The clinic is on the ground floor of the OHSU School of Dentistry.
The windows of the endodontic operatories look out over a landscaped
area in front of the school. The Endodontic/Periodontal Graduate
Clinic was renovated in 1993 as a result of generosity of our
many alumni. It easily meets the needs of six Endo residents
and nine Perio residents. Each operatory is equipped with A-Dec
equipment. Each Endodontic resident has his own operatory with
a surgical operating microscope with video capabilities. Radiographic
tube heads are shared between rooms and are enclosed in cabinets.
Each resident is able to take digital radiographs and digital
images through the operating microscope with the use of digital
sensors, digital cameras, and personal laptops utilizing built
in video capture cards operating on a wireless network. Each operatory
is equipped with the latest piezoelectric ultrasonic equipment,
apex locators, electric motors and handpeices for rotary instrumentation,
System B's and Obtura II's for vertical compaction of warm gutta-percha.
As you enter the clinic the residents' office is immediately on
your left with the supervising endodontic faculty's office next
to it. Each operatory has a chair mounted operating light that
also provides an arm for the ultrasonic units and a secure arm
and platform for the personal laptop. Another chair mounted pole
provides over the patient delivery of instruments and handpieces.
Portable carts provide additional working surface. The surgical
operating microscopes are wall mounted in some of the rooms and
free standing in others. A sterilization area is shared with the
periodontal staff. The residents are able to experience six handed
dentistry during surgical procedures as well as four handed dentistry
with the two full time dental assistants.