Vital Pulp Treatment

List of Contributors

Foreword xii

Preface xiv

1 The Importance of Maintaining Pulp Vitality 1
Bruno Cavalcanti and Daniel Chiego, Jr.

2 Biological Basis for Vital Pulp Treatment 20
Fionnuala T. Lundy, Lara T. Friedlander, and Paul R. Cooper

3 Pulpal Diagnosis 47
Johnah C. Galicia and Asma A. Khan

4 Vital Pulp Treatment Modalities: The Management of Deep Caries Using Selective and Non-Selective Removal of Carious Tissue, Stepwise Excavation and Indirect Pulp Capping 59
Helena Fransson and Lars Bjørndal

5 Vital Pulp Treatment Modalities: Direct Pulp Capping 84
Till Dammaschke

6 Vital Pulp Treatment Modalities: Pulpotomy – Partial and Complete 108
Roberto Careddu, Mark Lappin, Henry F. Duncan, and Ikhlas A. El-Karim

7 Vital Pulp Treatment – Material Selection 133
Renan Dal-Fabbro, Isaac J. de Souza Araújo, and Marco C. Bottino

8 Vital Pulp Treatment for Traumatic Dental Injuries 154
Bill Kahler and Giampiero Rossi-Fedele

9 Regenerative Endodontics 185
Matthias Widbiller and Kerstin M. Galler

10 Outcome of Vital Pulp Treatment and Regenerative Endodontics 201
Siobhan Cushley, Emi Shimizu, Yoshifumi Kobayashi, and Venkateshbabu Nagendrababu

Index 218

Vital Pulp Treatment offers a comprehensive overview of existing and developing vital pulp therapies, the science that underpins them as well as their clinical applications. Preserving dental pulp tissue is critical to oral health and vital pulp treatments are designed to maintain, repair, and regenerate this tissue. With a focus on clinical practice, this book begins with the diagnosis and causes of pulpitis before elaborating on the application of vital pulp treatment after trauma, caries, or dental procedures. Later chapters cover a variety of extent treatment modalities including caries removal, pulpotomy, direct or indirect pulp capping and regenerative endodontic therapies. Vital Pulp Treatment readers will also find:

• Clinical photographs to support and highlight key parts of the text
• Detailed discussion of topics including pulp diagnostics, deep caries, and pulp exposure management, as well as controversial and clinically relevant discussions
• Dedicated treatment of each therapeutic modality with a summary of the state of the art in each case
• Outcome measures and follow-up guidelines

Rooted in evidence-based dentistry and robust scientific research, Vital Pulp Treatment is ideal for dentists, endodontists, restorative dentists, and dental students looking for information on this critical component of modern minimally-invasive dentistry.

Henry F. Duncan BDS, FDS RCS (Ed), MClin Dent, MRD RCS, FFD RCSI, PhD is a Professor and Consultant in Endodontics in the Division of Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology at Dublin Dental University Hospital, Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland

Ikhlas A. El-Karim BDS, FDS RCS (Ed), FFD RCSI, PGCHET, PhD is a Clinical Professor and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK