Insight & Problem Solving Comparing Obturation Techniques & Post Mishaps

The weather is warming up and baseball spring training is underway, but what does this mean for dentistry? Then, no season would be complete without a “Knowing the Difference” segment; obturation takes center stage when Continuous Wave is compared to Warm Vertical Condensation. After, Ruddle discusses post mishaps and how to manage them. Finally, the show closes with a Ruddle Rant; it has been awhile since Ruddle has had a chance to get some things off his chest, so be ready for some shock and awe ;)… and maybe a laugh, too!

Show Content & Timecodes


00:38 - INTRO: Baseball Spring Training & Dentistry Implications
08:07 - SEGMENT 1: Knowing the Difference – Continuous Wave vs Vertical Condensation
26:06 - SEGMENT 2: Post Mishaps
52:04 - CLOSE: Ruddle Rant

Extra content referenced within show:

  • The Ruddle Show Graphic “Knowing the Difference – Vertical Condensation vs Continuous Wave” (see downloadable PDF below)
  • Schilder H: Filling Root Canals in Three Dimensions, Dent Clin North Am pp. 723-744, November 1967
  • AAE Discussion Open Forum: https://connection.aae.org/communities/community-home

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    Downloadable PDFs & Related Materials

    The Ruddle Show Graphic
    "Knowing the Difference: Vertical Condensation vs Continuous Wave"
    Apr 2025

    Featured Graphic from The Ruddle Show: Knowing the Difference - Warm Vertical Condensation vs Continous Wave Obturation Techniques

    Ruddle Article
    "Filling Root Canal Systems"
    Apr 2010

    Virtually all dentists are intrigued when endodontic post-treatment radiographs exhibit filled accessory canals. Filling root canal systems represents the culmination and successful fulfillment of a series of procedural steps that comprise start-to-finish endodontics...

    Ruddle Article
    "Nonsurgical Retreatment: Post & Broken Instrument Removal"
    Dec 2004

    There has been massive growth in endodontic treatment in recent years. This upward surge of clinical activity can be attributable to better trained dentists and specialists alike. Necessary for this unfolding story is the general public’s growing selection for root canal treatment as an alternative to the extraction...

    Ruddle Article
    "Nonsurgical Endodontic Retreatment"
    Jun 2004

    There has been massive growth in endodontic treatment in recent years. This increase in clinical activity can be attributable to better-trained dentists and specialists alike. Necessary for this unfolding story is the general public's growing selection for root canal treatment...

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