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
