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Vital Pulp Therapy in Primary Dentition: Pulpotomy—A 100-Year Challenge

Pulpotomy has long been the most indicated vital pulp procedure in primary molars with extensive caries. The success of a pulpotomy is highly technique sensitive and it depends upon many factors, such as diagnosis accuracy, caries excavation method, pulp dressing material, quality of the final resto...

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Autor principal: Igna, Andreea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8534739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682106
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8100841
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description Pulpotomy has long been the most indicated vital pulp procedure in primary molars with extensive caries. The success of a pulpotomy is highly technique sensitive and it depends upon many factors, such as diagnosis accuracy, caries excavation method, pulp dressing material, quality of the final restoration and operator experience. This paper provides an overview of the pulpotomy procedure in primary teeth over a century, with reference to advances in technique, medication and restoration possibilities and challenges and controversies surrounding the subject as well as future directions.
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spelling pubmed-85347392021-10-23 Vital Pulp Therapy in Primary Dentition: Pulpotomy—A 100-Year Challenge Igna, Andreea Children (Basel) Review Pulpotomy has long been the most indicated vital pulp procedure in primary molars with extensive caries. The success of a pulpotomy is highly technique sensitive and it depends upon many factors, such as diagnosis accuracy, caries excavation method, pulp dressing material, quality of the final restoration and operator experience. This paper provides an overview of the pulpotomy procedure in primary teeth over a century, with reference to advances in technique, medication and restoration possibilities and challenges and controversies surrounding the subject as well as future directions. MDPI 2021-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8534739/ /pubmed/34682106 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8100841 Text en © 2021 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Vital Pulp Therapy in Primary Dentition: Pulpotomy—A 100-Year Challenge
title Vital Pulp Therapy in Primary Dentition: Pulpotomy—A 100-Year Challenge
title_full Vital Pulp Therapy in Primary Dentition: Pulpotomy—A 100-Year Challenge
title_fullStr Vital Pulp Therapy in Primary Dentition: Pulpotomy—A 100-Year Challenge
title_full_unstemmed Vital Pulp Therapy in Primary Dentition: Pulpotomy—A 100-Year Challenge
title_short Vital Pulp Therapy in Primary Dentition: Pulpotomy—A 100-Year Challenge
title_sort vital pulp therapy in primary dentition: pulpotomy—a 100-year challenge
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8534739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682106
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8100841
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