title: Rotary endodontics in primary teeth - A review.
abstract: Endodontic treatment in primary teeth can be challenging and time consuming, especially during canal preparation, which is considered one of the most important steps in root canal therapy. The conventional instrumentation technique for primary teeth remains the "gold-standard" over hand instrumentation, which makes procedures much more time consuming and adversely affects both clinicians and patients. Recently nickel-titanium (Ni-Ti) rotary files have been developed for use in pediatric endodontics. Using rotary instruments for primary tooth pulpectomies is cost effective and results in fills that are consistently uniform and predictable. This article reviews the use of nickel-titanium rotary files as root canal instrumentation in primary teeth. The pulpectomy technique is described here according to different authors and the advantages and disadvantages of using rotary files are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Vattapara, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Sageena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: George
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Vattapara, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anandaraj
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Vattapara, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Jyoti S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Issac
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Vattapara, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Sheen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: John
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Vattapara, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Anoop
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harris
keywords: Endodontics; Primary teeth; Pulpectomy; Rotary