Rod Tataryn, DDS, MS, practices endodontics in Spokane, Washington, and serves on faculty in the Department of Endodontics at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in Loma Linda, California. In addition to publishing articles on endodontics, Tataryn is a contributing author to four textbooks: The sixth and seventh editions of Ingle’s Endodontics, the second edition of PDQ Endodontics, and The Art and Science of Contemporary Surgical Endodontics. He can be reached at rod@drtataryn.com.