Endodontic Microbiology

Ashraf F. Fouad, DDS, MS, is Freedland Distinguished Professor and Chair in the Department of Endodontics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Contributors ix

Preface xi

Preface to the First Edition xiii

1 Microbial Perspectives in the Twenty-First Century 1
William Wade

2 Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Global Impact of Endodontic Infections 11
Dag Ørstavik

3 Microbiology of Dental Caries and Dentinal Tubule Infection 25
Robert M. Love and Anne C.R. Tanner

4 Culture-Based Analysis of Endodontic Infections 51
Gunnar Dahlén

5 Molecular Analysis of Endodontic Infections 81
José F. Siqueira, Jr, and Isabela N. Rôças

6 Extraradicular Endodontic Infections 129
Brenda P. F. A. Gomes and Ericka T. Pinheiro

7 Virulence of Endodontic Bacterial Pathogens 149
Christine Sedgley

8 Viruses in Endodontic Pathosis 179
Mohamed Sabeti

9 Fungi in Endodontic Infections 197
Bilge Hakan Sen and B. Güniz Baksi

10 Severe Head and Neck Infections 231
Jaime S. Brahim and Robert A. Ord

11 Endodontic Infections and Pain 251
Anibal Diogenes and Ken M. Hargreaves

12 Systemic Antibiotics in Endodontic Infections 269
Ashraf F. Fouad

13 Topical Antimicrobials in Endodontics 287
Anil Kishen

14 Endodontic Infections in Incompletely Developed Teeth 311
George T.J. Huang, Domenico Ricucci, and Louis M. Lin

15 Prognosis of Healing in Treated Teeth with Endodontic Infections 341
Shimon Friedman

16 Endodontic Infections and Systemic Disease 385
Ashraf F. Fouad

Glossary 409

Index 413