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Pulp Polyp – Chronic Hyperplastic Pulpitis – Proliferative Pulpitis

June 8, 2010 By Dr. Chetan 2 Comments

Pulp Polyp, also called as Chronic Hyperplastic Pulpitis, or Proliferative pulpitis is a productive pulpal inflammation due to extensive carious exposure of any young pulpal tissue. This is a type of irreversible pulpitis, which is chronic and usually asymptomatic in nature. It is characterized by development of granulation tissue, covered by epithelium and it results […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Endodontics, pulp, pulpitis

What is pulp capping

January 4, 2010 By Dr. Chetan 2 Comments

Pulp capping is derived from the name pulp cap which means trying to sterilize the damaged tooth area as well as one can, followed by stopping the bleeding and placing the right filling material on it. The precaution being that teeth that are already abscessed should never be pulp-capped – this is done to those […]

Filed Under: Dental Articles Tagged With: direct pulp capping, indirect pulp capping, pulp, pulp capping

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