MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDODONTICS

Minimally Invasive Endodontics (MIE) is a concept of maximum preservance of the healthy coronal, cervical and radicular tooth structure during the endodontic treatment. For success, the dental surgeon must be aware between conservation and elimination of tooth structure during endodontic procedure to fulfill the endodontic goals. Going forward, the question that should be scientifically answered is, how conservatively can we prepare any given access cavity or root canal, and most importantly - still enable the root canal system to be both three dimensionally cleaned and filled? There is an old saying, "Model success. Success leaves clues." Therefore, long-term endodontic treatment success must integrate respect for the concept of MIE while fulfilling treatment objectives mechanically and biologically.