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Apexification
Apexification is an endodontic treatment that induces a calcified apical barrier at the open apex of an immature, nonvital permanent tooth, using calcium hydroxide or an MTA plug.
Cold test (dentistry)
The cold test is a dental pulp test in which a cold stimulus is applied to a tooth to help distinguish a normal pulp from an inflamed or necrotic one.
Dental Implantation, Endosseous, Endodontic
Dental implantation, endosseous, endodontic (endodontic stabilization): a tapered rod placed through the tooth root canal into periapical bone to lengthen the root and stabilize a compromised tooth; a MeSH-indexed procedure since 1977.
Dental Pulp Devitalization
Dental pulp devitalization is the deliberate destruction of tooth pulp vitality, historically with arsenic or paraformaldehyde pastes, now largely replaced by anesthesia and vital pulp therapy with calcium silicate cements.
Dental Pulp Test
Dental pulp test: clinical tests assessing tooth pulp health. Sensibility tests (cold, heat, electric) stimulate nerves; vitality tests (pulse oximetry, laser Doppler flowmetry) measure blood flow. Pooled accuracy figures distinguish all five methods.
ENDOA trial
ENDOA (NCT06949176) is a randomized Athens trial comparing 2.5% versus 5% sodium hypochlorite root canal irrigation in necrotic teeth with apical periodontitis, using qPCR bacterial load and one-year Periapical Index outcomes; 44 enrolled, active, not recruiting.
Indirect pulp capping
Indirect pulp capping is a dental treatment for deep caries in which a protective dressing is placed over demineralized dentin left near the pulp, preserving tooth vitality.
Lateral condensation
Lateral condensation is a root canal obturation technique in endodontics in which gutta-percha cones are compacted with a spreader to seal the canal, the classic cold filling method most commonly taught in US dental schools.
Obturation (endodontics)
Obturation, also called the obturation technique, is the endodontic procedure of filling and sealing a cleaned root canal with gutta-percha and a sealer to entomb residual bacteria.
Partial pulpotomy
Partial pulpotomy is a vital pulp therapy in which a small portion of inflamed coronal pulp is removed and a bioceramic dressing is placed to preserve pulp vitality.
Pulp capping
Pulp capping, also known as direct pulp capping, is an endodontic dental procedure in which a biomaterial is placed over exposed dental pulp to preserve its vitality.
Pulp therapy
Pulp therapy is the set of dental procedures for treating the pulp of a tooth affected by deep decay or trauma, including pulp capping and pulpotomy to preserve pulp vitality.
Pulpectomy
Pulpectomy is an endodontic procedure that removes the entire inflamed or necrotic pulp from a tooth's root canals, the standard non-vital pulp therapy for primary teeth.
Pulpotomy
A pulpotomy is a vital pulp therapy in dentistry that removes inflamed coronal pulp tissue from a tooth while leaving the radicular pulp within the roots alive.
Regenerative endodontic procedure
A regenerative endodontic procedure (REP) is a dental treatment using disinfection and induced bleeding to promote root development in an immature permanent tooth with a necrotic pulp.
Regenerative Endodontics
Regenerative endodontics (revascularization, revitalization) treats immature permanent teeth with necrotic pulps using disinfection, induced blood clots, and stem cell homing to promote root maturation, unlike apexification.
Retrograde Obturation
Retrograde obturation is the placement of a filling into a prepared cavity at a tooth's root end during apical surgery, sealing the canal system when root canal treatment has failed.
Vital pulp therapy
Vital pulp therapy (VPT) is a set of dental treatments that preserve a tooth's living pulp instead of removing it, using pulp capping and pulpotomy.