From: Siju Jacob
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:38 AM
Subject: [roots] A routine Re-treatment

Nothing special. just a routine re-treatment of a maxillary first molar.
questions, comments, criticisms are welcome.   - Siju













Really nice work Siju.  My only criticism is maybe your camera needs to be white balanced,
or are you taking some of those photos through a resin filter on your scope? - Mark

Thank you Mark. yes I do have a resin filter but I think most of the photos are the way they are because
I still haven't learned how to use my camera properly - Siju

Well done, Siju!  I love to see the line of clincal pictures. Maybe you should do a individual white balancing
with your camera to reduce the influence of the halogen light  - Jörg

Thank you Jorg.  I still have a long way to go before I match your photography skills.
I read your post about your camera settings.
I'll try and do that when i get some free time to fiddle around with my camera.
BTW, where did you get Herbanson's reccomendations? Is it on some website or PDF? - Siju

I think I got the info from Winfried Zeppenfeld some years ago. - Jörg

It's a beauty Siju.  This is a common sight in my experience with retreatments----a very messy chamber
with composite and gutta percha and voids all together.   When I see this I must conclude that the dentist
was working blind----in the sense that they never looked in the chamber to deliver treatment.  - Kendel

Thank you Kendel, This was done by a local endodontist (can you believe that?) - Siju

Nicely handled case Siju.  What camera and scope are you using.
You can edit out the color of the halogen in PS or another editing program.
Cya and great case - Glenn

Hi Glenn, Thank you for those kind words.
I use a Zeiss PICO These pictures were taken with a Coolpix 4500
Glenn, I don't know if this is a silly Question, but how exactly do you remove the halogen light
colour using Photoshop? - Siju

Hi Siju, I don't know if it is possible with the Coolpix, but you can try to adjust the 'colour temperature'
settings in the white balance menu on your camera. Halogen typically is around 3200°K
It helps me for more realistic colours - Maarten.

Thanks Maarten, I will try and see if I can adjust my camera settings. - Siju

good siju, have you installed beam splitter and camera. - Raghu

Hi Siju, Excellent work. I have been a lurker on this list for many years and have been noticing your growth
to excellence! - Glenn Mascarenhas

very true indeed. superb work, great shapes, and really cool and nice presentations too - viji

Dear Dr Siju, Wonderful great work.
One small query could this also be done opening made through the crown or should we always remove
the crown in retreatment cases - Anantpal