Dr. Frank R Portell DMD
Endodontist | Endodontics
6120 Brandon Ave Suite 314 Springfield VA, 22150About
Dr. Frank Portell is an endodonist practicing in Springfield, VA. Dr. Portell is a specialist dentist, focusing on tooth pain, root canals and other issues related to the interior part of the tooth. Endodonists can diagnose problems and perform procedures to fix them. Treatment from an endodonist can often save a diseased tooth. Root canal treatment is one of the most common procedures performed by an endodonist.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A comparison of apical seal: chloroform versus eucalyptol-dipped gutta-percha obturation.
- Leakage in vitro with IRM, high copper amalgam, and EBA cement as retrofilling materials.
- Does cold burnishing gutta-percha create a better apical seal?
- Maxillary first molar with six canals.
- Clinical management of middle mesial root canals in mandibular molars.
- Custom models for endodontic surgery procedures.
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