All endodontic professionals aim at delivering the highest standard of care to heal patients. Elimination of bacteria and maintaining tooth structure demonstrated positive impact on the long-term survival of the treated tooth and on patients’ overall health.

This lecture will highlight different clinical techniques that either prevent infection, eliminate infected tissues, or maintain a low level of bacteria. The planification and application of these techniques for an endodontic procedure will benefit the patient and the clinician by reducing the re-infection and retreatment rate. In addition, they all follow a minimally invasive approach that targets removing as much infected tissue as possible, but as little sound tissue as necessary. All these techniques are applicable with minimal effort in every dental office.