Practical Lessons in Endodontic Treatment

This companion to the popular book Practical Lessons in Endodontic Surgery offers expert guidance to clinicians who have limited experience in the nonsurgical procedures involved in root canal therapy. Synthesizing the very latest clinical concepts and technologies with tried-and-true traditional treatment methods, it introduces readers to the challenges associated with nonsurgical endodontics and delivers realistic solutions in a clear, step-by-step, lesson-based format. Each of the 42 lessons offers useful, workable, and, above all, practical information and recommendations covering a specific aspect of endodontic care. Readers expand their knowledge incrementally, beginning with the essentials of patient diagnosis, examination, and record-keeping and progressing through lessons concerned with treatment planning and preparation for therapy; root canal instrumentation and obturation; and emergency and adjunctive procedures.


Contents

Section I: Examination and Diagnosis

1 Medical Evaluation and Antibiotic Precautions

2 Clinical Examination and Assessment of an Endodontic Patient

3 Radiographic Examination and Interpretation

4 Diagnosis

5 Treatment Documentation and Record Keeping

Section II: Treatment Strategies and Decision-Making

6 Managing the Apprehensive Patient

7 Endodontic Treatment Planning: Tooth-related Considerations

8 Endodontic vs Implant Therapy for a Single Tooth

9 Infection and Success Rates

10 Presenting a Treatment Plan to a Patient

Section III: Preparation for Treatment

11 Endodontic Instruments and Equipment

12 Clinical Infection Control

13 Value of Magnification

14 Local Anesthesia

15 Guidelines for Rubber Dam Use

Section IV: Canal Instrumentation: Shaping, Disinfection, and Case Management

16 Access Preparation and Orifice Identification

17 Instrument and Material Choices

18 Root Canal Irrigation

19 Strategies to Reach the Root Apex

20 Shaping and Cleaning the Anatomically Uncomplicated Canal

21 Shaping and Cleaning the Anatomically Complicated Canal

22 Locating and Opening the Mineralized Canal

23 Managing the Obstructed Canal

24 Mishaps During Root Canal Shaping

25 Mishaps in Shaping the Apical Third

26 Pain After Cleaning and Shaping

27 Single-Visit vs Multiple-Visit Therapy

28 Interappointment Temporization

29 Final Steps Before Obturation

Section V: Endodontic Obturation

30 Guidelines for Sealers and Solid Core Materials

31 Materials and Methods of Obturation

32 Posttreatment Pain after Obturation

33 Responding to Posttreatment Disease

34 Challenges and Mishaps in Obturation

Section VI: Emergency and Adjunctive Endodontic Procedures

35 Endodontic Emergencies and Their Treatment

36 Vital Pulp Capping

37 Apexogenesis and Pulpotomy

38 Apexification

39 Pulpal Treatment in Primary Teeth

40 Treating the Avulsed Tooth

41 Bleaching Techniques for Nonvital and Vital Teeth

42 Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth