Profiles in Dentistry & Gutta Percha Removal A Closer Look at Dr. Rik van Mill & How to Remove Gutta Percha

This episode opens with Ruddle emphasizing the importance of documentation in his life and practice. Next, The Ruddle Show premieres its ongoing segment, “Profiles in Dentistry,” with this episode featuring Dutch clinician, Rik van Mill. In the next segment, Ruddle presents how to remove gutta percha when performing endodontic nonsurgical retreatment. The show closes with a rare look at some behind-the-scenes footage; see what goes into creating each unique episode of The Ruddle Show.

Show Content & Timecodes


00:08 - INTRO: Importance of Documentation
07:12 - SEGMENT 1: Profiles in Dentistry - Rik van Mill
24:38 - SEGMENT 2: RETX - Gutta Percha Removal
49:45 - CLOSE: Behind-the-Scenes Footage

Select PDF content displayed below. See Ruddle's complete library of downloadable PDF content at www.endoruddle.com/pdfs

See also Ruddle's complete Just-In-Time® Video Library at www.endoruddle.com/jit

Downloadable PDFs & Related Materials

Zuidas Magazine Article
Dentist with a Mission
Jan 2019

Root canal treatment. The mere words would send shivers along anyone’s spine – but not when Rik van Mill is your dentist. He is a guru in the Ield of endodontology. Expats love going to Dental Clinic H.J. van Mill’s whose employees not only speak Dutch and English but also Japanese, Hindi and Urdu...

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...

Ruddle 'Endodontic Therapy' Interview
"NSRCT of Endo Failures: Treatment Concepts & Considerations"
Nov 2001

In a previous interview, Endodontic Therapy and Dr. Cliff Ruddle discuss nonsurgical retreatment and the integration of traditional and modern techniques for achieving excellence and producing predictable outcomes...

Ruddle Article
"NSRCT: Issues Influencing Treatment"
Feb 1998

Mao Tse Tung wrote “The foundation of success is failure”. Clinicians who strive for endodontic excellence appreciate the elements that comprise success and use these criteria to evaluate the causes of failure. Endodontic failure occurs for a variety of reasons, but what all failures share in common is leakage...

Ruddle Supply List
Nonsurgical Retreatment
Mar 2018

Ruddle on Retreatment Supply List and Supplier Contact Information Listing

Ruddle Supply List
Shape•Clean•Pack
Oct 2017

Ruddle on Shape•Clean•Pack Supply List and Supplier Contact Information Listing

Disclaimer

This transcript is made available by The Ruddle Show in an effort to share opinions and information, and as an added service. Since all show text has been transcribed by a third party, grammatical errors and/or misspellings may occur. As such, we encourage you to listen/watch the show whenever possible and use the transcript for your own general, personal information. Any reproduction of show content (visual, audio or written) is strictly forbidden.

INTRO: Importance of Documentation

Lisette

Welcome to The Ruddle Show. I'm Lisette and this is my dad, Cliff Ruddle. Today we want to start off – well I want to start off asking you something about documentation. Is that okay?

Cliff

Sure.

Lisette

Because the other day you said something to me that got me thinking. You said that you wouldn't be where you were today without all the documentation you did. And by documentation we mean all the detailed notes, the radiographs, the photographs that you did on each patient.

So at first, I thought you meant that you wouldn't have all the great content for your lectures, for all of your teaching. But that is not what you meant. Could you tell us what you meant by that and why you think documentation is one of the secrets of your success?

Cliff

Sure. I used to play a lot of sports and in sports, even back then in the '50s and '60s, some coaches did take some films. Maybe it was a handheld camera and a still image, but they would show you your stance or your step up in the bucket. Anyway, in different sports there's different things. So I learned as a kid how important it is to go back after the game's over and see what you might have done and how you can get better. So it was pretty natural for me to take a few pictures. I should probably tell you; in the old days it was 36 slides I think in a packet.

Lisette

Of film, like it was not – we didn't just have the iPhone.

Cliff

No. So we would take all these pictures and sometimes you'd see things you never saw in your life. And we would have a race to get down to color services where it was developed overnight, and the next morning I'd roll in there at 7:00 or 6:30 in the morning, grab my packet and race to the office and my staff would come around. And sadly, we'd put a wastebasket: no, no, no. And there might be 2 or 3 that I could use in my lecture, but I realized this is really important stuff.

We what happened as we got the digital cameras, we could see if we got the shot right at the moment; I'd begin to evaluate my surgical cases; how I took a post out or what I did when I'd get a broken instrument; clean shape pack, different things; parulis, a dark tooth, swellings.

Anyway, I got the staff involved. At some point I didn't do any documentation; they did it. I just kept working. So the patient wasn't really inconvenienced, I wasn't inconvenienced, but I had the benefit when everybody went home and it was quiet – and it might be three days later or three weeks later – I could go back and look at that case, and I saw lots of things Ruddle needed to get better on. There were a lot of little things that I could do better, I saw I missed some things, and then I just saw the esthetics of it all and from a teaching standpoint, how to get a point across. Maybe a film right here; we're always waving our arms and trying to chalkboard it, but maybe we could just show it and then they would see it.

So documentation had a lot to do with my success. I had a fabulous team, obviously I had family support, but the documentation allows you to grow.

Lisette

I think you also said – at one point, too, I heard you say that it helped you see what was maybe missing technologically; like how you might have benefitted from some innovation or invention that could have helped you.

Cliff

Well when you're documenting, suddenly in the quietness of the room, the film room, you are looking at things and you're going if I had just had that, I could have done that more successfully, or easier, or easier/faster/better versus not at all. So it did help me a lot with some of the inventions I've done across the years just to see how things really are. There's what we think and then there's what is.

Lisette

I have also – when I've seen your lectures, I have seen that you have oftentimes 5-year recalls, 10-year recalls, and I've seen even up to 30-year recalls. And when I had a root canal several years back, I got called in 5 years later to come in for a recall visit. And at first I didn't come in because I'm thinking well there's nothing wrong, my tooth is doing well, so why would I need to come back in? But then I felt guilty because I remembered how much you valued those recall radiographs you had and how they're rating your lecture, so then I felt guilty and I went back. So how did get patients to come back in?

Cliff

Bribery. Well no. I think I would say quickly; I would say that it all starts when the patient walks into the office. In other words people aren't going to come back; they don't even want to be there and they're probably there because they're hurting, in endodontics anyway. Most of our patients have some complaint.

