The Art and Science of Contemporary Surgical Endodontics

This book begins with a concise review of the basic science of tissues and then moves into diagnosis, treatment planning, and surgical procedures in endodontics, with an emphasis on the use of enhanced magnification, ultrasonic tips, microinstruments, newer root-end filling materials, and CBCT. Chapters on the maxillary sinus and its relation to surgical endodontics, soft and hard tissue healing, and adjunctive surgical procedures and considerations such as management of procedural accidents, resorption, root amputation, hemisection, replantation, transplantation, crown lengthening, grafting materials, and pharmacology are followed by an assessment of the outcomes of surgical endodontics based on current evidence. The accompanying DVDs present valuable videos demonstrating many of the procedures. These features provide the reader with a textbook that is concise, current, and easy to follow in an interactive manner. Written by a team of leading authorities and richly illustrated, this new compendium of state-of-the-art knowledge and protocols is essential reading for practicing endodontists and residents alike.

Mahmoud Torabinejad, DDS, MSD, PhD, is a professor of endodontics and director of the advanced specialty education program in endodontics at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry. He has made over 200 national and international presentations in more than 40 countries. He has authored four textbooks and more than 300 publications. Dr Torabinejad is the top-cited author in endodontic journals with authorship in 16 articles of the top 100 list. He has received numerous awards and accolades, including the Edward D. Coolidge Award from the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) in 2016 for displaying leadership and dedication to dentistry and endodontics. He is past president of the California Association of Endodontics and past president of the AAE and its Foundation. Richard Rubinstein, DDS, MS, received his dental degree in 1971 and his endodontic training in 1973, both from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, where he is currently an adjunct clinical professor in the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics. He is an internationally renowned speaker and pioneer in the use of the operating microscope in endodontics. In addition to writing numerous scientific articles on the surgical operating microscope and endodontic microsurgical technique, he is a contributing author of the fourth and fifth editions of Ingle's Endodontics (Williams & Wilkins, 1994, and B C Decker, 2002) and a principal author of Color Atlas of Microsurgery in Endodontics (W B Saunders, 2001) and Practical Lessons in Endodontic Surgery (Quintessence, 2009). Dr Rubinstein also contributed a chapter to the textbook Disinfection of Root Canal Systems: The Treatment of Apicial Periodontitis (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014). He is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and maintains a private practice limited to endodontics in Farmington Hills, Michigan.