Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Latex-free Root Canal Treatment








My patient who needs a root canal treatment (RCT) on her upper left second molar is very allergic to latex. My nurses and I had nitrile gloves on attending to her and RCT was carried out under a non-latex dental dam.

It is a standard practice to use gutta-percha to fill canals but in this case, we use Resilon, a resin based material.

Treatment was carried out successfully and I'm glad that the patient didn't have an anaphylactic shock in reaction to the allergen.



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