The preservation of deciduous teeth is crucial in pediatric dentistry to maintain normal speech, development, and self-esteem, while also preventing secondary issues like space loss tooth impaction. Different materials approaches have been explored over time, ranging from mummification maintaining pulp vitality promoting healing. In today's conservative dentistry, techniques indirect treatment ...

There is a lack of evidence about the best approach for cavitated caries lesions with possibility pulpal involvement in primary teeth. Thus, present authors aimed to verify treatment deep or without pulp The search was conducted MEDLINE/Pubmed and Web Science databases until May 2020. Studies that compared techniques manage at least 12 months follow-up were included. risk bias evaluated using R...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the ability of thermal and electrical tests to register pulp vitality. Sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value and positive predictive value were calculated by comparing the test results with a "gold standard". The thermal tests studied were a cold test (ethyl chloride) and a heat test (hot gutta-percha). For the electrical test, the Anal...

Dens invaginatus (DI) is a dental malformation occurring in several morphologic types. Consequently, treatment of teeth affected by DI can get complicated because of the complex root canal anatomy. The aim is to describe how to manage a rare report of a DI with necrotic pulp held within the vital pulp of a maxillary lateral incisor. Oral fistula was found on the buccal mucosa of the apex of the...

Investigations into different methods of low-noise signal detection in photoplethysmography (PPG) intended for pulp vitality assessment have shown that the resulting signals must be amplified and filtered prior to digital signal processing. The purpose of this research is the development of a portable in vitro device with integrated computer for the recording, investigation and historical compa...

Background: Periodontal ligament injection (PDL) is used to achieve single tooth pulp anaesthesia; infiltrative, non-osseous intrapapillary anaesthesia (IPA) may be an alternative with a minor complication rate. Therefore, the aim of the study was an evaluation and comparison of PDL and IPA techniques via clinical human and animal histological methods. Methods: For clinical evaluation, 30 healt...

Replantation is being widely accepted as an effective treatment option for an avulsed tooth. However, the long-term fate of replanted teeth is unpredictable; it is dependent on various factors, such as the time interval between avulsion and replantation, extra-alveolar storage period (dry storage or storage media), the vitality status of pulp or periodontal tissues and the type and period of sp...

When a tooth shows discoloration and does not respond to the cold test or electric pulp test (EPT) after a traumatic injury, its diagnosis can be even more difficult due to the lack of proper diagnostic methods to evaluate its vitality. In these case reports, we hope to demonstrate that ultrasound Doppler might be successfully used to evaluate the vitality of the tooth after trauma, and help re...

Objective. The objective of this case study is to manage irreversible pulpitis in a mature permanent molar with conservative and cost-effective therapy, which cervical pulpotomy. Summary. A pulpotomy was performed on the second mandibular an 30-year-old female patient.Taking age patient condition underlying pulp tissue into account, planned preserve vitality intact root pulps using MTA. Follow-...