Endodontic Materials in Clinical Practice

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Names: Camilleri, Josette, editor.

Title: Endodontic materials in clinical practice / edited by Josette Camilleri.

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Identifiers: LCCN 2020028477 (print) | LCCN 2020028478 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119513612 (epub) | ISBN 9781119513605 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119513520 (hardback)

Subjects: | MESH: Dental Pulp Diseases–therapy | Root Canal Filling Materials–therapeutic use | Pulp Capping and Pulpectomy Agents–therapeutic use

Classification: LCC RK351 (ebook) | LCC RK351 (print) | NLM WU 230 | DDC 617.6/342–dc23

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Maria Teresa Arias‐Moliz Department of Microbiology Faculty of Dentistry University of Granada Granada Spain

Christos Boutsioukis Department of Endodontology Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA) University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands

Francois Bronnec Private practice Paris France

Josette Camilleri School of Dentistry Institute of Clinical Sciences College of Medical and Dental Sciences University of Birmingham Birmingham UK

Nicholas Chandler Sir John Walsh Research Institute University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand

Bun San Chong Institute of Dentistry Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London London, UK

Paul R. Cooper Sir John Walsh Research Institute Department of Oral Sciences Faculty of Dentistry University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand

Luiz Fernando D’Altoé Department of Dentistry University of the Extreme South of Santa Catarina (UNESC) Criciúma Santa Catarina Brazil

Brian W. Darvell School of Dentistry Institute of Clinical Sciences College of Medical and Dental Sciences University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK

Henry F. Duncan Division of Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology Dublin Dental University Hospital Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland

Mostafa EzEldeen Department of Oral Health Sciences KU Leuven Dentistry University Hospitals Leuven Leuven Belgium

Kerstin M. Galler Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology University Hospital Regensburg Regensburg Germany

Laurence Jordan Faculty of Dentistry Paris University Paris, France Chimie ParisTech PSL Research University Paris, France Rothschild Hospital AP‐HP Paris, France

Paul Lambrechts Department of Oral Health Sciences KU Leuven Dentistry University Hospitals Leuven Leuven Belgium

Pierre Machtou UFR d’Odontologie Paris Diderot University Paris, France

Nastaran Meschi Department of Oral Health Sciences KU Leuven Dentistry University Hospitals Leuven Leuven Belgium

Mutlu Özcan Division of Dental Biomaterials Center for Dental and Oral Medicine Clinic for Reconstructive Dentistry University of Zürich Zürich Switzerland

Christof Pertl Department of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Medical University of Graz Austria Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston MA USA

Phillip L. Tomson School of Dentistry Institute of Clinical Sciences University of Birmingham Birmingham UK

Gertrude Van Gorp Department of Oral Health Sciences KU Leuven Dentistry University Hospitals Leuven Leuven Belgium

Claudia Angela Maziero Volpato Department of Dentistry Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) Florianópolis Santa Catarina Brazil

Matthias Widbiller Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology University Hospital Regensburg Regensburg Germany

Brian W. Darvell

School of Dentistry, Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.1 Introduction