ENDODONTIC MICROSURGERY

Endodontic microsurgery combines magnification and illumination provided by the microscope with the right use of latest micro-instruments. Modern endodontic microsurgery has a reported success rate of up to 93.5% through reduction of periapical lesion size instead of complete healing and a success rate of up to 70–80% using strict criteria making it a viable treatment choice for the management of periapical disease when orthograde root treatment is not possible or inappropriate. The advanced technologies applied to medical surgical specialties have delivered to exceptional progresses achievement of impossible results and have also contributed to make technical steps simple making them accessible to a larger number of specialists and more certain in the results. This book covers all the basic armamentarium and steps required to do endodontic microsurgery.