The major objective of the root canal treatment procedure is to remove the contents of the pulp space and shape the walls of the canal to receive the filling material. The clinician today is exposed to a myriad of endodontic instruments and techniques to use them for biomechanical preparation. This book provides knowledge and application of recent shaping techniques and instruments in different clinical situations becomes imperative for the clinician to achieve a successful root canal treatment outcome.

Bioceramics are biocompatible ceramic materials or metal oxides with enhanced sealing ability, antibacterial and antifungal activity applied for use in medicine and dentistry. They include alumina and zirconia, bioactive glass, glass ceramics, calcium silicates, hydroxyapatite and resorbable calcium phosphates and radiotherapy glasses. The use of bioceramics in endodontics is widespread e.g., in vital pulp therapy, obturation, perforation repair, retrograde filling, pulpotomy, resorption, apexification and regenerative endodontics and has huge potential of further growth in clinical...

Chelating agents have proven to be an indispensable aid in the chemo mechanical preparation of the root canal system leading to a successful root canal therapy. A number of chemicals such as EDTA, citric acid, etidronate, maleic acid etc have chelating ability and are available in various commercial forms to be used in endodontics. Chelating agents provide us with an array of benefits like smear layer removal, increase in dentinal permeability so that there is an effective flow of intracanal medicaments and sealers into the dentin thus forming a tight seal. They are also biocompatible and...

Chelatbildner haben sich als unverzichtbares Hilfsmittel bei der chemomechanischen Aufbereitung des Wurzelkanalsystems erwiesen und führen zu einer erfolgreichen Wurzelkanalbehandlung. Eine Reihe von Chemikalien wie EDTA, Zitronensäure, Etidronat, Maleinsäure usw. haben chelatbildende Eigenschaften und sind in verschiedenen kommerziellen Formen zur Verwendung in der Endodontie erhältlich. Chelatbildner bieten eine Reihe von Vorteilen, wie z. B. die Entfernung von Schmierschichten, die Erhöhung der Dentinpermeabilität, so dass intrakanale Medikamente und Versiegler effektiv in das Dentin...