Core-Carrier (PP) - Gutta-Percha
Filling Technique
Core-Carrier Gutta-Percha
Filling Technique
Obturators PROTAPER
Calibrated Gutta-Percha Cones
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
Sterile Paper Points
Finishing Files (Apical shape)
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
Paper points - Protaper sizes
Obturators - Protaper sizes
F2
ProTaper Obturator calibrated
to each Finishing File
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5
3D Filling of the Root-Canal
System with THERMAFIL
Or
PROTAPER OBTURATOR
Thermacut bur
Post space burSize verifier to
measure the
apical size
Thermaprep Oven
1st step :
Opening
cleaning
Shaping …
Core-Carrier Obturator Technique
Gauge the Canal with Verifiers,
which should snug within
0,5mm form Working Length
1
2
3
Place the Obturators
Heat The
Obturator
Select the right
size and start
Dry the Canals with
Sterile Paper Points
Mix the Sealer and coat
thewalls of the canal with a
thin layer using a Probe or a
paper point
Topseal MIX
1
2
3
Take it out
and insert it in the canal
Use of a selected Plugger to ensure homogeneity of
the filling.
Heat Carrier Plugger
0.5
0,6
0,8
1.0
Shaping with GT
Series X
Obturators GTX
Clean tip: Incomplete apical shape
Debris-filled tip: Completed apical shape
GT® Series X Instrumentation
Guidelines
20/.04
20/.06
30/.04
30/.06
30/.08
40/.04
40/.06
40/.08
For Small roots
GT® Series X Instrumentation
Guidelines
20/.04
20/.06
30/.04
30/.06
30/.08
40/.04
40/.06
40/.08
For Severely
curved canals
GT® Series X Instrumentation
Guidelines
20/.04
20/.06
30/.04
30/.06
30/.08
40/.04
40/.06
40/.08
For Large canals
GT® Series X Instrumentation
Guidelines
Wide mid-file lands
(where big canal
curvature and high file
stiffness)
Benefit: Reduces risk of
transportation, ledging and
perforation
Narrow lands in tip
region (+ shank
end)
(where little
curvature)
Benefit: Higher cutting
efficiency
GT®
Combined Safety and Efficiency
GT® Series X Feature: Variable Radial Lands
along the flute
Flat helical angles
GT® Series X Feature: Large flute spacing
Benefit: Faster cutting and exceptional debris removal
GT®
GT® Series X
Faster Cutting and Exceptional Debris
Removal
Benefit: Reduces the risk for:
❑ Perforations
❑ Transportation
❑ Ledging
Safe for the canal path
GT® Series X Feature: rounded safe ended tip
Teeth, with slight to severe apical curvature, instrumented by Dr. Jim
Gutmann.
Red is the original morphology.
Green is the path GT® Series X made.
Research with Micro-CT scanning shows
that there is virtually no transportation of
severely curved canals despite the high
cutting efficiency.
Safe for the canal path
Source: Dentsply Tulsa, US
GT® Series X Obturators
1. X = GT Series X
a) 2 = .20
b) 3 = .30
c) 4 = .40
2. Stoppers are colored
to indicate the taper:
a) Red = .04
b) Green = .06
c) Blue = .08
Same tapers as GT and differentiated by:
GT® Series X Obturators
Same Technique as for
obturators (thermafil type)