Volume 25, Issue 112, June 2021

Preserving pulp vitality with different types of pulpotomy medicaments: A report of case series

Niharika Gahlod^♦, Arun Sajjanar, Suryakant Kumar, Milind Wasnik, Sneha Khekade, Miranda George, Durga Bhattad

Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Deciduous teeth are the best known space maintainers. They are important to be preserved until their exfoliation and eruption of successor teeth. The procedure for pulpotomy is performed to preserve the vitality of pulp in cariously exposed primary teeth. Pulp could be exposed due to various reasons such as traumatic injuries, iatrogenic exposure and large carious lesions. Therefore, for preserving the vitality of pulp dentin complex, pulpotomy can be performed with suitable medicament. There are a lot of controversies for the use of different medicaments and which is ideal for pulpotomy. Pulpotomy has been suggested as a viable treatment for pulp exposures with pulpitis in several case series. If performed with adequate isolation and correct procedure, it gives promising prognosis.

Keywords: Pulpotomy, Pulp vitality, MTA, Formocresol, Calcium hydroxide, Biodentine

Medical Science, 2021, 25(112), 1272-1276

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