Question 364 · LDEK · Access and canal preparation

The anticurvature filing method consists in:

  1. A. protection of curvature forming during root canal preparation.
  2. B. use alternatingly step-back and step-down method in order to straighten the canal in its apical one third.
  3. C. selective dentin removal from the bulky wall.
  4. D. selective dentin removal from the inner/furcal wall.
  5. E. straightening the root canal near the orifice.
Hint

Think about which wall of a curved root is thin and at risk of strip perforation, and which wall can safely lose dentin.

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