JOVD 2001; Assessment of Vital Pulp Tx for 9 CCF and 54 Crown reductions in Dogs and Cats Flashcards
1
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Author?
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Brook A. Niemic
2
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Study Method?
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- Retrospective analysis of success/failure of VPT therapy for crown reductions and crown fractures, used CaOH as medicament for all of them.
- Paper is a bit wacky, numbers aren’t totally consistent, vary from one place to another… – they did owner surveys to ask if teeth were still vital (90% thought they were), and rechecked 32 of them.
- Of the teeth that actually got rechecked, 100% of the crown reductions were vital (23 dogs, 5 cats), and 100% of the CCF >7days before VPT teeth were non vital
- In the 4 immature teeth with CCF’s, even though they became non vital, 3/4 teeth had additional radicular development to permit root canal treatment.
3
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Of the rechecked teeth, what % of teeth with crown reductions and CCF were vital?
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- 100% of the crown reductions were vital (23 dogs, 5 cats)
- 0% of the CCF >7days before VPT teeth were vital
- In the 4 immature teeth with CCF’s, even though they became non vital, 3/4 teeth had additional radicular development to permit root canal treatment.
