INTRODUCTION To evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of pulpotomy treatment with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) in symptomatic mature permanent teeth with carious exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten patients aged 27-54 years presented with 11 symptomatic permanent teeth (n=11). Each offending carious tooth was clinically and radiographically determined. We removed caries as conse...

BACKGROUND Electric and thermal tests are the most commonly employed methods for the diagnosis of pulp health status. The objectives of our study are to assess the validity, yield and accuracy of cold and electric pulp tests in determining the vitality of teeth requiring endodontic treatment. METHODS A cross sectional study was carried out at the Dental Clinic of Aga Khan University Hospital ...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Jouko Lehto Name of the doctoral dissertation Reinforcement ability of mechanical pulp fibres Publisher School of Chemical Technology Unit Department of Forest Products Technology Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 47/2011 Field of research Paper and Printing Research Manuscript submitted 2 Novem...

introduction : to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of pulpotomy treatment with mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) in symptomatic mature permanent teeth with carious exposure. materials and methods: ten patients aged 27-54 years presented with 11 symptomatic permanent teeth ( n =11). each offending carious tooth was clinically and radiographically determined. we removed caries as co...

An association between increased blood pressure and hypalgesia has been reported in several studies in animals and in a few reports in humans. We investigated the relationship between hypertension and pain perception by comparing the response to graded electrical stimulation of the tooth pulp, which is thought to represent an exclusively nociceptive system. The test was performed with a commerc...

INTRODUCTION The incisive/mental nerve block (IMNB) could be an alternative to the inferior alveolar nerve block in the mandibular anterior teeth. The effectiveness of articaine has not been tested in IMNB. METHODS This prospective randomized double-blind crossover study compared the anesthetic efficacy of 0.6 mL 4% articaine and 2% lidocaine, both with 1:100.000 epinephrine administered as I...

Seventy-six vital permanent incisors with complicated crown t’ractures in 72 children were assessed clinically and radiographically for the healing of pulp exposures treated by direct pulp capping or by pulpotomy. Thirty-eight of these teeth had pinpoint exposures, complete roots, and were treated by pulp capping. Pulpotomy was the treatment for the other 38 teeth that had incomplete root devel...