Dentin wound Flashcards
Wound:
Perforation or tearing somewhere in a living body, reaching the interior of any part of the body. f Med.
(after trauma) Intentional injury (surgery) or accidental (pathogenic or traumatic agents )
Dentin wound (Ten Cate 1986)
Whenever there is a solution of continuity in the dentin pulp complex (DPC), there is a communication with the oral environment.
exposed dentin = dentin pulp wound
there is a communication with the indeed of the wound
Dentin injury
if aggression to the DPC
(dentin pulp complex)
- Inflammatory respone
2. Respirative response
Inflammatory response:
defensive mechanism in order to isolate and destroy harmful agent, as well as repair the tissue or organ affected.
Reparative response:
reparative or tertiary dentin (2-3 months to form in pulp horns).
We cannot form new enamel, but we can form new cells, when there is a lesion, dentin can be formed
Whats the goal of dentin injury?
to restore the injured epithelial barrier
What problems do we have by dentin injury?
- pain
- infection
- loss of structure
Dentin injury and pain:
produced by the exposure of the dentin tubules.
when the dentin tubules are exposed, people can feel pain to cold or by brushing
Dentin injury and infection:
already established or possible. It depends on the etiology of the wound.
if there is a caries and we dont clean it, it can be affected but depends how large the fracture and caries is
Dentin injury and loss of structure:
Depending on the size of the wound.
Reversible pulpitis characteristics:
- Beginning: stimulated
- Duration: short
- Quality: bearable
- Pain to cold: appears
- Heat: no
- Mastication pain: no
Irreversible pulpitis characteristics:
- Beginning: spontaneous
- Duration: maintained
- Quality: stabbing
- Pain to cold: very intense, weaken or eliminate
- Heat: intense
- Mastication pain: Mastication dysfunction
Perioapical diagnosis:
reversible pulpitis, healthy, acute apical periodontitis
What medications do we need to take by irreversible pulpitis?
pain killers
What do we always have by an inflammation?
Always pulpitis
If we have an injury, what is most likely that we have?
pulpitis
To what does physical, chemical, and thermal injuries and dental caries lead?
To pulp irritation
To what do pulp irritation lead?
To inflammation
What two kind of inflammations do we have?
- Reversible (repair)
2. Irreversible/ pulp necorsis
What would be the therapy of reversible and repair pulpitis?
Vital pulp therapy
What would be the treatment of irreversible/ pulp necrosis?
RCT
Dentin injury treatment:
Sealing and protection of the DPC with a similar material (mechanical properties) + replace the lost tissue (dentin)
Vital pulp therapy
Recommended on teeth with no evidence of irreversible pulp inflammation.
Treatment initiated to preserve and maintain pulp tissue in a healthy state.
Capacity of the pulp to repair in the absence of microbial contamination.
Treatment
Outcome:
1.Age.
2.Size and location of the damage/exposure. 3.Bacterial contamination.
4.Pulp capping material.
5.Quality of final restoration.
(depends on our treatment we do)
Treatment
Objective
Stimulate the formation of operative dentin to maintain the tooth as a functional unit
Treatment caries:
location, proximity to pulp, pulp involvement…
Treatment fracture:
Fracture: exposure of the DPC (dentin pulp complex) by trauma.
Treatment fissure:
Fissures: difficult diagnosis and treatment.
Treatment root exposure:
gingival recession.
Treatment no material lesions:
attrition, erosion, abrasion, abfraction, resorption.
What do we have to do, when we find a wound?
Eliminate pain and close the wound
- Disinfect the wound.
- Suture: seal the DPC (Dentin pulp complex)
- Return loss structural integrity (if applicable)
What do we do first?
Disinfect the wound
first cause bacteria that gets in the tubules, so remove all the injured tissue in order to seal it, body cant break all the infected dentin
Desinfection:
Bacterial invasion of the dentin tubules = 1st cause of pulp irritation.
Removal of the injured tissue is very important, since the body is not able to produce necrotic tissue lysis.
Desinfection
If there is a bacterial origin: eliminate of caries
- Enamel- turbine and diamond bur
2. Dentin- low speed tungsten burs and excavator
Whats important during the disinfection?
Its important not to overheat the DPC:
- Water
- Good condition of burs and excavators
Whats the second step?
And what do we do?
Suture: seal the DPC (Dentin pulp complex)
a) Adhesives.
b) Cavity bases: GIC with or without pulp protection. C) Pulp protectors: CaOH2 and MTA.
Pulp capping: indirect (IPC) or direct (DPC)