The use of bioceramics is becoming a very common place in endodontics. Theories
exist about the use of bioceramics and its combination with single cone and
matched cone obturation. There is a discrepancy between the academic and clinical
position with regards to the use of matched cone bioceramics based fillings. Among
the bioceramic materials, there is a wide scope of variation in relation to their
physico-chemical properties. Numerous research have done evaluating these
properties showing variation in the results.
This lecture will cover the facts and the fictions related to the use of bioceramics
and matched cones techniques as obturation in endodontics.
Objectives
1- Knowing the criteria for a material to be called as “bioceramics”
2- Understanding the properties of bioceramic materials.
3- The dilemma of using single cone obturation with bioceramics as an endodontic filling.