Endo Terms Flashcards
Define Normal Pulp
A clinical diagnostic category in which the pulp is symptom-free and normally responsive to pulp testing.
Define Reversible Pulpitis
A clinical diagnosis based upon subjective and objective findings indicating that the inflammation should resolve and the pulp return to normal.
Define Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis
A clinical diagnosis based on subjective and objective findings indicating that the vital inflamed pulp is incapable of healing
Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis Additional descriptors
Lingering thermal pain, spontaneous pain, referred pain
Define Asymptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis
A clinical diagnosis based on subjective and objective findings indicating that the vital inflamed pulp is incapable of healing.
Asymptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis Additional Descriptors
No clinical symptoms but inflammation produced by caries, caries excavation, trauma, etc.
Define Pulp Necrosis
A clinical diagnostic category indicating death of the dental pulp. Pulp is usually nonresponsive to pulp testing.
Define 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.
Define Previously Initiated Therapy
A clinical diagnostic category indicating that the tooth has been previously treated by partial endodontic therapy (ex. pulpotomy, pulpectomy)
Define Normal Apical Tissues
Teeth with normal periradicular tissues that are not sensitive to percussion or palpation testing. The lamina dura surrounding the root is intact and the periodontal ligament space is uniform.
Define 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.
Define 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.
Define 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.
Define 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.
Define Condensing Osteitis
Diffuse radiopaque lesion representing a localized bony reaction to a low-grade inflammatory stimulus, usually seen at apex of tooth.