So to have them come back, when they first come in the office we need to get into relationship, make connections that are humankind, people like people like themselves, ask an unscripted question, get them talking a little bit so all of a sudden you're friends. So when you tell them how important it is and you've explained the case as you're going along, they're part of the treatment. They're co-treatment with you. So it's not just me doing the treatment, they're helping me. So I would ask them at the end, you know we're going to have a recall, you'll get a postcard; don't be panicked, don't be concerned, just drop by and take 10 minutes of your time. Well a lot of people would because they liked me and I liked them and I had those relationships, but I would say maybe 30 or 40% didn't. And so then we'd have the receptionist call. A very powerful one was having the assistant that sat with them during the procedure, have them call when it's convenient and they can have a little conversation and get the patient in. And then of course, back to bribery; that always seemed to help. We would give gift cards maybe to Starbucks, maybe to a restaurant or whatever, to make them realize it was important, make it fun, and we all had fun. They got a nice dinner; I got the case.

And you know after surgery, just in closing; one last thing about documentation. That's what led to 48 hour suture removal. I mean we were leaving those sutures in for seven days and then we were taking healing shots post-op seven days, thirty days. But when you started taking sutures out in 48 hours people said you can't do that. Well we showed them you can and the healing was fabulous.

Lisette

Well great, okay. It sounds like it's important to get the staff involved – I got that – and to get people to come in, just be persistent. Well we have a great show for you today so we're going to get started.

SEGMENT 1: Profiles in Dentistry - Rik van Mill

Lisette

So today we are debuting a new segment we have called Profiles in Dentistry. Every now and then we want to present a clinician who has really devoted his or her life to making a difference in dentistry and helping others. And we want talk about this clinician in terms of the four facets of the Ruddle Show: education, innovation, community and lifestyle. Today we want to present to you a Dutch clinician, Dr. Rik van Mill, who you have seen on a previous show on his boat talking about Covid-19, and also in a music segment we had last season, you saw Rik playing guitar. So you've known Rik for several decades. Do you remember how you met him?

Cliff

I do. We were giving seminars for several decades, but in 1990 I believe roughly, we – it was an international class and that was pretty normal, people from all over the world. And I just knew that he was going to be coming; I didn't know that he was coming with his wife, Wilma. And so I knew he was coming, but I guess what stands out is he arrived on – they arrived on bicycles. I'll let you go into that more.

Lisette

Oh no; you tell the story.

Cliff

Well, okay. So Wilma says that Rik likes to be completely mentally free and cleansed so he could really dive into the educational knowledge and swim vigorously. So they flew from Amsterdam to San Francisco and then they had their bikes shipped and they got on their bikes with saddles and a little backpack. And they came down the coast, Highway 1, and you know how beautiful that is – Monterey, Big Sur, Carmel, all that stuff – and then they arrived for the course. So I met them on the first day of the course. We had breakfast, which was normal, so they came out to the office with a van. But Wilma was limping and was limping the whole course, and that's how I met them.

Lisette

Okay, so Rik lives and practices in Amstelveen, which is in the Netherlands, and he's married to you said a great woman, Wilma. Wilma is to Rik kind of like how mom is to you; like the backbone of the operation. So now we're going to show a little video and it's narrated by Wilma and it shows where Rik practices in Amstelveen. So let's look at that now.

[Wilma narrating] "Hi. This is our first introduction video of Rik and Wilma van Mill from the Netherlands. Our dental office is located south of Amsterdam in Amstelveen, which is actually a suburb from the big city. We are surrounded by this little green park which gives a very nice and relaxed atmosphere. Today is the 15th of February, so actually it's mid-winter. But because of the sun shining, it feels almost like it's a spring day. You hear the birds singing; it's a beautiful day."

Lisette

So what did you think of that?

Cliff

Well it brought back a lot of memories. I've never been to his office but I've been to Amsterdam many times as a clinician lecturing and I've had dinner with them. I remember one course years ago; it was the first microscope assisted course in all of Europe and I was a keynote speaker. And I remember walking along the canals after the lectures and walking to some great restaurants, and then Phyllis and I have been back. And so yeah, it brought back a flood of memories.

Lisette

It looks like a really nice location to practice. And apparently he's been at that location since 1982. Now Wilma's going to take us up to the front door of the office, so let's look at a little bit more.

Cliff

Oh awesome!

[Wilma narrating] "So I cross over this little bridge and then I'm in front of our office. You cannot see me because I'm filming, but later I will introduce myself. And I'm going inside now where Rik is teaching a seminar of endodontics of course. And in a small setting we have now eight dentists today and tomorrow. Today is theory and tomorrow he is doing a live demo on a patient, and afterwards hands-on training."

Lisette

So you can't help but notice the bikes that were parked out front, so biking is obviously pretty big in the Netherlands. But he's also giving a course, and he's taken courses from you, right?

Cliff

Yes, Rik – as you mentioned, 1990 was our first interaction and that was a 2-day course. What we didn't say is that he came back multiple times to take 2-day courses. But then he started coming back and taking my week long course; because I offered a week long course for international people so they didn't have to transfer back and forth over the oceans; so it was more convenient and efficient with their time.

Lisette

And in recent years he even came to actually help out in the courses.

Cliff

Well he kept coming and finally after he'd taken every course: Rik, I don't need to say you're a slow learner do I? But no, he was just passionate about endodontics so he came over and over and over. And finally when he signed up again and the credit card information came through I said this is embarrassing. And I said you will never pay another dime for Ruddle's education. But what you can do, since you still want to come, is I'm going to put you to work. So I told Rik, when you come over you're actually going to be a body among the dentists and you're going to actually work with them chairside; you're going to help them.

And so we worked for many more years where he came over as faculty. I went down – I was the chairman at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry and I had a faculty that supported me. He was one of them that came there. Then when we moved the seminar business back to Santa Barbara, he kept coming.

Lisette

We actually have some footage of Rik teaching his course; he's teaching it in Dutch. But let's look at that now.

Cliff

Okay.

[Wilma narrating] "Here Rick is teaching his seminar on endodontics in our coffee room." [Voices continue in Dutch]

Lisette

Did you understand what he was saying?

Cliff

My Dutch is perfect. I'm fluent in many, many languages; English and English and English would be the top three.

