Vital Pulp Treatment (eBook)

The Editors 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

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