Perio Flashcards
What are some of communication pathways between the pulp and periodontium?
- Apical foremen
- Dentinal tubules
- Accessory canals
- Lateral canals
What is the primary aetiology factors of endo-perio lesions?
- Endo or perio infection
- Trauma an/or iatriogenic trauma - like perforation during root canal treatment or root fracture or crack post RCT or root resorption
What is an endo-perio lesion?
An EPL (endo-perio lesion) is a pathological communication between the pulpal and periodontal tissues at a given tooth accompanied by a deep periodontal pocket and altered pulp sensitivity test that may occur in (symptomatic) acute or chronic (asymptomatic) form.
What is the endo-perio aetiology?
- Primary endo infection - carious lesions affect the pulp and secondarily affect the periodontium
- Inflamed pulp exerts little or no effect on the periodontium
- Necrotic pulp cause bone resorption
- Sinus tract drain through PDL into gingival sulcus
- Isolated periodontal defect
What are some of the diagnostic hints that might lead us to see that the lesion is a primary endo secondary perio lesion?
- Pulp test negative
- Compromised coronal integrity
- Isolated deep narrow peridontal pocket - might need to use a guttapercha and take a PA
What is the treatment of primary endo secondary perio lesion?
- RCT
- No immediate scaling and root instrumentation - please await healing first - 3-6 months should be enough for healing and reassessment
What are some of the diagnostic hints that might lead us to see that the lesion is a primary perio secondary endo lesion?
- Sever periodontitis
- Pathological changes occur in pulp
- Retrograde pulpitis - acute pain for long duration
- Pulp test incoclusive
- Coronal integrity intact
- Deep periodontal pockets around the tooth
What is the treatment of primary perio secondary endo lesion?
- Scaling and root instrumentation needs to be done together with the root canal treatment
or
- Extraction depending on prognosis
What is the diagnostic clues of a combination endo-perio lesion?
- Pup test is negative
- Deep peridotnal pockets on multiple sites
What is the treatment for a combination endo-perio lesion?
- Scaling and root instrumentation needs to be done together with the root canal treatment
- Possible resective surgery
What is the treatment of fractures teeth?
- Do nothing
- Extraction
What is usually associated with hopeless prognosis of EPL?
EPLs that are related to aitriogenic damage.
How to write a diagnostic statement for a endo-perio lesion?
- Write that it is a endo perio lesiom
- Root damage extent
- Perio status of the patient
- Grade of the problem
What are the classifications of periodontal pockets associated with an endo-perio lesion associated with periodontitis patients?
Grade 1 - narrow and deep periodontal pocket in 1 tooth surface
Grade 2 - wide deep periodontal pocket in 1 tooth surface
Grade 3 - wide deep periodontal pocket in more than 1 tooth surface
What are the classifications of periodontal pockets associated with an endo-perio lesion associated with non-periodontitis patients?
Grade 1 - narrow deep periodontal pocket in 1 tooth surface
Grade 2 - wide deep periodontal pocket in 1 tooth surface
Grade 3 - deep periodontal pockets in more than 1 tooth surface