Pee Dos Flashcards
How do we determine vitality of Primary teeth?
- 4 tests
- unreliable in Primaries
Thermal
Percussion
Palpation
Mobility
How do we determine vitality of Immature Permanent Teeth?
*useful to establish baseline in trauma
Electric
Thermal
Percussion
Palpation
Mobility
How do we determine viability of Permanent Teeth?
Electric
Thermal
Percussion
Palpation
Mobility
Feel changes in alveolus/furcation/mobility
Infection leads to Resorption leads to Mobility
True
T/F
Never base Tx decisions on sensibility tests/feedback
True
Tx exposes pulp, how determine Pulp Status?
*2 options
Purulent/profuse bleeding - Irreversible Pulpitis
Bright red/arrests 5 min. - Reversible Pulpitis
12/24 month (general) Success Rate: MTA
FS:
FMC:
Laser:
ZOE:
CaOH
100 98
86 86
96 85
93 78
92 68
86 53
What is the best filler for Pulpotomy?
MTA
4 reasons MTA best filler for Pulpotomy:
Bioactive glass/ceramic
biocompatible (non-toxic)
Minimal inflammatory response
HA forms dentin and filling material
What is a dentinal bridge?
Reparative Dentin laid down after Pulpotomy
*MTA
3 Protective Liner Meds (Primary and Permanent)
GI (Vitrebond/Fuji IX)
CaOH
Dentin Bonding Agent
4 Direct Pulp Cap Meds (Primary/Permanent)
MTA (Mineral trioxide aggregate)
BIO
CaOH
RMGI/GI
What 2 products would you NEVER USE for Pulpotomy for Permanent teeth?
What 2 products are ok to use?
FMC or FS
MTA or CaOH
6 Pulpotomy meds:
*that can be used on Primary teeth
Formocresol (FMC)
Ferric Sulfate
MTA
Electrosurgery/Laser
TempIt (ZOE)
NaOCl (bleach)
Primary Pulpotomy Meds: FMC ___ application, is _____
Ferric Sulfate ____ application, is _______
MTA/Endosequence, ________
Electrosurgery/Laser, careful of…
ZOE, aka…
NaOCl, similar success rate to ______
5 minute, bactericidal
15 second, coagulant
leave it in
exces heat/energy
TempIt
FMC
4 Indirect Pulp Tx Meds (Primary/Permanent)
GI
RMGI
CaOH
ZOE/IRM
3 Pulpectomy Meds to never use with Primary teeth:
Why?
IRM, MTA, Gutta Percha
non resorbing
IRM, MTA, GP never used for Pulpectomy on Primary teeth (non resorbing), what do you use instead?
Vitapex
followed by ZOE/GI
*flush canals w/ NaOCl 1%
there is a tendency to ______ Vitapex and ______ ZOE
*primary pulpectomy
overfill Vitapex
underfill Zoe
What are the steps for Immature Permanent Apexification?
(like pulpectomy) Irrigate NaOCl
CaOH 2 wks for disinfection
Apical collagen as needed
MTA (moist pellet 24 hrs)
check MTA after 24 hrs, Place GP
***MTA/composite fill for reinforcement of immature root (this is apexification)
What is used for Apexification?
MTA/composite fill to reinforce immature root
What are the filling (obturating) materials for the chamber?
ZOE (IRM)
FMC has similar success to FS and Bleach
True
If the Pulp is Vital, what procedures can you do?
Direct Pulp Cap
Pulpotomy
Indirect Pulp Cap
Revascularization
If the Pulp is Non-Vital, what procedures can you do?
Pulpectomy
Use a Protective Liner in Normal Pulp for what?
Dentinal tubules exposed by prep
A Protective Liner is only used when what 2 conditions are met?
All decay removed
no pulp exposure
When can you use a Direct Pulp Cap?
2 conditions
Vital
Small/pinpoint exposure (less than 1mm)
A Direct Pulp Cap is NOT recommended for a Primary tooth when?
if carious exposure
*internal resorption
Pulpotomy on a Primary, do when the Tooth is Vital, or ______ pulpitis
And the tooth is restorable
Reversible Pulpitis
3 options if you have a Vital tooth and a Large exposure due to caries on a Permanent tooth:
Direct pulp cap
Partial pulpotomy
Pulpotomy
Direct Pulp Cap, Partial Pulpotomy, and Pulpotomy for large carious exposure, vital tooth absence of _______, no radiographic pathology
And what?
spontaneous pain
open apex
For an Indirect Pulp Tx on Primary you must remove what?
Re-enter?
Caries should be __ mm from the pulp
All caries that would potentially expose pulp
no
1 mm
When would you do a Pulpectomy on a Primary?
Non vital
Strategic
Resorable
Adequate root
Immature Permanent Apexification:
RCT
Vital Pulp Tissue
Dentin pulp complex free of bacteria
Creation of new pulp for Apexogenesis
Revascularization
Procedure that addresses the shortcomings involved with capping the inflamed dental pulp of an incompletely developed (immature) permanent tooth. The goal is the preservation of vital pulp tissue so that continued root development with apical closure may occur on its own naturally
Apexogenesis
Achieving artificial closure of the Apex, pulp is non vital in immature permanent teeth, tooth discontinues its natural maturation process and can be weakened
Apexification
Primary Pulpectomy, can’t use what 2 products?
Use what instead?
MTA/IRM
Vitapex
Which medications/Tx are not used in Permanent Pulpotomies?
*why?
FS/FMC
*don’t want existing vital pulp inert/leave clot
In what scenario do we not perform a direct pulp cap?
why?
Carious pulp exposure, Primary teeth
mesenchymal cells differentiating into odontoclasts and resorbing the pulp internally
How do we promote apexogenesis in pulpally involved teeth?
Vital
no RCT, pulpectomy, apexificatoin
vital pulp therapy options instead
Where would a Primary Pulpectomy be a good Tx option?
Where do we NOT do them?
necrotic, strategic, restorable
primary 1st Molars
Apexogenesis is used…
Apexification is used…
normal natural closure of root for Immature Permanent
artificial closure (RCT)
***vital vs non-vital
When would you remove a tooth instead of doing a Pulp Therapy?
infection uncontrolled
Bony support can’t be regained
inadequate tooth structure
excessive root resorption
not strategically important
Good pain often sharp
Bad pain often throb
True
True
What is the most reliable pulp test?
Electric, Thermal, Percusssion/palpation/mobility
Percussion/Palpation/Mobility
Never base Tx on sensibility tests alone. They are only one possible indication of pulp vitality
True
2 indications, Irreversible Pulpitis:
2 indications, Reversible Pulpitis:
Profuse Bleeding, purulent exudate
bright red, 5 min arrested
What isn’t recommended in a Primary Tooth with Carious Exposure?
Direct Pulp Cap