment rooms, our approach focuses on high-quality treatments. When it comes to a demanding and time-consuming treatment such as the root canal therapy of primary teeth, we are fortunate to have systems available which both simplify treatment and save time. The dental dam has already become standard in some paediatric dental practices, but mechanical preparation and the use of a microscope are still rare. With ritualised behavioural guidance and by using an endodontic motor such as the CanalPro Jeni (COLTENE; Fig. 2), successful treatment is not a question of magic, even if the name suggests so.
Who else has a friend like me? Like a car’s navigation system, the Jeni reliably navigates through the prevailing anatomy of the root canal. A preprogrammed sequence of nickel–titanium (NiTi) files is Fig. 2: The CanalPro Jeni fully automated endodontic motor. (© COLTENE)
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