Dentine bonding systems, composite resins and fibre posts have widely replaced cast posts and amalgam as core materials; all-ceramic and composite crowns have also replaced metal ceramic crowns in many aesthetic cases. The aim of this book is to provide the general practitioner with some principles and techniques for the adhesive restoration of root filled teeth.
Table of Contents 1. The First Step: the Endodontic Treatment
2. Adhesion and the Root-filled Tooth
3. Crowning Root Canal Treated Teeth
4. Fibre Posts
5. Problem Solving in the Restoration ofTeeth with Fibre Posts
6. Understanding the Failure of Adhesive Restorations in Root Canal Treated Teeth
7. Endodontic Retreatment of Teeth Restored with Adhesive Techniques and Fibre Posts
8. The Restorability of Broken Down Teeth the Decision-Making Process
Prof Francesco Mannocci (MD, DDS, PhD, FHEA) is a Specialist in Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry. He obtained his MD (Pisa, Italy, 1986) and DDS (Pisa, 1990) in Italy, and his PhD in Clinical Dentistry from King's College London in 2001. After having worked in private practice in Pisa for 18 years while collaborating with the University of Siena as a Visiting Professor he became Lecturer in Endodontology at King's College London in 2004, Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in 2006, Head of Endodontology in 2008, and Professor of Endodontology at King’s College London in 2011. Prof Mannocci has authored more than130 papers in international peer reviewed journals. Prof Mannocci is Associate Editor of the International Endodontic Journal. Prof Mannocci has done research work on subjects including restoration of endodontically treated teeth, instrumentation techniques, dental anatomy, histology, endodontic radiology and endodontic microbiology.