Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access preparation and orifice identification -- Instrument and mate rial choices -- Root canal irrigation -- Strategies to reach the root a pex -- Shaping and cleaning the anatomically uncomplicated canal -- Sha ping and cleaning the anatomically complicated canal -- Locating and op ening the mineralized canal -- Managing the obstructed canal -- Mishaps during root canal shaping -- Mishaps in shaping the apical third -- Pa in after cleaning and shaping -- Single-visit vs. multiple-visit therap y -- Interappointment temporization -- Final steps before obturation -- Guidelines for sealers and solid core materials -- Materials and metho ds of obturation -- Posttreatment pain after obturation -- Responding t o posttreatment disease -- Challenges and mishaps in obturation -- Endo dontic emergencies and their treatment -- Vital pulp capping -- Apexoge nesis and pulpotomy -- Apexification -- Pulpal treatment in primary tee th -- Treating the avulsed tooth -- Bleaching techniques for nonvital a nd vital teeth -- Restoration of endodontically treated teeth.

Medical evaluation and antibiotic precautions -- Clinical examinatio n and assessment of an endodontic patient -- Radiographic examination a nd interpretation -- Diagnosis -- Treatment documentation and record ke eping -- Managing the apprehensive patient -- Endodontic treatment plan ning : tooth-related considerations -- Endodontic vs. implant therapy f or a single tooth -- Infection and success rates -- Presenting a treatm ent plan to a patient -- Endodontic instruments and equipment -- Clinic al infection control -- Value of magnification -- Local anesthesia -- G uidelines for rubber dam use