Diagnosis and Treatment of Furcation-Involved Teeth

The Editor Luigi Nibali is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Centre for Immunobiology and Regenerative Medicine, Centre for Oral Clinical Research, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), London, UK. He is also the Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong.

• List of Contributors viiForeword ixPreface xiAbout the Companion Website xiii1 Anatomy of Multi]rooted Teeth and Aetiopathogenesis of the Furcation Defect 1Bernadette Pretzl2 Clinical and Radiographic Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Furcation Involvement 15Peter Eickholz and Clemens Walter3 How Good are We at Cleaning Furcations? Non]surgical and Surgical Studies 33Jia]Hui Fu and Hom]Lay Wang4 Furcation: The Endodontist’s View 55Federica Fonzar and Riccardo Fabian Fonzar5 Why do We Really Care About Furcations? Long]term Tooth Loss Data 91Luigi Nibali6 Regenerative Therapy of Furcation Involvements in Preclinical Models: What is Feasible? 105Nikolaos Donos, Iro Palaska, Elena Calciolari, Yoshinori Shirakata, and Anton Sculean7 Regenerative Therapy of Furcations in Human Clinical Studies: What has been Achieved So Far? 137Søren Jepsen and Karin Jepsen8 Furcation Therapy: Resective Approach and Restorative Options 161Roberto Rotundo and Alberto Fonzar9 Furcation Tunnelling 177Stefan G. Rüdiger10 Innovative and Adjunctive Furcation Therapy: Evidence of Success and Future Perspective 191Luigi Nibali and Elena Calciolari11 Furcation: Why Bother? Treat the Tooth or Extract and Place an Implant? 209Nikos Mardas and Stephen Barter12 Is it Worth it? Health Economics of Furcation Involvement 229Falk Schwendicke and Christian Graetz13 Deep Gaps between the Roots of the Molars: A Patient’s Point of View 249Luigi Nibali14 Assessment of Two Example Cases Based on a Review of the Literature 257Luigi Nibali15 Furcations: A Treatment Algorithm 269Luigi NibaliIndex 285