Well I'm really proud of Rik because Rik got – he's a skillful clinician; you have to have some skills. But then he had desire, he had a big passion, and he was able to grow. And I watched him grow. He sent me lots and lots of cases that I would review, and I just saw his journey as ascension. So he wanted to know one day if – since I can't go over so often – could he start a class? And I gave him encouragement, and he said but I'm a general dentist. I said there are no endodontists, there are no general dentists, there are just students of endodontics; people who want to learn. So if you have nothing to offer your colleagues they won't come; you don't have to worry, the decision will be made for you. But if you have something to offer and you can make people more successful, they'll come. And if they come, you will have work to do.

So he's been offering these group classes now and people are coming from all over Western Europe and maybe even a little bit beyond.

Lisette

It looks like he kind of has modeled his courses a little bit in the same way that you did, except for you never did a live demo on a patient in one of your seminars. But we actually have footage of him doing the live demo, so let's see that.

Cliff

Oh, okay.

[Wilma narrating] "Here Rik is doing his live demonstration on a real patient; everyone's watching. [Voices continue speaking in Dutch.] We also do video so they can also watch it on the video. Half of the group is watching this in our waiting room by the video screen. And one of the colleagues who has been here before is explaining what Rik is doing."

Lisette

So I think we should say right now he's doing an endodontic course, but in his office they do pediatrics, periodontics, implants, esthetic dentistry and even orthodontics.

Cliff

Multi-disciplinary dentistry.

Lisette

So I guess that is more common in Europe to do that?

Cliff

Yeah. I don’t have time right now to explain, but historically when groups started coming over even in the '80s to Santa Barbara, they went home and did everything like you just said. There really weren't – if there were, there was a handful of trained specialists in all of Europe. Now that's all changed. Europe has closed the gap; they have post-grad programs and you can go there and train and get certified to be an endodontist. But you're right; it was normal for even your master clinicians to do crowns, follow up crowns and stuff like that.

Lisette

And they also have quite an international office, too. I think they have a Japanese doctor there; an Indian doctor there.

Cliff

Yup.

Lisette

And they speak multiple languages in that office as well.

Cliff

They speak Dutch, English, Japanese, Hindi and Urdu. And that's just because of how multi-ethnical Amsterdam is, and in Amstelveen, the little town they live in, there's a big Japanese population there apparently.

Lisette

Okay, well we have one more video clip that we're going to show you, and it kind of reveals a little bit about Rik's lifestyle. So it involves a luncheon that's being prepared for the course attendees, so let's see that video now.

[Wilma narrating] "So here we have the lunch upstairs in our living room actually, and it's a vegan lunch, very healthy with lots of fruits and vegetables and nice rolls. And this is Mimi.

Hello.

Hello. Mi is helping me with the lunch and she's doing a great job. So I'm going downstairs now and I'm telling them that lunch is ready. And there's my little sweetie doggie! [Speaking Dutch]"

Lisette

So I did notice a few things that stood out to me. One is that Rik is a vegan, and I know that you've talked to him about that before. Apparently it looks like he lives right above where he works, so that's nice. And then we also got to meet Rik's dog, and I think it's pronounced Luff. He loves that dog; both him and Wilma love that dog.

Cliff

They actually got that dog in one of their visits to Santa Barbara to take endodontic classes. They arranged while they were over here to get that dog and that dog then flew home with them in the same plane and they have been inseparable since then.

One thing I'd like to say to the group. You're starting to notice that how you practice and what you put around you is a choice. And did you see the technology in his operatory? He had a PROergo, he had Buggy Whip over the patient delivery, he had side delivery; I mean it gets you excited. So for all you general dentists out there, you can be as good as you decide and if you get a little bit of technology around you, you can do some really great things. What else have we got?

Lisette

Well we also wanted to talk a little bit about Rik's journey, because he hasn't just always stayed right there in that office. Well that office has been there since 1982. But he's also gone out on some charity type missions to bring some dental care to underprivileged people and help out in these communities in Nepal and Oman. So I saw some pictures on his website; I'm going to try to get those and hopefully we can show you those over what we're saying. But do you know anything more about that? I think that's really interesting that he's gone to these faraway places and helped teach there, and do dentistry on people who can't afford it.

Cliff

You know Wilma and Rik have the biggest hearts, and they're very successful and they've always – I've always understood without even hardly talking about it; they feel obligated to give back. So when they went to Nepal that was more children, so they helped a lot of kids. And they flew in there and they'll work for two or three weeks at a time.

But the one that was also intriguing was when they went to the deserts of Oman and they talked about desert dentistry and got to do some endodontics there. Whereas with the kids a lot of times it’s just caries, cleanouts, and palliative treatment. But they have done that many years and they talk about the camels, the culture, and how wonderful, how beautiful the people are.

Lisette

Well I thought that was just really inspiring to me. That's one of the reasons why we were even going to choose someone to do our first segment on Profiles in Dentistry, I really wanted to present Rik because of that work he's done in other countries; I thought that was really inspiring.

Cliff

And speaking of how interesting he is, tell us about what's next. Because he didn't always – he wasn't always a dentist was he?

Lisette

Apparently he used to be a civil engineer; he made calculations for drilling platforms in the North Sea. And I was actually reading a magazine article that told me about that. It was a magazine article on Rik, and it had a quote that Rik gave that I wanted to read because I thought it was really interesting.

Cliff

Oh neat!

Lisette

He said: "In our clinic we always start with the pillars. Healthy roots: we use these as a basis to build something that will last a long time. You could compare it with a drilling platform. It would be nothing without a strong and solid foundation."

Cliff

Wow! You know Rik one night – we were having dinner and I don't know how many beers we had – but he was telling me about the thrill of erecting a platform in the North Sea. Now the North Sea is some of the wildest waters on Earth. So he sits in his office and he does all the engineering that's all supposed to theoretically work. But he said he was obligated to go out and set the platform up, and the biggest move was towing it out horizontal and then deploying it so it came up vertical. And when that moment arrived, he said it was really thrilling.

Lisette

Well that's the end of our segment on Rik van Mill, but he is going to be – you'll be seeing him on some future shows, and specifically when we talk about laser disinfection.

Cliff

Oh good. Yes, he has sweeps!

Lisette

Okay. And you already pointed out that had a lot of technology in his office. And I did read that they actually at one point maybe considered relocating their office, but they decided to save money because they wanted to invest in the latest technology and just be a very high technology office.

Cliff

For those of you who don't know what sweeps means, it's a laser 2940 Er:YAG. And he is teaching that in his classes so he is not just any dentist; he's a super dentist.

Lisette

Well that's the end of our segment. We both love Rik and Wilma and I can't wait to see them again soon.

Cliff

And they're sailing right now.

Lisette

Right, on their boat.

Cliff

Okay.

Lisette

Okay, thanks.

SEGMENT 2: RETX - Gutta Percha Removal

Cliff

Endo training, that's what I like to do. Endo training is really fun and I've been blessed because groups have come from all over the world, and here we have Hideki Nomura from Japan who has become quite an amazing clinician. We've done a lot of training together in Japan and in Santa Barbara.

So speaking of training, we're going to talk a little bit about retreatment today, and specifically the topic is how to remove gutta percha in the retreatment situation. Now remember sometimes we even remove gutta percha when there are no problems. Maybe the dentist needs a restorative effort with a post, so he might take out some gutta percha to make a post space. Or typically it's to remove gutta percha to reset the case because it's failing.

So when you look at this case, I want to just say one quick thing. I spent a lot of years of my professional life in the world of retreatment, and I've written chapters in at least five textbooks around the world, you know like 50 pages. So when I look at retreatment, I want you to look at it like I like at it, and I want to look at it like you look at it, and together we'll learn.

So we're thinking about removing gutta percha, but what you can see in a retreatment case immediately is there's usually more than one issue. So we have a casting, a porcelain fused metal crown; we see that we're going to have to take a post out. If you look at the rules of symmetry, the gutta percha is not centered in the root so there's probably another branch in here. We've got a short fill, okay? So there's going to be things like blocks, ledges, post removal, extra canals; those are the issues. And then of course we have a big fercal blowout. So we're not going to look at this case right now, but I want to get you thinking gutta percha removal.

Now there's many ways that I've taught to remove gutta percha. You need to have your bag full of secondary and tertiary tricks. So when we look at removing gutta percha, I think we can identify several different ideas, and I'll go through these very quickly. Of course the easiest and the most efficient is to use a rotary instrument. And rotary causes sufficient heat, that heat causes friction – or friction causes heat I should say – and through that heat wave, we begin to soften the gutta percha, load it onto the cutting flutes so we can auger it up out of the canal. So that would be our first choice.

But a lot of times the rotary instrument in a very small prepared canal, underprepared canal, the rotary instrument's going to cut dentin before it starts to auger gutta percha. Remember, when we take out gutta percha, we should be thinking just gutta percha. Shaping is another idea and we'll do that later.

So heat transfer. The limitations with heat is sometimes these electric heat carriers, because of their taper, begin to have restrictions and you can't plunge them deeper and deeper because our canal is tapered. So as we get down to smaller diameters, or maybe we even have more curvature, maybe we have abrupt curvatures, then maybe this would be considered dangerous. We probably would never get heat devices that deep so we have to have other ideas. Hedstrom displacement is a really effective idea when it's poorly obturated. In other words sometimes the Hedstrom can go into the thermal softened gutta percha and pull the whole cone out in one motion and one move. That's nice, particularly useful when gutta percha is over extended beyond the foramen. Like think of a Powell root of a maxillary molar and there might be gutta percha in the sinus; good way to maybe extract the whole cone.

Files and solvents. Oftentimes in tight canals, various squigs of sealer and gutta percha, insufficient material; we're going to have to use small sized hand files in the presence of a solvent like a chloroform or a Xylol. Xylol is an excellent solvent and it can be used along with chloroform. I'm going to use them interchangeably. So files and solvents.

The EndoActivator can be used with its polymer tips in a big reservoir. It's brim full with solvent and we can throw that solvent so that it can penetrate, circulate, and it can help absorb the gutta percha. It can soften it and put it into solution so it can be subsequently flushed out of the tooth. So another idea.

And finally, wicking. What is wicking? When you put paper points into a fluid filled solvent canal, the paper point wicks. It absorbs material that's in solution laterally to central. It pulls things out of cul-de-sacs, fins, webs, anastomoses; and it gets it into the body of the canal where you can flush it out.

So here are some of our ideas, and the paper points – I'll show this in a little bit – but these are our main ideas. You oftentimes use several of these ideas in concert.

Well rotary files. You can use any generic file you want that is mechanically driven, but in the Pro Taper world we actually made specifically retreatment files. Notice that we have the 30/09, the 25/08, the 20/07. This is basically working in the coronal part of the canal. This is working in the middle one third, and this is working deeper, maybe into the apical one third. So that's kind of how to think.

This is an active tip; be aware of that. That's really good for brick hard resin paste. Russian red; how about that one? On the Pacific Rim, we see a lot of brick hard pastes that are very hard to get, so the active tip not only is good for gutta percha, but it's also good for other methods that we will try and show a little bit later. Not today; hey come on! I have a lot to do today just to get you good with gutta percha.

So that's a little bit about the files. The thing to add here is maybe consider something like a rotational speed of 900 – 1200 rpms. This is way faster than you would be shaping or preparing canals. But you need that extra speed to create more friction because the byproduct of friction is what? Heat. And heat thermal softens gutta percha.

When you look at an x-ray you can begin to see the width of the shape in two dimensions; like mesial to distal. Of course you can take CBCT and you can actually get the axial slice and see how much circumferential dentin you have. But with the rotational speed, you put it on the gutta percha and you just start spinning. You're going to use a bigger instrument; like that 30:09 will be used on the coronal. Remember each third is about 3-5mm. So we're going to use an instrument that works in the coronal one-third, we're going to use a smaller profile instrument that works deeper into the body of the canal, and then if we still have gutta percha in the apical third, we'll use the smaller instrument to work in the smaller diameter. It should be making sense.

So you can see how this ropes and comes out; it's fast, it's efficient. And if we can not use chemicals that's a good thing. Because chemicals soften gutta percha, gutta percha slurry gets into the fins and eccentricities off the rounder part of canals, and so that just makes it harder to eliminate those precipitates after the bulk of the material has been eliminated. Chloroform or Xylol; watch the paper point come out. So even after we've augered out all of the gutta percha, even when the file looks silver – no more pink gutta percha in the flutes – we can still do wicking and we can eliminate a lot of gutta percha off the rounder, crust sections of the canal. Lots of flushing, lots of wicking, and off we go to the next case.

Heat; Touch'n'Heat, System B, Calamus; I'm using Calamus by Sirona. I set the temperature at 350°. When your finger touches this activating cup, you're bringing heat to the tip. I think this is a runaway lecture so we'll stop for just a second. There's a 30 tip; there is a 50:05 and there is a 60:06. I'm telling you there's three tips; this might work best, more effectively in the coronal area. You might have to change tips to get deeper and get your heat wave to pass towards the foramen, the terminus. And you might need the smallest tip then to get as deep as possible. But a lot of times again in retreatment we're restricted because many times the failing case has been underprepared and an underprepared canal does not receive all the armintarium we've talked about. That's why you have to have multiple ideas.

