Effect of Vapor Lock on Root Canal Debridement by Using a Side-vented Needle for Positive-pressure Irrigant Delivery

Franklin R. Tay, BDSc (Hons), PhD,* Li-sha Gu, DDS, MS,† G. John Schoeffel, DDS, MMS,‡ Courtney Wimmer, BS, MS,§ Lisiane Susin, DMD,* Kai Zhang, DDS, MS, PhD,*
Senthil N. Arun, BDS, PhD,k Jongryul Kim, DDS, PhD,¶ Stephen W. Looney, PhD,§and David H. Pashley, DMD, PhD#
*Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia; †Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; ‡Retired from private practice and consultant to Discus Dental; §Department of Biosta- tistics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia; kSchool of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ¶Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, KyungHee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; and #Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.

JOE — Volume 36, Number 4, April 2010 Effect of Vapor Lock on Canal Debridement Efficacy