Innovative uses for hypodermic needles in endodontics.
Hypodermic needles have sharp cutting edges along their bevels. These can be used to enlarge canal openings and to cut around a broken instrument or other object to be removed. Means of attaching the needle to such foreign objects for removal are discussed.
D003762:Dental Instruments; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D018915:Root Canal Preparation / Q000295:instrumentation; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*