What is it about?
Coronal pulpotomy treatment can be used an alternative to root canal treatment under certain conditions that could keep the teeth alive. This treatment (coronal pulpotomy treatment) involves cleaning the tooth decay, removing the infected part of the nerve, and filling the tooth with a material that will protect your tooth.
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Why is it important?
This treatment would substitute for root canal treatment. Recent scientific evidence showed that this new treatment (coronal pulpotomy) works effectively in treating deep decayed alive tooth. Recent research reported showed high success rate of vital pulpotomy treatment and showed that is less painful and simple procedure.
Perspectives
Coronal pulpotomy treatment could increase dental access and tooth retention by providing a potential option to substitute an invasive procedure such as root canal treatment or extraction, particularly for low-income patients or in under served areas worldwide.
Dr Hend E Alqaderi
Harvard University
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Coronal pulpotomy for cariously exposed permanent posterior teeth with closed apices: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of Dentistry, January 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2015.12.005.
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