Diagnostic Terminology Flashcards
What is the definition of Normal Pulp?
A clinical diagnostic category in which the pulp is symptom-free and normally responsive to pulp testing.
What is the definition of Reversible Pulpitis?
A clinical diagnosis based upon subjective and objective findings indicating that the inflammation should resolve and the pulp return to normal.
What is the definition of Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis?
A clinical diagnosis based on subjective and objective findings indicating that the vital inflammed pulp is incapable of healing.
Additional descriptors: Lingering thermal pain, spontaneous pain, referred pain.
What are the additional descriptors of Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis?
- Lingering thermal pain
- Spontaneous pain
- Referred pain.
What is the definition of Asymptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis?
A clinical diagnosis based on subjective and objective findings indicating that the vital inflammed pulp is incapable of healing.
Additional descriptors: No clinical symptoms but inflammation produced by caries, caries excavation, trauma, etc.
What are the additional descriptors for Asymptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis?
No clinical symptoms but inflammation produced by caries, caries excavation, trauma, etc.
What is the definition of Pulp Necrosis?
A clinical diagnostic category indicating death of the dental pulp. The pulp is usually nonresponsive to pulp testing.
What is the definition of Previously Treated?
A clinical diagnostic category indicating that the tooth has been endodontically treated and the canals are obturated with various filling materials other than intracanal medicaments.
What is the definition of Previously Initiated Therapy?
A clinical diagnostic category indicating that the tooth has been previously treated by partial endodontic therapy (pulpotomy, pulpectomy)
What is the definition of Normal Apical Tissue?
Teeth with normal periradicular tissues that are not sensitive to percussion or palpation testing. The lamina dura surrounding the root is intact and periodontal ligament space is uniform.
What is the definition of Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis?
Inflammation, usually of the apical periodontium, producing clinical symptoms including a painful response to biting and/or percussion or palpation. It may or may not be associated with an apical radiolucent area.
What is the definition of Asymptomatic Apical Periodontitis?
Inflammation and destruction of apical periodontium that is of pulpal origin, appears as an apical radiolucent area, and does not produce clinical symptoms.
What is the definiton of Acute Apical Abscess?
An inflammatory reaction to pulpal infection and necrosis characterized by rapid onset, spontaneous pain, tenderness of the tooth to pressure, pus formation and swelling of associated tissues.
What is the definition of Chronic Apical Abscess?
An inflammatory reaction to pulpal infection and necrosis characterized by gradual onset, little or no discomfort, and the intermittent discharge of pus through an associated sinus tract.
What is the definition of a Condensing Osteitis?
Diffuse radiopaque lesion representing a localized bony reaction to a low-grade inflammatory stimulus, usually seen at apex of tooth.
