This issue of Clinicians Report provides evidence-based recommendations on several aspects of restorative and endodontic dentistry, focusing on improving clinical efficiency, patient outcomes, and cost-effectiveness. Featured topics include the accuracy of full- versus double-arch impressions for crowns, recommendations for patient home-care products, strategies for improving retention of full-zirconia crowns, and an independent evaluation of low-cost nickel-titanium endodontic files. Of particular interest is the report’s assessment of EdgeEndo’s EdgeFile system, which was identified as the market leader among low-cost NiTi files and found to deliver clinical performance comparable to more expensive systems. The report highlights EdgeFile’s flexibility, strength, ability to hold its shape, and significantly lower cost, concluding that these characteristics make single-use instrumentation more practical while maintaining acceptable clinical performance. Overall, the issue reinforces the importance of selecting products and techniques based on objective clinical evidence, long-term predictability, and overall value rather than price alone.
