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karenpotterdds

🦷 Board-Certified Endodontist
🦸🏻‍♀️ Tooth Super Hero
👩🏼👧🏼👦🏼 Mom of 3

Karen Potter DDS
This smiling #cbct and I want to wish you all a ha This smiling #cbct and I want to wish you all a happy Hump Day #smile #seein3d 
#oralradiology 
#toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo
Very calcified at start but a nice 2-1-2 MB canal Very calcified at start but a nice 2-1-2 MB canal configuration that #gentlewave handles so well 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 ML canal was so calcified I couldn’t get even a 6 down it but I could see it joined with MB on the #cbct . Nice sealer fill as I condensed the MB. Also a #lateralcanal on the palatal into the furcation 🦸🏻‍♀️

#toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #bcsealer #protapergold #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope
Cases like this are where #gentlewave really shine Cases like this are where #gentlewave really shines.  Upon access, I could not identify any fracture so we went for it!  Minimal instrumentation. Canals were squeaky clean.  I can't wait to recall this case. 

#toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #bcsealer #protapergold #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope
Love spending weekends hiking, biking, scootering, Love spending weekends hiking, biking, scootering, and rock climbing with this little man. I like to go go go and he’s almost ALWAYS up to join me 💙💙💙 #trestles #beachlife #yesitsjanuary #sunnyday #workhardplayhard #sanclementelife #sanclemente
Sometimes after #trauma a toothache is not all tha Sometimes after #trauma a toothache is not all that it initially appears. Thanks to #3dimaging and a good patient history we diagnosed this #mandiblefracture that the physicians at the #emergencyroom did not
#cbct #seein3d #multidisciplinarydentistry #oralsurgery #oralsurgeon #toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo
Doing my part to share the excitement about #gentl Doing my part to share the excitement about #gentlewave technology and how it’s revolutionizing #endodontics 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 And thanks for the socks, 
@sonendoinc #toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo
I love seeing complex anatomy filled with #bcseale I love seeing complex anatomy filled with #bcsealer on these #gentlewave cases!

#toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #gentlewave #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #protapergold #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope #apicaldelta
2.5 year post op recall of #retreatment tooth 19 👊🏻💥
2 visits with #calciumhydroxide. The best part of this case is it’s on a referring doctor!!! 
Side by side, pre op, immediate post op, and recall
#endodontistsgrowbone #bonegardener #toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope
72 hours post #moderna #vaccine for #covid_19 . Fe 72 hours post #moderna #vaccine for #covid_19 . Feeling great. Arm back to normal 💪🏻 #toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #endo
Blogging my post vaccine experience in hopes to en Blogging my post vaccine experience in hopes to encourage others to follow suit. How did you feel 1 day post-injection?! #moderna #covidvacccine #covid_19 
#sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #toothsuperhero #endodontist #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #dentist #dentistry #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo
YES!!! #imnotthrowingawaymyshot I’m not doing YES!!! #imnotthrowingawaymyshot 

I’m not doing this for me. I’m doing this for the 96 year old patient that I treated this week and every other patient that I am 18 inches away from their open mouth on a daily basis. I loved seeing the hoards of dental professionals lining up today to help eradicate this virus 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

 #moderna #vaccine #covid_19 #covid #covidvacccine #toothsuperhero #endodontist #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo
This was a 29mm canine, and in this kind of case # This was a 29mm canine, and in this kind of case #gentlewave really does shine.  My irrigation needle is only 25mm in length, so it is nearly impossible to chemically debride the apical 1/3 of the root with traditional means (even with activation). Sound wave energy helps me thoroughly clean and fill beautiful lateral canals. 💥 #toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #bcsealer #protapergold #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope
Art and beauty in #endodontics This case reminds Art and beauty in #endodontics 

This case reminds me of 2 pairs of ballet dancers’ long legs dancing 🩰 

#toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit  #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #gentlewave #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #bcsealer #protapergold #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope
Beautiful healing of necrotic teeth 8 & 9 after 3 Beautiful healing of necrotic teeth 8 & 9 after 3 years. Pre op, immediate post-op, recall, and side-by-side radiographs pictured here. Tooth 8 had apical #resorption but look at that gorgeous #laminadura . 2 step endo with #calciumhydroxide 
#endodontistsgrowbone #bonegardener #toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope
Let’s keep the #healing train running!!! Tooth 1 Let’s keep the #healing train running!!! Tooth 18 necrosis and AAP. This is a 4-year recall and patient is asymptomatic 🍾 2 visits with #calciumhydroxide 

#toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #protapergold #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope 
#seein3D #bonegardener #endodontistsgrowbone
To continue my #newyear series of #healing recalls To continue my #newyear series of #healing recalls here is a 6-year recall of a premolar with difficult mid-root bifurcation.  I struggled with this and did in 2 visits with #calciumhydroxide . Man, had I only had #gentlewave in 2014!!! 
#bonegardener #endodontistsgrowbone #toothsuperhero #cbct #seein3d #oralradiology #oralradiologist #endodontist #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo  #ahplus
I am going to start off the new year showing some I am going to start off the new year showing some awesome recalls that came in over the past week or so. This was a three year recall of necrotic tooth 2. It had a huge apical lesion and a weird canal anatomy with the DB canal ending abruptly on the distal lateral aspect of the fused root. 2 visits with #calciumhydroxide , pre-GentleWave. Look at that #laminadura 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

#endodontistsgrowbone
#bonegardener 
#toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope
May 2021 bring you as much joy as this #sparkler b May 2021 bring you as much joy as this #sparkler brings this 4.5 year old boy!💥 Happy New Year! Bring it on #2021 #toothsuperhero #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics  #sanclemente #sanclementelife
Ringing in the #newyear with a new #website 🎆🍾🥂 Check out www.sanclementeendo.com and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 
#websitedesign #toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #uclasod #ucladentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope
When you're an endodontist and get super excited t When you're an endodontist and get super excited to see something like this!  Can't wait to watch the lateral bone heal after running a #gentlewave cycle on this baby! #seein3d #cbct #bonegardener #endodontistsgrowbone #lateralcanal #toothsuperhero #endodontist #thrillofthefill #cleanitlikeyoumeanit #endodontics #rootcanalspecialist #rootcanal #rootcanals #sanclementeendo #sanclementeendodontics #dentist #dentistry #iowaendo #sanclemente #savingteethinsanclemente #savingtheworldonetoothatatime  #worthsaving #endo #microscopebasedendodontics #microscope #oralradiology
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