STORY: Dental Advances
Script #569 Shoot: 7/14/04
AIRDATE: Monday, August 23, 2004
Daybreak and Midday
DHC Master #19 Timecode: 54:14 Many patients notice the significant
high tech advances in dentistry today.
They especially take note of pain-free
procedures such as root canal treatment.
Dr. Linda Niessen looks at these major
changes in today’s segment of Dental
SOVT: 1:38 Health Check.
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BRUCE WALKING IN OFFICE (VOICE-OVER)
SUPER: Dallas :10-15 Dentistry has changed dramatically since
Bruce Endendyk had his first root canal
forty years ago at the age of twelve.
SUPER: Bruce Endendyk :10-15 (“which was a tremendous ordeal, to one
Root Canal Patient several years ago, which was less of an
ordeal, to this one today which was really no different than having a normal filling done.”)
LAUREL AND HARDY Once portrayed as a profession of torture,
dentistry and its tools provided painful
LITTLE RASCALS scenes for movies and television.
DENTIST IN LITTLE RASCALS (“Well, we may as well get started and get
this suffering over as quickly as possible.”)
VERY MODERN DENTAL OFFICE The contrast today is truly remarkable.
DIGITAL X-RAYS Digital x-rays provide instant images,
improve diagnosis, and reduce radiation
exposure. Surgical microscopes light up and
SURGICAL MICROSCOPE magnify the darkest, smallest roots of an
Infected tooth. Quiet, electric low speed
drills perform root canal treatment
quickly and with virtually no pain.
SUPER: Dr. James Gutmann (“And because many of the cases we can do
Endodontist :57-1:03 now, because of the technology, we can do
in one visit, they also are enthralled by the
fact…’I only have to come once. The needle
is only placed once. I can have my case done’ and guess what? We call them the next day, Linda, they say ‘that was comfortable. That was a wonderful
experience.’ And it really is a procedure to get people out of pain.”)
BRUCE ENDENDYK (“Lot more pleasant experience than it used to be.”)
ON CAMERA (STAND-UP CLOSE)
SUPER: Dr. Linda Niessen Advances in endodontics has reduced
Baylor College of Dentistry the risk of complications in patients with
1:22-1:27 chronic medical conditions like
heart disease, diabetes or stroke.
Almost anyone can have a root
canal now, often in just one visit.
For Baylor College of Dentistry,
Texas A&M System, I’m Dr.
Linda Niessen, Channel 8 News.
For websites:
For more information:
American Association of
Endodontists
Click on “Patients” to learn more
about advances in endodontics.
Viewer inquiries:
Dr. James Gutmann, Endodontist
8201 Preston Road
Dallas, TX 214-361-6669