Pulp III Flashcards
General characteristics of young permanent teeth? (6)
- Big pulp chamber
- Marked pulp horns
- Big apical foramen
- Thin tooth walls
- Slow apical closure (3-4 years)
- Great regeneration capacity of the pulp
Objectives of the pulp treatment in young permanent teeth? (2)
- Keep, if possible, the pulp vitality
- Reach the normal radicular development and apical closure:
correct corono-radicular proportions
Factors to take into account to decide the treatment of the young permanent teeth? (8)
- Level of pulp affectation (gravity of the process)
- Level of maturity and pulp age (open or closed apex)
- Possibility to restore the tooth
- Kind of restoration we are going to do
- Child´s collaboration
- Economic cost of the treatment
- Duration of the treatment
- Implications for the occlusal development of the tooth
Treatments that keep pulp vitality? (4)
- Cavity base
- Indirect pulp capping
- Direct pulp capping
- Apexogenesis (pulpotomy)
Treatments that do not keep pulp vitality? (2)
- Apexification
* Revascularization
Direct pulp capping definition?
Application of a medicine over an exposed pulp
exposed during the removal of the last portions of caries or as a consequence of a trauma
Direct pulp capping indications?
There must be a minimum or inexistent inflammation
of the pulp (It is indicated small mechanical or traumatic
exposure).
- Clinically and radiographicaly asymptomatic tooth.
• Mechanical exposure caused by iatrogenia (excessive cavity
preparation)
• Small pulp exposure by caries surrounded by healthy dentin
• Traumatic lesion
Direct pulp capping requirements? (3)
- Size of exposure <1 mm
- Controllable bleeding on the site of exposure
- Time of pulp exposure (<24 hours)
Direct pulp capping objective?
Induce the sound young pulp to form a bridge of
dentin, trying to cover the site of exposure and conserve the
pulpar vitality.
Direct pulp capping materials?(2)
- Calcium hydroxide
* MTA
How many steps are there in the direct pulp capping technique?
7
Direct pulp capping step 1?
Topical and local anesthesia
Direct pulp capping step 2?
Rubber dam isolation
Direct pulp capping step 3?
Remove ALL the caries (starting on the walls far away from the pulp chamber and finishing on the closest wall of the pulp) and make a pulp exposure <1mm.
Direct pulp capping step 4?
Cleansing (saline solution) and drying of the area
Direct pulp capping step 5?
Placement of calcium hydroxide or MTA on the área
Direct pulp capping step 6?
Final obturation of the cavity
Direct pulp capping step 7?
Radiographic control of formation of dentin bridge (3-6 weeks later)
WE do not remove it on a second session
Apexogenisis other name?
vital pulpotomy
Apexogenesis definition?
Removal of the coronal pulp with preservation of the vitality
of the root pulp)
Apexogenesis objective?
It will permit the final physiological development of the root
Apexogenesis indications and requirements to preform it? (4)
• Size of exposure ( > 1 mm )
• Time of exposure( > 24 horas)
• Inflammation of the cameral pulp
• Healthy radicular pulp (no signs of inflammation, incuding
correct hemostasia of the radicular stumps)
Apexogenesis materials?
- Calcium hydroxide
- MTA may be used on those case where we know the radicular pulp is
completely healthy, because once the MTA is hard, it is very hard to remove it on a posterior sesion.
How many steps are in the apexogenesis technique?
10
Apexogenesis step 1?
Topical and local anesthesia
Apexogenesis step 2?
Rubber dam isolation
Apexogenesis step 3?
Remove ALL the caries (starting on the walls far away from the pulp chamber and finishing on the closest wall of the pulp) and make a pulp exposure <1mm.
Apexogenesis step 4?
Removal of the pulp chamber roof (endo-z bur)