"...Predictable endodontic treatment begins with an effective access preparation that enables locating any given orifice, which in turn, promotes negotiating, securing, and shaping the canal..."

"...Recognizing the GPMC sizing and formulation dilemma has created a breakdown to breakthrough moment in clincial endodontics..."

"...WaveOne Gold will completely change the reciprocation experience, while still fulfilling the 3 sacred tenets..."

"...For more than 50 years, there has been universal agreement that the triad for endodontic success is shaping canals, cleaning in 3 dimensions...

In the latest article release by Dr. Ruddle, the ProTaper GOLD system is introduced and its importance in canal preparation procedures is highlighted...

Well, you guys and gals out there are at it again. You’re trying to get better. I can tell by your questions. You can always tell the conscientious dentist because they always want to know how to find that MB2...

Today’s question is really a question that I don’t agree with, but the assertion from the question is that patency files...

I get hundreds of email questions each week and I’m entering a new era in my life, as I enter my fourth decade in clinical endodontics. With travel and with the...

Hello to each of you around the world. This is Cliff Ruddle, bringing you another blog answer to a bloggee’s question. How’s that? Bloggers and bloggees, joining together...

I would like to welcome each of you to another blog session. As many of you might anticipate, I receive an enormous number of emails per week. It's in the hundreds...

As you know, when we’re finished shaping or preparing a canal, it is normal to gauge the size of the apical terminus. We want...

When you have a glide path, I can give you four hints that could make a major difference on your next practice case.

One of my dear friends, Dr. Edmond Koyess, turned to me and he said, “Cliff, when does endodontics truly begin?” Well, this was quite a question and, as you...

Well, today I wanted to talk to you a little about bioceramics. Lately there’s been quite a few questions that have been presented...

What should be the ideal optimal temperature of sodium hypochlorite?...

We probably all have heard the expression that at the end of the rainbow there is the proverbial pot of gold. Actually, I'm..

Many of you have asked me about lasers so I thought I would weigh in a little bit about what I'm thinking about lasers and the role...

I would like to briefly talk about new technology and the new "kid" on the block...

I gave a lecture at the AAE meeting to about 500 endodontists in Orlando and it was a...

Today’s lesson will be on Working Length. Obviously when you mention working length it reminds me of the old expression...

I’d like to get into a topic right now that obviously is controversial and there is no international agreement, but it has to...

Hey everybody, this is Cliff Ruddle from Santa Barbara and I want to talk to you a little bit more about new methods...

Today I'm going to talk about the effect of needle insertion depth on irrigant flow in the root canal. There have been countless...

Well, I hope some of you are sitting down. Others will probably dance. But, I have to talk today... I want to talk today about...

Many of you who have listened to me over the years realize how much emphasis I place on Glide Path Management...

The controversy that I’d like to address today is the reported, mythical air bubble or air lock assertion. Before I get into this...