Apical periodontitis: Microbial infection and host responses

Essential Endodontology: Prevention and Treatment of Apical Periodontitis

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 1-10

  Ørstavik, Dag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apical periodontitis; Dental abscess; Dental profession; Endodontic treatment; Periapical biology; Periapical pathology; Pulp canal system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85089141902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119272014.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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