This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. A practical, highly illustrated guide to endodontics for the primary care dentist.
Key Features
A practical and accessible guide to endodontics for the general dentist.Brings together new technologies available for treatment with the increasing biological understanding of endodontic disease processes.Comprehensively illustrated by the authors' own cases.Presents key aspects of primary treatment, root canal re-treatment and periradicular surgery.
Author Information
By Philip Lumley, BDS FDSRCPS MDentSci PhD FDSRCS Eng FDSRCS (Rest Dent) Ed, Professor of Endodontology, The University of Birmingham; Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, South Birmingham Primary Care Trust, Birmingham, UK; Phillip Tomson, Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry, Birmingham Dental Hospital and School, UK and Nick Adams, Clinical lecturer and Honorary Associate Specialist in Endodontics, Birmingham Dental Hospital and School, UK
The scientific basis for treating endodontic infection. Disease processes. History, diagnosis, case selection and treatment planning. Root canal anatomy and access. Root canal preparation - objectives and instruments. Cleaning and shaping techniques. Root canal obturation. Root canal retreatment. Periradicular surgery.
After this book has been read, I can guarantee that dentists at all levels will strive to improve their endodontic practice.
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