Plunge, deactivate the cup – take your finger off the circumferential activating cup on the Calamus as an example – thermal softened gutta percha from Calamus accepts a rotatory file; the rotary file goes into that thermal softened material even more effectively, and then here we are doing more stuff. You can do ultrasonics. Ultrasonics is another way to produce heat – the byproduct of ultrasonic energy is heat – so some colleagues like to plunge in and make a hole. I would probably just use the Calamus, but I want you to understand; this is in the family of heat transfer devices. Pick the appropriate tip that will fit in the cross-sectional diameter of the orifice, and obviously because these tips as they start to get pretty parallel and narrow, they're ineffective and they'll break and they're real expensive. Maybe go back to your Calamus and think Calamus.

All right. So back to Calamus; we can even plunge deeper in the same canal. And once we've plunged deeper, that thermal softened wave allow us to what? Take a 30, 35, 40, 45 Hedstrom that has a cross-section of a positive rake angle. The barbs of a Hedstrom will easily turn into thermal softened gutta percha. You can take the heat and put it right on the instrument; the heat will transfer through the instrument to thermal soften the gutta percha deep. Then you can pack around it a little bit, wind it up, and pop goes the weasel! Very effective way. Hedstrom displacement is what I called that about 25 years ago.

You can see chemicals are really going to be important because in failures, in cases that are failing, a lot of times the gutta percha might kind of terminate at the junction of the middle and apical third. Sometimes there's just a squig of sealer in the apical third, or maybe a very thin cone and sealer. So rotary's not going to work, heat transfer's not going to work, Hedstrom displacement's not going to work, ultrasonics is not going to work. You're going to need files and small size files. Not a 6, not an 8; you need a little bit more rigidity. The rigidity allows you to pick, pick, pick. Look at that! What you pull that file out, the file is clean, no more gutta percha; but believe me, when your file is clean, know with total confidence there is residual, remaining gutta percha sealer complex B.

So if we look at a case what do you look at? I want you to start looking at the cross-sectional diameter of the canal. You've got a really big canal here, you've got pretty good dimensions here; so you could probably say well at least to about this level I think I can do rotary and the DB and MB. I could probably do rotary quite a bit higher. But kind of make sure when you're using that rotary instrument, you want to see gutta percha. If you're not seeing gutta percha, you're probably starting to cut dentin. Remember cutting dentin and shaping is completely a different entity than removing gutta percha. I'll say it again: we remove gutta percha crown down. I didn't say that did I?

So let's go over that again. Coronal, middle, apical third. Today's lesson is – without drawing it all out for you – every third is about 3-5mm. So be thinking about how to get gutta percha out here. Take a small size hand file, okay – 15 is what I like to use, even in a pretty big orifice – and it’s pick, pick, pick; okay? It's pick, pick, pick, pick. And it takes a few moments; the gutta percha will start to soften; and go down about 3, 4, 5mm. You have a pilot hole. Now bring in a 20, a 25, a 30, a 35, and start cutting central to lateral. And pretty much remove and eliminate the gutta percha in this region of the canal. Now flush – new bath, new solvent – and 15 file comes in, and now you can pick a little bit deeper, 3, 4mm, 5mm. I've got a pilot hole.

Now go 25, 30, 35, 40. Go up through the sides serially and sequentially, and you'll be getting to move gutta percha laterally, but at a controlled depth. When I have everything out of the upper two-thirds, I re-flush, and now I have a bath full, chamber full, big bath of solvent, and now I'll work my 15 deep. But don't work your 15 deep if there's no gutta percha on the radiograph, okay? If the AP one-third has never even been entered previously, then maybe it's time to get out your sodium hypochlorite and negotiate the terminal diameter; the terminus of the canal.

So be sure to crown down. Why? If you start softening stuff and trying to go all the way up in one big path, this is when we extrude; chemically soften gutta percha and we incite a riot post treatment. You know these are patients. We provoke inflammatory responses and that shows up as post-op pain. So I have learned – the hard way – when I was a kid I used to try to go right to length and take it all out. Then I started learning, you know what? Do it in a more sequential manner. Your post-op pain – if this is pain and this is time, your post-op pain is going to be really low. It's going to be called discomfort; it's going to be called two aspirins.

Okay. So now that we have looked thoughtfully and carefully at a pre-operative film, we can begin to think about what is the best removal method that we might be able to use here. And if we can stay away from chemicals I've said repeatedly, that would be a good thing.

Well when you get back into these teeth you can start to anticipate. We know that about 91% - that's clinically; I didn't say histologically – clinically, we know we'll find the famous MB2. So the most common cause of failure in a maxillary molar is failure to find the MB2, but in this case we have a frank lesion that you can see. The gutta percha is under-filled and under-extended vertically; there are still remnants; there is pulp tissue probably still left in this little region and it's coming out of the end of the foramen and it's perpetuating the lesion of endodontic origin. So what we have to do is be thankful, the crown down idea, use the bigger rotary instrument here, use a smaller rotary instrument and then a smaller one. So now you've really got it. I'm beating this in because you can do this stuff. Remember? May your reach exceed your grasp. If you've a general dentist out there – if you're an endodontist you're laughing because you've been taking gutta percha out of teeth for like your whole professional career – but if you're a general dentist, many of them say to me in class; you know, I'd like to venture into some simple kinds of retreatment. Because I see a lot of gutta percha cases that I treated. And I'm not so intimidated by removing gutta percha; I'm leaving the silver points and the broken instruments, the ledge, the blocks, the probes, the transportations, the post removal; I'm leaving that for you, Cliff. But I can be comfortable I think with gutta percha. So I'm talking about things that many of you can do with just a couple ideas.

All right. So you find an MB2, and that's another story. This is my first invention; it was a handle, then there was a contour angle, then we clipped a K-file on the end. So when you have a handle that blocks your vision looking into the access. Then if you grab it with your fingers you have more obstruction. So we had an offset handle so we had good vision, and we can snake that in, unimpaired, see perfectly; and just a few little strokes and you have some space and then that's another lecture.

Well I'm using rotary; I'm using the big one – that would be the 30/09; I'm using that in the body of the canal, my primarily upstairs 3-5mm. Be sure you see in your mirror gutta percha spiraling up those flutes and augering ever upward into the pulp chamber. If you're not seeing gutta percha, you're cutting but you're not doing the right thing in the right sequence. Here we are getting it out of the DB. Notice we've already shaped that canal. It's got a separate apical portal of exit we're thinking. And then finally the MB comes out. So you just go around the horn with the big one. Then drop down to like the medium one; that would be something like a 25/08 – if there's room. Or even something with less taper if it needs to be selected so it fits passively within the gutta percha; wall-to-wall gutta percha. So out with the MB.

Well when you get all the gutta percha out, most clinicians are saying well my files are silver, like NITI. I don't see any residual gutta percha. Flood this with solvent and activate it with the EndoActivator. The EndoActivator has three sizes of polymers; choose the one that fits. Listen; you're thinking that a polymer will blow up in a solvent. This is Delrin. Delrin is the most pure form of a polymer in medicine. It's used, implanted in the body. You can lay a tip in a dappen dish of solvent and it will not distort or melt. I didn't say for two days, but easily for an hour or two it'll be intact as it's impervious to absorbing a chemical that would destroy its physical properties. So this is a great way to move a solvent into all dimensions of the root canal system. Then you can wick it out and pack it.

Now remember last season I ended by talking about vertical condensation. We're going to talk about carriers and other ideas in this season and the seasons beyond. But notice the hydraulics; notice when you get a heat wave and it goes up that cone. You can get in here with a pre-fit plugger and you can create loads – look at this – one, two, three portals of exit. Notice we have a bifidity deep; the materials are spiraling across each other – super imposed, okay. So that's a nice result on this professional volleyball player. I saw this volleyball player after she had had endodontics by an endodontist. So these 45 minute molars are okay if you can do them exquisitely. I don't care how long it takes you to do them; do them well, do them right, and grow; get a little bit better.

Let's come to our last case. I could show you many, many cases, but remember; think about this. Rotary removal, heat, Calamus your ultrasonics, files and Hedstroms, Hedstrom displacement, solvents and chemicals, and the EndoActivator. Okay? These are the ideas. So my friend comes in; he wore a mouth guard, he was a golden boxer, Golden Gloves boxer out of San Francisco when he was a kid; and he had a lot of trauma – short roots – you can see all that. But he had two root canals, one done in Boston about 1975, and this one was done in Boston in 1974. This was done by endodontist #1 and this was done by #2. So while he was in grad school with me, my classmate, these were both done; and this is my pre-op 30 years later, and I'm now in Santa Barbara and he's in San Francisco; we're both practicing. You can see we have a composite. If you look at the incisal edge roughly and you look at the apex – I'm pretty close to the screen, but about halfway up. So you're going to have a long access; plan carefully, that's my point. And we don't want to get any bigger this way because we already have limitations on our wall thickness.

I noticed we had internal resorption, and that day I didn't know if it had perforated. There was no palpation problems, pyloral or facial; but the truth is in the actual clinical performance. So in this case, you're not going to use chemicals. If you start to soften this you're going to get a slurry of poor percha out into these areas, and how are you ever going to get that out? So stay away from chemicals; plan very carefully; be thinking on your pre-op what's my modus? You could use rotary; rotary might have worked. I thought why not plunge in here with heat and get a heat wave in that remnant of gutta percha – you know it's to here and the apex is right in here. So plunge in, plunge in, there's my Hedstrom; take a plugger and pack the thermal softened gutta percha to maximize the surface area contact between GP and the instrument; and pop goes the weasel.

Well this isn't initially too exciting because this means to me there is a perforation. And it turns out – I'll show you – the perforation was facial. Here it is a little bit later in time. I did this in one visit – a little bit later in time means an hour and a half later – had perfect hemostasis. We'll talk about that at another time; we're just talking about gutta percha, and the idea here was Hedstrom displacement; no chemicals. And now you can see it's dry, so now I can fit a cone. I can fit a cone. If you want to squirt some gutta percha with your syringe laterally into this space; if you want to throw a supplemental cone in and get another cone in here so you can improve your hydraulics so when you sear this off you put your plugger here and you push, you'll have the maximum cushion of rubber. And that means you'll deliver 2000 pounds per square inch sealer hydraulics. And I know from my research, the adaptation of gutta percha to dentinal walls is about on the order of 6, 7, 8 microns. So we can get wall-to-wall GP and the sealer interface that is very, very thin.

Listen, I've had a lot of fun with you. I hope you've learned quite a bit about removing gutta percha. I hope you lock onto those six principles or methods, and be prepared to use them in combination or singularly. Because remember: You can do it! So that's what I want you to do is learn to train a little bit, think about these things, grow your practice, and deliver a higher level of service to your patients.

CLOSE: Behind-the-Scenes Footage

Lisette

That's our show for today. We're going to leave you with a rare look at some behind the scenes footage so you can see what goes into creating each unique episode of The Ruddle Show.

Cliff

So we'll see you next time. And I promise you we'll continue to learn more about endodontics together.

[Showing behind the scenes video clips]

Lori

And that's a wrap. Okay Dad!

Cliff

I thought you said it was a wrap. I have a feeling we didn't stop. Oh my God!

END

Disclaimer

The content presented in this show is made available in an effort to share opinions and information. Note the opinions expressed by Dr. Cliff Ruddle are his opinions only and are based on over 40 years of endodontic practice and product development, direct personal observation, fellow colleague reports, and/or information gathered from online sources. Any opinions expressed by the hosts and/or guests reflect their opinions and are not necessarily the views of The Ruddle Show. While we have taken every precaution to ensure that the content of this material is both current and accurate, errors can occur. The Ruddle Show, Advanced Endodontics, and its hosts/guests assume no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions. Any reproduction of show content is strictly forbidden.

DISCLOSURE: Please note that Dr. Ruddle has received royalties on and/or continues to receive royalties on those products he has designed and developed. A complete listing of those products may be found at www.endoruddle.com/inventions.

Watch Season 11

1:11:03

s11 e01

Delving Deeper Again

Financial Investing, the Tooth or Implant, Accessing & Flashing Back

02:11

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Trailer S11

Watch Season 10

1:02:43

s10 e01

Delving Deeper

Progressive Tapers & DSO Troubles

1:01:23

s10 e02

The Dark Side & Internal Resorption

The Resilon Disaster & Managing Internal Resorptions

56:14

s10 e03

Advanced Endodontic Diagnosis

Endodontic Radiolucency or Serious Pathology?

