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wall thickness, tomographic measurement of, 218f
The Wand (Compudent), 707, 707f
wand (AMSA) injections, 422f
warfarin, 73
warm lateral compaction technique, 374–376
warm vertical compaction technique, 368–371, 373f
warranties, 964–965
waste disposal, education about, 133b
water lines, microbes in, 130
WBCs (white blood cells), 75
Web sites
ADA color coding of anesthetics, 693
American Academy of Oral Medicine, 71
American Association of Endodontists (AAE), 73
American Dental Association (ADA), 963
CDC, 124–125
FDA, 680–682
federal drug registry, 403
Kodak Dental Systems, 108
legal issues of having/using, 965
MedWatch, 404
Merck Manual, 5
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), 96
Oral Radiographic Differential Diagnosis (ORAD), 74
for patients and staff, 996f
white blood cells (WBCs), 75
wide apical preparations, 319t
with pulse oximetry, 18–19
work flow, 972
work multipliers, 970
workplace safety, 973
World Health Organization (WHO), 134
wound healing
with apical periodontitis, 552–555, 553t
biologic principles of, 723
excisional dentoalveolar wounds, 726–727
hard tissue, 726–727
hard versus soft tissue, 726
horizontal root fractures, 638f
matrix formation, 726
maturation phase, 726
pain with/without, 52
in patients on chemotherapy/radiation therapy, 74–75
sealer leakage, 364f
soft tissue, 723–726
clot formation, 724
endothelial cells/angiogenesis, 725–726
epithelium, 726
fibroblasts/fibroplasia, 725
inflammatory phase, 723–725
macrophage organization, 725
polymorphonuclear neutrophil organization, 724–725
proliferative phase, 725–726
systemic medications for, 727–728
bisphosphonates, 727
cyclooxyngenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors, 728
glucocorticoids, 727–728
nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), 728
from ultrasound, 911f
woven bone formation, 726
wrong tooth errors, 177f