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Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth with Reversible or Irreversible Pulpitis: An Overview of the Literature

Vital pulp therapy (VPT) has been recently proposed as an alternative approach even in symptomatic mature permanent teeth with deep caries’ lesions, aiming to maintain the pulp vitality over time and/or to avoid non-surgical root canal therapy (NSRCT). However, to date, the diagnosis of reversible o...

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Autores principales: Iaculli, Flavia, Rodríguez-Lozano, Francisco Javier, Briseño-Marroquín, Benjamín, Wolf, Thomas Gerhard, Spagnuolo, Gianrico, Rengo, Sandro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9321233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35887779
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11144016
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author Iaculli, Flavia
Rodríguez-Lozano, Francisco Javier
Briseño-Marroquín, Benjamín
Wolf, Thomas Gerhard
Spagnuolo, Gianrico
Rengo, Sandro
author_facet Iaculli, Flavia
Rodríguez-Lozano, Francisco Javier
Briseño-Marroquín, Benjamín
Wolf, Thomas Gerhard
Spagnuolo, Gianrico
Rengo, Sandro
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description Vital pulp therapy (VPT) has been recently proposed as an alternative approach even in symptomatic mature permanent teeth with deep caries’ lesions, aiming to maintain the pulp vitality over time and/or to avoid non-surgical root canal therapy (NSRCT). However, to date, the diagnosis of reversible or irreversible pulpitis is only based on clinical pain quantity and quality, without precisely reflecting the pulp inflammation status. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to provide an overview based on the current scientific literature to demonstrate the clinical effectiveness of VPT on mature permanent teeth, validating the use of hydraulic calcium silicate-based cements and their role in pain management. VPT may be successfully applied not only in mature permanent teeth diagnosed with reversible pulpitis, but also in permanent dental elements with signs and symptoms of irreversible pulpitis. Hydraulic cements showed favorable outcomes in terms of decrease of pro-inflammatory mediators and of post-operative pain. Pain plays a central role in the chance to perform VPT in mature permanent teeth, since it may be considered as a pre-operative diagnostic criterion as well as a treatment success parameter. In addition, proper assessment of pulp inflammation and choice of appropriate materials are key factors in enhancing VPT success.
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spelling pubmed-93212332022-07-27 Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth with Reversible or Irreversible Pulpitis: An Overview of the Literature Iaculli, Flavia Rodríguez-Lozano, Francisco Javier Briseño-Marroquín, Benjamín Wolf, Thomas Gerhard Spagnuolo, Gianrico Rengo, Sandro J Clin Med Review Vital pulp therapy (VPT) has been recently proposed as an alternative approach even in symptomatic mature permanent teeth with deep caries’ lesions, aiming to maintain the pulp vitality over time and/or to avoid non-surgical root canal therapy (NSRCT). However, to date, the diagnosis of reversible or irreversible pulpitis is only based on clinical pain quantity and quality, without precisely reflecting the pulp inflammation status. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to provide an overview based on the current scientific literature to demonstrate the clinical effectiveness of VPT on mature permanent teeth, validating the use of hydraulic calcium silicate-based cements and their role in pain management. VPT may be successfully applied not only in mature permanent teeth diagnosed with reversible pulpitis, but also in permanent dental elements with signs and symptoms of irreversible pulpitis. Hydraulic cements showed favorable outcomes in terms of decrease of pro-inflammatory mediators and of post-operative pain. Pain plays a central role in the chance to perform VPT in mature permanent teeth, since it may be considered as a pre-operative diagnostic criterion as well as a treatment success parameter. In addition, proper assessment of pulp inflammation and choice of appropriate materials are key factors in enhancing VPT success. MDPI 2022-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9321233/ /pubmed/35887779 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11144016 Text en © 2022 by the authors. 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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Rodríguez-Lozano, Francisco Javier
Briseño-Marroquín, Benjamín
Wolf, Thomas Gerhard
Spagnuolo, Gianrico
Rengo, Sandro
Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth with Reversible or Irreversible Pulpitis: An Overview of the Literature
title Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth with Reversible or Irreversible Pulpitis: An Overview of the Literature
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title_fullStr Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth with Reversible or Irreversible Pulpitis: An Overview of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth with Reversible or Irreversible Pulpitis: An Overview of the Literature
title_short Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth with Reversible or Irreversible Pulpitis: An Overview of the Literature
title_sort vital pulp therapy of permanent teeth with reversible or irreversible pulpitis: an overview of the literature
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9321233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35887779
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11144016
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