Saving Natural Teeth: A Comprehensive Guide to Therapeutic Options

By Pio Bertani, Paolo Generali, Fabio Gorni, and Tiziano Testori

This in-depth guide aims to provide readers with a thorough examination of all therapeutic options for saving natural teeth and exploring the best alternatives. The first approach involves a set of strategies focused on complex retreatments, often resulting from previous endodontic failures. These complexities are typically compounded by anatomical difficulties, technical errors, instrument fractures, and perforations. While some of these issues can be resolved through orthograde methods, others require surgical intervention.

The Role of Surgical Endodontics

Surgical endodontics plays a vital role in the extreme, yet reasonable, salvage of natural teeth. This approach is essential when dealing with complex anatomical challenges and technical errors.

Alternative Therapeutic Options

The second approach involves the use of a natural tooth extracted from a different site (tooth transplantation), often due to reasons such as agenesis of the contralateral tooth, orthodontic extractions, impacted teeth, or teeth without antagonists. The third approach involves utilizing portions of natural teeth to support periodontal tissue and bone volume, which will eventually support structures for replacing natural teeth with implants.

The book also explores the replacement of natural teeth with implants, but only after exhaustively examining all possible salvage options.

About the Book

Published by Edra, this comprehensive guide is available in Italian, with an ISBN-10 of 8821454320 and ISBN-13 of 978-8821454325. The first edition was released on March 22, 2023.

Discover the latest therapeutic options for saving natural teeth and explore the best alternatives with this authoritative guide.