Traumatic or carious exposure of a vital pulp in an immature permanent tooth presents a significant clinical challenge to maintain proper vitality. Currently available procedures include direct pulp capping, complete pulpotomy and partial pulpotomy. This paper reviews the application of partial pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth and provides prognostic and technique guidance.

The treatment options of enamel dentin crown fractures with pulpal exposure in the primary dentition traditionally consist of direct pulp capping, pulpotomy, pulpectomy, or extraction. Many clinicians disagree on the most appropriate treatment, and individual preferences exist within dentistry. Partial pulpotomy, also known as the Cvek pulpotomy, is a mode of treatment which is widely used in t...

vitality of dental pulp is essential for long-term tooth survival. the aim of vital pulp therapy is to maintain healthy pulp tissue by eliminating bacteria from the dentin-pulp complex. there are several different treatment options for vital pulp therapy in extensively decayed or traumatized teeth. pulp capping or pulpotomy procedures rely upon an accurate assessment of the pulp status, and car...

In cariously exposed immature permanent teeth, the treatment choice is controversial in pediatric dentistry. Radical root canal treatment usually appears to be the solution for these teeth. Even partial pulpotomy is a vital treatment for traumatically exposed immature permanent teeth; extending the borders of indication towards cariously exposed immature permanent teeth with reversible pulpitis...

INTRODUCTION This systematic review aims to illustrate the outcome of vital pulp therapy, namely direct pulp capping, partial pulpotomy, and full pulpotomy, in vital permanent teeth with cariously exposed pulp. METHODS Electronic database MEDLINE via Ovid, PubMed, and Cochrane databases were searched. Hand searching was performed through reference lists of endodontic textbooks, endodontic-rel...

In modern endodontics, vital pulp therapy (VPT) has been considered an ultra-conservative treatment modality. Based on the level of pulp preservation, VPT includes stepwise excavation, indirect pulp capping (IDPC), direct pulp capping (DPC), miniature pulpotomy (MP), partial/Cvek pulpotomy and coronal/complete pulpotomy (CP). The present article reviews the treatment outcomes of 94 permanent te...

AIM The study was undertaken to evaluate mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) clinically and radiographically as a pulpotomy agent in immature permanent teeth whose pulps were exposed by a complicated crown fracture. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty incisors with exposed pulps in twenty-nine patients were examined for this retrospective study. According to exclusion criteria, only twenty-seven teeth ...

in modern endodontics, vital pulp therapy (vpt) has been considered an ultra-conservative treatment modality. based on the level of pulp preservation, vpt includes stepwise excavation, indirect pulp capping (idpc), direct pulp capping (dpc), miniature pulpotomy (mp), partial/cvek pulpotomy and coronal/complete pulpotomy (cp). the present article reviews the treatment outcomes of 94 permanent te...

vital pulp therapy (vpt) is a biologic and conservative treatment modality to preserve the vitality and function of the coronal or remaining radicular pulp tissue in vital permanent teeth. a search was conducted via the cochrane database, pubmed, medline, and ovid for any articles with the criteria for “pulp-capping,” or “pulp-capping materials” and “vpt outcomes” from 1978 to mid 2014. all art...

AIM This randomized clinical trial evaluated clinical sign/symptoms as well as histological pulp reactions in terms of inflammation and mineralized bridge formation after partial pulpotomy of sound human premolars and placement of a bioceramic paste (iRoot BP) or tooth-colored ProRoot MTA as pulp-covering biomaterials. METHODOLOGY Twenty-four human sound premolars were randomly allocated into...