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Marian-Vladimir
Constantinescu Essential Endodontology:
DDS, MSc, PhD
Holistic Dental & Medical Institute Prevention and Treatment of
of Bucharest - ROPOSTURO
Bucharest, Romania Apical Periodontitis
e-mail:
dr.vladimir.constantinescu@gmail.com Editor: Dag Ørstavik
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-119-27195-6
Books Review
Edition: 3/e
Publish Year: 2020
Pages: 408, illustrated
Price: € 135.60
Infections of the pulpal and periapical tissues occupy a distinct field in the endodontic pathology which
we frequently meet in dental clinical practice. The 3rd edition of Essential Endodontology: Prevention and
Treatment of Apical Periodontitis edited by Dag Ørstavik Professor Emeritus of Endodontology at the Univer-
sity of Oslo,Norway along with 16 contributors, is the latest information source in apical periodontitis.
The book is divided into 12 chapters followed by an index. After being presented the terminology regarding
apical periodontitis, we are informed about pulp infection, periapical inflammation, and biological and clini-
cal significance. Dentin - pulp and periodontal anatomy and physiology, etiology, pathogenesis and microbi-
ology of pulpitis and apical periodontitis are detailed below.
Data on epidemiology, treatment outcome, and risk factors for apical periodontitis are outlined in a separate
chapter. Radiological aspects of normal apical periodontium, apical periodontitis, conventional radiography,
and CBCT are presented to complete the diagnosis. Clinical manifestations starting with pulpal diagnostic
terms, symptomatology of pulpal disease, clinical findings, diagnostic testing, formulation of a pulpal diagno-
sis, periapical diagnostic symptomatology of periapical disease are presented in order to establish a correct
diagnosis. The biological basis for endodontic repair and regeneration, and treatment of the exposed dentine
pulp complex are also developed.
Vital pulp extirpation, effective local anesthesia, canal shaping, irrigation and medication, root canal filling,
and coronal restoration and data on surgical endodontic procedures are the notions presented in the last
chapters.
The book contains images, tables, radiographs and the latest references to inform the reader as accurately as
possible and also a website that presents the essentials of endodontology.
It is a systematic analysis of the scientific basis of endodontology, an accessible source for practicing endo-
dontists, postgraduate students of endodontology, and those seeking professional certification in endodon-
tology.
The Books Review is drafted in the reviewer’s sole wording and illustrates his opinions.
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