Endodontic Diagnostic Terminology Flashcards
Normal Pulp
A clinical diagnostic category in which the pulp is symptom-free and normally responsive to pulp testing
Reversible Pulpitis
A clinical diagnosis based on subjective and objective findings indicating that the inflammation should resolve and the pulp return to normal
Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis
A clinical diagnosis based on subjective and objective findings indicating that the vital inflamed pulp is incapable of healing.
Additional descriptors: lingering thermal pain, spontaneous pain, referred pain
Asymptonatic Irreversible Pulpitis
A clinical diagnosis based on subjective and objective findings indicating that the vital inflamed pulp is incapable of healing.
Additional descriptors: No clinical symptoms but inflammation produced by caries, caries excavation, trauma, etc.
Pulp Necrosis
A clinical diagnostic category indication death of the dental pulp. The pulp is usually nonresponsive to pulp testing
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
Preciously Initiated Therapy
A clinical diagnostic category indicating that the tooth has been previously treated by partial endodontic therapy (e.g. pulpotomy, pulpectomy)
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.
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
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
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.
Chronic Apical Absecess
An inflammatory reaction to pulpal infection and necrosis characterized by gradual onset, little or not discomfort, and the intermittent discharge of pus through an associated sinus tract
Condensing Osteitis
Diffuse radiopaque lesion representing a localized bony reaction to a low grade inflammatory stimulus, usually seen at the apex of the tooth.
