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Sha** for Cleaning: Reconsidering Root Canal Debridement

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Sha** for Cleaning the Root Canals

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Overly quick mechanical sha** is a clinical reality. The main reason for that is the available engine-driven technology which considerably shortened the conventional time span necessary to shape the canal space, interfering, and thus impacting on the traditional Cleaning & Sha** concept proposed by Schilder as a simultaneous transoperative procedure. Hence, the present chapter aims to cover the debate on how current mechanical canal sha** tools and methods affect this traditional concept, and how canal irrigation should be performed, as an alternative to overcome the drawbacks of the overly fast mechanical preparation. In this context, it would be important to first understand how effective mechanical preparation really is.

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