Scope of the Series

The major pathologies which dentists encounter in clinical practice include dental caries and periodontal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment of these pathologies is essential because when untreated, abscess could occur and it can even lead to the extraction of the tooth. Extracted teeth can be replaced with implants. Dentists and patients are nowadays more familiar with dental implant treatments. As a result, advanced diagnostic tools which aid in pre-operative treatment planning (conebeam computed tomography, computer aided implant planning etc..), new implant designs improving the success of osteointegration, new materials, and techniques are introduced in the dental market.

Conditions which dentists frequently encounter in their clinical practice are temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders. These disorders include degenerative musculoskeletal conditions associated with morphological and functional deformities. Accurate diagnosis is important for proper management of TMJ pathologies. With the advance in technology, new materials, techniques and equipment are introduced in the dental practice. New diagnostic aids in dental caries detection, cone-beam computed tomographic imaging, soft and hard tissue lasers, advances in oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures, uses of ultrasound, CAD/CAM, nanotechnology, plasma rich protein (PRP) and dental implantology are some of them. There will be even more new applications in dentistry in the future.

Contents

**Section 1**

Second Molar

**Section 2**

**Preface XI**

Oral Medicine, Periodontology and Radiology **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 59**

Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry **95**

**Chapter 4 97**

**Chapter 5 109**

**Chapter 6 129**

Gender-Associated Oral and Periodontal Health Based on Retrospective

Regenerative Endodontic Procedure in Immature Permanent Teeth

Regeneration of Dentin Using Stem Cells Present in the Pulp *by Toshiyuki Kawakami, Kiyofumi Takabatake, Hotaka Kawai, Keisuke Nakano, Hidetsugu Tsujigiwa and Hitoshi Nagatsuka*

Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth

Review in the Treatment Decision of Modalities for Impacted

The Radiology of Developmental Dental Defects Demystified:

Panoramic Radiographic Analysis of Alveolar Bone Loss *by Ashish Jain, Neeta V. Bhavsar, Amrit Baweja, Aman Bhagat,* 

*by Ann Chianchitlert, Diane Selvido, Irin Sirisoontorn,* 

*Bishwa Prakash Bhattarai, Dinesh Rokaya* 

*and Natthamet Wongsirichat*

An e-Based Learning System *by Christopher Olubode Ogunsalu*

*Anchal Ohri and Vishakha Grover*

*by Meshal G. Al-shammari*

*by Deepak M. Vikhe*

This book series includes topics related to dental caries, dentomaxillofacial imaging, new trends in oral implantology, new approaches in oral and maxillofacial surgery, temporomandibular joint disorders in dentistry etc.
