Essential endodontology prevention and treatment of apical periodontitis

• Other Authors: Ørstavik, Dag (Editor), Pitt Ford, T. R. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Munksgaard 2008
• Edition: Second edition
• Subjects: Periodontitis > prevention & control; Periodontitis > therapy; Endodontics
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This second edition of Essential Endodontology capitalizes on the book's position as the major scientific treatise in the field. It addresses the scientific basis of endodontology rather than majoring on didactic methods of treatment. The second edition adopts a strengthened approach to the sys...

Table of Contents:

• Apical periodontitis : microbial infection and host responses / Dag Ørstavik and Thomas Pitt Ford
• Pulp-dentin and periodontal anatomy and physiology / Ivar A. Mjör and Karin Heyeraas
• Immunopathological aspects of pulpal and periapical inflammations / Nobuyuki Kawashima and Hideaki Suda
• Pathobiology of apical periodontitis / P.N.R. Nair
• Microbiology of apical periodontitis / José F. Siqueira Jr.
• Radiology of apical periodontitis / Dag Ørstavik and Tore A. Larheim
• Clinical manifestations and diagnosis / Asgeir Sigurdsson
• Epidemiology of apical periodontitis / Harald M. Eriksen
• Prevention and management of apical periodontitis in primary teeth / Heather Pitt Ford
• Treatment of the exposed pulp-dentin complex / Gunnar Hasselgren
• Endodontic treatment of teeth without apical periodontitis / Larz S.W. Spångberg
• Endodontic treatment of apical periodontitis / Martin Trope and Gilberto Debelian
• Surgical treatment of apical periodontitis / Thomas Pitt Ford
• Expected outcomes in the prevention and treatment of apical periodontitis / Shimon Friedman.