Disinfection of Root Canal Systems: The Treatment of Apical Periodontitis

Description

Clean root canal systems are essential for successful endodontic treatment. With contributions from leading endodontists from around the world, Dr. Nestor Cohenca here presents the etiology of endodontic disease caused by the endodontic biofilm and all therapies available to predictably disinfect the root canal system, thus increasing successful endodontic outcomes.

Disinfection of Root Canal Systems: The Treatment of Apical Periodontitis is an evidence-based manual that describes root canal anatomy, the endodontic biofilm, and the role of disinfection before presenting the most up-to-date methods of irrigation and disinfection. Individual chapters are devoted to each method, such as positive pressure irrigation, apical negative pressure irrigation, sonic activation, photodynamic therapy, laser technology, and ozonization and electrochemical activation. Clinical photographs throughout show proper irrigation and disinfection techniques.

Table of contents

1. Root canal infection and endodontic periradicular disease
Nestor Cohenca and Ana Maria Gonzalez

2. Biofilms in root canal infection
Christine M. Sedgley and Rogério de Castilho Jacinto

3. Efficacy of root canal disinfection
Ashraf F. Fouad

4. Impact of root canal disinfection on treatment outcome
James Johnson and Natasha Flake

5. The anatomy of the root canal system as a challenge to effective disinfection
Eric Herbranson

6. Shaping the root canal system to promote effective disinfection
Ove Peters and Frank Paqué

7. Update on endodontic irrigating solutions
Bettina Basrani and Markus Haapasalo

8. Fluid dynamics of irrigation within the root canal system
G. John Schoeffel and Franklin R. Tay

9. Positive pressure irrigation
Cesar de Gregorio, Carlos Heilborn, and Nestor Cohenca

10. Apical negative pressure irrigation (ANP)
Nestor Cohenca, Cesar de Gregorio and Avina Paranjpe

11. Disinfection of the root canal by sonic, ultrasonic and laser activated irrigation
Luc van der Sluis, Bram Verhaagen, Ricardo Macedo and Michel Versluis

12. Ozonization and electrochemical root canal disinfection
Roberta Pileggi

13. Intracanal medication in root canal disinfection
Lea Assed Bezerra da Silva, Raquel Assed Bezerra da Silva, Paulo Nelson-Filho and Nestor Cohenca

14. Healing of periapical lesions
Zvi Metzger and Anda Kfir

15. Surgical endodontics: The complimentary approach
Richard Rubinstein and Alireza Aminlari

16. Emerging technologies in root canal disinfection
Anil Kishen, Annie Shrestha and Nestor Cohenca