Dr. Alfredo Iandolo is an Adjunct Professor in Endodontics at Salerno University, Italy.
He is a Certified Member of ESE, European Society of Endodontology and
Active Member SIE, Italian Society of Endodontics.
He is a Founder of the 3D Cleaning Project Group on Facebook which has around 24K dentists from around the globe. The goal of the 3D cleaning project is to emphasize and share the fundamental role of three-dimensional (3D) cleaning of the root canal systems using irrigants, techniques, scientific research, and clinical cases.
Dr. Zainab: What motivated you to start the "3D cleaning project"?
Dr.Alfredo: The idea behind creating the group by me and Dr Dina Abdel Latif was to introduce this particular technique of irrigant activation (3D) cleaning, created by me, to general practitioners. Moreover, the group aimed to drain the attention of all the dentists around the world to the importance of irrigant activation and other developed techniques in order to ensure not only the short-term success of the treatment but also the long-term as well.
Dr.Zainab: 3D cleaning is a FB family of 24K members. What were the initial challenges you faced while trying to encourage dentists to accept this concept?
Dr.Alfredo: The initial challenge was to open the eyes of the members to the fact that the root canal system is not only the main canal but rather a complex system that needs more effort to clean.
Dr.Zainab: You must have seen thousands of Root Canal Treatment(RCT) cases of clinicians around the globe, participating in various 3D cleaning contests. What do you think is the most common mistake that we make which leads to RCT failure?
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