1:05:51

s10 e04

Endo History & the MB2

1948 Endo Article & Finding the MB2

59:40

s10 e05

Collaborations & Greatness

Crown Removal vs. Working Through & Thermal Burns Q&A

58:25

s10 e06

Vital Pulp Therapy

Regenerative Endodontics in Adolescents

1:08:49

s10 e07

Endodontic Surgery & Innovation

Surgery Photo Review & Exciting New Technology

49:25

s10 e08

Clinician Influence & Fractures

Swaying Treatment & Radicular Root Fractures

00:55

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Trailer S10

Watch Season 9

51:55

s09 e01

Moving with the Cheese & Delving Deeper

A Better Understanding of Change & File Brushing

59:18

s09 e02

The Dark Side & Post Removal

Industry Payments to Academics & Removing a Screw Post

49:02

s09 e03

3D Tomosynthesis

Special Guest Presentation by Dr. Don Tyndall

1:03:30

s09 e04

Controversies & Iatrogenic Events

Sharing Knowledge Pros/Cons & Type II Transportations

51:49

s09 e05

File Movement & Learning

Manual and Mechanical Options & Endoruddle Recommendation

58:02

s09 e06

AAE & Endo/Perio Considerations

Annual Meeting & Root Amp, Hemisections & Implants, Oh My!

1:07:27

s09 e07

Knowing the Difference & Surgery

Case Discernment & Lateral Repair

1:01:26

s09 e08

Fresh Perspective & Apical Divisions

Fast Healing & Irregular GPM and Cone Fit

00:36

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Trailer S09

Watch Season 8

54:40

s08 e01

Endo/Perio Considerations & Recent Article

Crestal/Furcal Defects & ProTaper Ultimate

1:00:50

s08 e02

WaveOne Gold

Special Guest Presentation by Dr. Julian Webber

58:27

s08 e03

Microscope Tips & Perforation Management

Q&A and Crestal & Furcal Perf Repair

1:03:58

s08 e04

Knowing the Difference & Calcification

Esthetic vs. Cosmetic Dentistry & Managing Calcified Canals

50:09

s08 e05

Tough Questions & Sealer-Based Obturation

The Loose Tooth & Guest Dr. Josette Camilleri

1:01:22

s08 e06

AAE Discussion Forum & 3D Irrigation

Trending Topics & the SLP EndoActivator

58:14

s08 e07

Working Length & Microscope Tips

Determining Accurate WL & Microscope Q&A, Part 2

54:01

s08 e08

Artificial Intelligence & Common Errors

Incorporating AI & Endo/Restorative Errors

01:30

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Trailer S08

Special Reports

1:35:01

special e06

SPECIAL REPORT: RUDDLE ON DISINFECTION

As Presented at the John Ingle Endo Symposium

48:47

special e05

SPECIAL REPORT: THE KISS PRINCIPLE

The Importance of Simplicity & Getting Back to Basics

51:45

special e04

SPECIAL REPORT: RUDDLE ON RUDDLE

Personal Interview on the Secrets to Success

52:52

special e03

SPECIAL REPORT: PROTAPER ULTIMATE

The Launch of an Improved File System

36:27

special e02

SPECIAL REPORT: COVID-19

The Way Forward

Watch Season 7

51:31

s07 e01

Articles & Preferred Access

Writing Projects & Ruddle’s Start-to-Finish Access

1:01:29

s07 e02

Patient Protocol & Post Removal

CBCT & the Post Removal System

57:51

s07 e03

Avoiding Burnout & Ledge Management

Giving New Life to Your Practice & Managing Ledges

50:07

s07 e04

Start-To-Finish Endodontics

Special Guest Presentation featuring Dr. Gary Glassman

47:02

s07 e05

Laser Disinfection & Obturation

The Lightwalker vs. EdgePRO Lasers and Q&A

52:19

s07 e06

Extra-Canal Invasive Resorption

Special Case Report by Dr. Terry Pannkuk

54:18

s07 e07

GentleWave & Microsurgery

Every Patient Considerations & Surgical Crypt Control

45:40

s07 e08

Artificial Intelligence & Endodontic Concepts

Update on AI in Dentistry and Q&A

00:53

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Trailer S07

Watch Season 6

47:48

s06 e01

Comparisons & NSRCT

Chelator vs NaOCl and Managing Type I Transportations

55:57

s06 e02

Special Guest Presentation

Dr. Marco Martignoni on Modern Restoration Techniques

50:41

s06 e03

International Community & Surgery

Breaking Language Barriers & MB Root Considerations

46:19

s06 e04

Launching Dreams

ProTaper Ultimate Q&A and Flying a Kite

52:01

s06 e05

Rising to the Challenge

Working with Family & Managing an Irregular Glide Path

45:47

s06 e06

Controversy… or Not

Is the Endodontic Triad Dead or Stuck on Semantics?

49:35

s06 e07

Endodontic Vanguard

Zoom with Dr. Sonia Chopra and ProTaper Ultimate Q&A, Part 2

54:32

s06 e08

Nonsurgical Retreatment

Carrier-Based Obturation Removal & MTA vs. Calcium Hydroxide

02:07

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Trailer S06

Watch Season 5

1:03:57

s05 e01

Common Endo Errors & Discipline Overlap

Apical and Lateral Blocks & Whose Job Is It?

