Modern Endodontic Surgery Concepts and Practice

A Review

Kim, Syngcuk DDS, PhD, MD(hon)
Kratchman, Samuel DMD

Department of Endodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Address requests for reprint to Syngcuk Kim, DDS, PhD, MD, Louis I. Grossman Professor and Chair, Director, Microscope Training Center, Department of Endodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19008. E-mail address: [email protected]

Journal of Endodontics 32(7):p 601-623, July 2006.

Endodontic surgery has now evolved into endodontic microsurgery. By using state-of-the-art equipment, instruments and materials that match biological concepts with clinical practice, we believe that microsurgical approaches produce predictable outcomes in the healing of lesions of endodontic origin. In this review we attempted to provide the most current concepts, techniques, instruments and materials with the aim of demonstrating how far we have come. Our ultimate goal is to assertively teach the future generation of graduate students and also train our colleagues to incorporate these techniques and concepts into everyday practice.