Poster 1: Irrigation of Root Canal: Efficacy of a New LASER Technique [ PIPS ]

• Published in: Dental Poster Journal Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 1 - 2
• Main Authors: Dhingra, Anil, Miglani, Anjali, Bhullar, Harkanwal Kaur, Saurabh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangalore Incessant Nature Science Publishers Private Limited 01.03.2014
• Subjects: Endodontics; Lavage
• ISSN: 2278-7372

Cleaning and disinfection, the greatest challenge in endodontics. Photon induced photoacoustic streaming [ PIPS] - available only with Fontona lasers is a revolutionary method for cleaning and debriding the root canal system using Er:YAG laser energy at sub-ablative power levels. The containment of the shockwaves thoroughly streams the solutions through the entire canal system, enhancing their effectiveness. The canals and subcanals are left clean and the dentinal tubules are free of smear layer. Moreover, with the trend toward more conservative canal preparation and single instrumentation techniques, canal disinfection with an irrigating needle that cannot deliver sufficient volume to the canal terminus, PIPS seems likely to remove the gross canal enlargement impediment. The fact that the PIPS photoacoustic effect does not create thermal damage and will travel 3-dimensionally wherever there is fluid, makes it advantageous as a treatment modality for removing biofilms . Thus an "Entire new standard of care is becoming a reality".