Contemporary Endodontics for Children and Adolescents [E-Book]

Chapter 1. Introduction - Pulp therapy for children and adolescents: Historical approach, present perspective and future directions -- Chapter 2. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Guiding the Development and repair of the Dentin-Pulp Complex -- Chapter 3. Dental Pain, Mechanism of Action -- Chapter 4. Assessment and management of pain in pediatric dentistry -- Chapter 5. Behavioral approaches as an adjunct for pulp therapy -- Chapter 6. The carious lesion: diagnosis, decision making and recommendations for lesion management -- Chapter 7. Pulp response to clinical procedures and dental materials -- Chapter 8. SDF as an adjunct approach for management of caries -- Chapter 9. Guidance to achieve clinical pulpal diagnosis and operative decisions -- Chapter 10. Management of deep dentin carious lesion: a contemporary approach for primary and young permanent teeth -- Chapter 11. Bioactive Ceramics for Pediatric Dentistry -- Chapter 12. Primary and PermanentTeeth Treated with Direct Pulp Capping -- Chapter 13. Pulpotomy for Primary Teeth: Techniques and Materials -- Chapter 14. Non-Vital Pulp Therapies in Primary Teeth -- Chapter 15. Sealing and building up the pulp chamber and crown with glass ionomer and other materials after pulp therapy -- Chapter 16. Restorative Guidelines for Endodontically Treated Primary Teeth -- Chapter 17. Endodontic treatment for young permanent teeth -- Chapter 18. Restoring the Endodontically treated permanent tooth -- Chapter 19. New insights gained by single cell technologies with focus on developmental aspects -- Chapter 20. Biological basis for repair and regeneration in modern endodontics and new treatment considerations .

This book equips dental practitioners with all the information required in order to ensure successful endodontic treatment of children and adolescents. It describes pulp therapy from a holistic approach that highlights new developments in the field. Readers will find updates on the formation, structure and function of the dental pulp revealed by the latest single-cell technologies, and discussions on carious lesions and their impact on the pulp. The book examines clinical considerations in the decision to perform pulp treatment and emphasizes the need to integrate pupal diagnostics with patient-dependent factors such as behavior management and pulpal pain mechanisms. The second part of the book includes comprehensive descriptions of current treatments for each type of caries-inflicted tooth damage, from selective caries removal through direct pulp capping, pulpotomy, pulpectomy and root canal therapy for primary dentition to direct pulp capping and endodontic treatment of young permanent teeth. Traditional and new pulp-treatment materials are described as are the techniques and materials used to restore both primary and young permanent teeth. The book summarizes innovative biological approaches for pulp regeneration such as the use of stem cells. It is a must have for dental students, endodontists, pediatric dentists and general dentists with an interest in the subject.