53:04

s05 e02

Post Removal & Discounts

Post Removal with Ultrasonics & Why Discounts are Problematic

58:38

s05 e03

EndoActivator History & Technique

How the EndoActivator Came to Market & How to Use It

59:36

s05 e04

Gamechangers

New Disinfection Technology and Q&A

53:47

s05 e05

Exploration & Disassembly

Exploratory Treatment & the Coronal Disassembly Decision Tree

52:40

s05 e06

Advancements in Gutta Percha Technology

Zoom Interview with Dr. Nathan Li

53:35

s05 e07

By Design... Culture & Surgical Flaps

Intentional Practice Culture & Effective Flap Design

1:01:35

s05 e08

Workspaces & Calcium Hydroxide

Ruddle Workspaces Tour & Calcium Hydroxide Q&A

49:52

s05 e09

Cognitive Dissonance

Discussion and Case Reports

52:14

s05 e10

50 Shows Special

A Tribute to The Ruddle Show’s First 5 Seasons

01:04

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Intro S05

Watch Season 4

55:16

s04 e01

Tough Questions & SINE Tips

Who Pays for Treatment if it Fails and Access Refinement

54:02

s04 e02

Endodontic Diagnosis

Assessing Case Difficulty & Clinical Findings

50:12

s04 e03

CBCT & Incorporating New Technology

Zoom with Prof. Shanon Patel and Q&A

56:53

s04 e04

Best Sealer & Best Dental Team

Kerr Pulp Canal Sealer EWT & Hiring Staff

49:44

s04 e05

Ideation & The COVID Era

Zoom with Dr. Gary Glassman and Post-Interview Discussion

59:00

s04 e06

Medications and Silver Points

Dental Medications Q&A and How to Remove Silver Points

53:40

s04 e07

Tough Questions & Choices

The Appropriate Canal Shape & Treatment Options

53:15

s04 e08

Q&A and Recently Published Articles

Glide Path/Working Length and 2 Endo Articles

46:19

s04 e09

Hot Topic with Dr. Gordon Christensen

Dr. Christensen Presents the Latest in Glass Ionomers

50:44

s04 e10

AAE Annual Meeting and Q&A

Who is Presenting & Glide Path/Working Length, Part 2

00:52

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Intro S04

01:43

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Promo S04

Watch Season 3

48:42

s03 e01

Treatment Rationale & Letters of Recommendation

Review of Why Pulps Break Down & Getting a Helpful LOR

52:27

s03 e02

Profiles in Dentistry & Gutta Percha Removal

A Closer Look at Dr. Rik van Mill & How to Remove Gutta Percha

48:10

s03 e03

Artificial Intelligence & Endo Questions

AI in Dentistry and Some Trending Questions

58:54

s03 e04

How to Stay Safe & Where to Live

A New Microscope Shield & Choosing a Dental School/Practice Location

48:20

s03 e05

3D Disinfection

Laser Disinfection and Ruddle Q&A

48:28

s03 e06

Andreasen Tribute & Krakow Study

Endodontic Trauma Case Studies & the Cost of Rescheduling

55:22

s03 e07

Ruddle Projects & Diagnostic Imaging

What Ruddle Is Working On & Interpreting Radiographs

1:05:24

s03 e08

Obturation & Recently Published Article

Carrier-Based Obturation & John West Article

55:48

s03 e09

Retreatment Fees & the FRS

How to Assess the Retreatment Fee & the File Removal System

1:00:42

s03 e10

Research Methodology and Q&A

Important Research Considerations and ProTaper Q&A

00:44

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Opener S03

01:05

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Promo S03

Watch Season 2

51:43

s02 e01

ENDO 101: WAVEONE GOLD

Product History, Description & Technique

51:42

s02 e02

Interview with Dr. Terry Pannkuk

Dr. Pannkuk Discusses Trends in Endodontic Education

58:21

s02 e03

3D Disinfection

GentleWave Update and Intracanal Reagents

1:04:53

s02 e04

GPM & Local Dental Reps

Glide Path Management & Best Utilizing Dental Reps

1:01:10

s02 e05

3D Disinfection & Fresh Perspective on MIE

Ultrasonic vs. Sonic Disinfection Methods and MIE Insight

53:03

s02 e06

The ProTaper Story - Part 1

ProTaper’s 20+ Year Journey as Told by the Creators, the 3 Amigos

57:53

s02 e07

The ProTaper Story - Part 2

ProTaper’s 20+ Year Journey as Told by the Creators, the 3 Amigos

1:06:40

s02 e08

Interview with Dr. Cherilyn Sheets

Getting to Know this Top Clinician, Educator & Researcher

1:13:21

s02 e09

Broken Instrument Removal

Why Files Break & the Ultrasonic Removal Option

49:01

s02 e10

3D Obturation & Technique Tips

Warm Vertical Condensation Technique & Some Helpful Pointers

01:05

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Promo S02

00:44

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Opener S02

Watch Season 1

45:30

s01 e01

An Interview with Cliff Ruddle

The Journey to Becoming “Cliff”

52:35

s01 e02

Microcracks & the Inventor's Journey

Ruddle Insights into Two Key Topics

47:17

s01 e03

Around the World Perspective

GentleWave Controversy & China Lecture Tour

40:29

s01 e04

Endodontic Access

What is the Appropriate Access Size?

52:13

s01 e05

Locating Canals & Ledge Insight

Tips for Finding Canals & the Difference Between a Ledge and an Apical Seat

53:14

s01 e06

Censorship in Dentistry

Censorship in Dentistry and Overcooked Files

50:22

s01 e07

Endodontic Diagnosis & The Implant Option

Vital Pulp Testing & Choosing Between an Implant or Root Canal

55:30

s01 e08

Emergency Scenario & Single Cone Obturation

Assessing an Emergency & Single Cone Obturation with BC Sealer

49:36

s01 e09

Quackwatch & Pot of Gold

Managing the Misguided Patient & Understanding the Business of Endo

58:05

s01 e10

Stress Management

Interview with Motivational Speaker & Life Coach, Jesse Brisendine

00:56

The Ruddle Show

Commercial Opener S01

Continue Watching

01:23

Behind-the-Scenes PODCAST Construction

Timelapse Video

02:21

CHECK IN with CLIFF

08.31.2023 Update

03:27

CHECK IN with CLIFF

02.02.2023 Update

01:56

CHECK IN with CLIFF

03.03.2022 Update

01:53

Happy New Year

2020

01:52

Behind-the-Scenes Studio Construction

Timelapse

The Ruddle Show
Season 11

Release Date Show Get Notified
03/06/24
SHOW 91 - Delving Deeper Again
Financial Investing, the Tooth or Implant, Accessing & Flashing Back
Watch
04/03/24
SHOW 92
Title Coming Soon
05/01/24
SHOW 93
Title Coming Soon
06/05/24
SHOW 94
To Be Determined
07/03/24
SHOW 95
To Be Determined
08/07/24
SHOW 96
To Be Determined
09/04/24
SHOW 97
To Be Determined
10/02/24
SHOW 98
To Be Determined
11/06/24
SHOW 99
To Be Determined
12/04/24
SHOW 100
To Be Determined
Thank you for your rating
Thank you for your comment

Note: Comments are moderated and may take some time before they appear on the website.

Thank you for your question

Note: Submitted questions have been forwarded to The Ruddle Show team for future follow up either directly or within an upcoming show. Please be on the lookout! In the meantime, you may enjoy our Just-In-Time portal at endoruddle.com/jit for additional content, including FREE downloadable PDFs and educational videos.