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A comparison of pulpectomy alone versus pulpectomy with trephination for the relief of pain

Journal of Endodontics, 1996
Patients who when initially seen have pain of endodontic origin have a higher incidence of posttreatment pain than those who are pain-free pretreatment. The purpose of this study was to compare two methods of treatment--pulpectomy alone or pulpectomy with trephination--for the reduction of posttreatment pain in patients presenting with acute ...
H L, Moos, J D, Bramwell, J O, Roahen
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Effect of Pulpectomy on Dentin Hardness

Journal of Dental Research, 1969
The effect of pulp removal on dentin hardness was tested on dog teeth. Pulp removal did not decrease the dentin hardness, but it stopped further growth and maturation of younger teeth, resulting in thinner and softer dentin in comparison with that of unoperated teeth. Such an effect was particularly noticeable in coronal portions.
T, Fusayama, T, Maeda
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Pulpectomy – studies on outcome

Endodontic Topics, 2003
This review is about treatment measures, which may impact outcome of the pulpectomy procedure in endodontic therapy. Clinical trials, conducted over the years, formed the basis for the analysis. While hardly any of the studies reviewed satisfied modern high demands on a controlled desing, reports infer that pulpectomy may be carried out at a very high ...
ANDREA GESI, GUNNAR BERGENHOLTZ
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Pain suppression after pulpectomy with preoperative flurbiprofen

Journal of Endodontics, 1987
The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinically the effectiveness of preoperatively administered flurbiprofen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, in suppressing postendodontic treatment pain. Sixty symptomatic and 60 asymptomatic patients were equally distributed into four groups: dose 30-min preoperatively—group A (control), placebo; group B,
R K, Flath, M L, Hicks, R A, Dionne, G B, Pelleu   +3 more
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Periapical neural changes after pulpectomy

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology, 1995
Pulpectomy and pulpal necrosis result in severance of the nerves that supply the pulp as well as loss of their target organ. Inflammatory changes commonly extend into the periapical region to involve those nerves. The neural response to pulpal loss combined with periapical inflammation is a derangement of the periodontal plexus normally located in the ...
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Pulpectomy as a diagnostic procedure in metachromatic leukodystrophy

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 1967
Abstract Biopsy of the dental pulp is suggested as the simplest means of confirming the diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy.
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[Pulpectomy. Why? When?].

Realites cliniques : revue europeenne d'odontologie, 1992
There are many circumstances under which the condition of the pulp calls for root canal work, due to the real or potential risk of pain, infection, inflammation or functional difficulties (acute, irreversible pulpitis, chronic pulpitic conditions, necrosis and its consequences, etc.).
J, Vreven, P, Jones, J P, van Nieuwenhuysen, J J, Lasfargues   +3 more
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The pulpectomy in primary teeth.

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association, 2002
The pulpectomy is an underutilized treatment modality for severely infected primary teeth.The author presents two pulpectomy cases that were filled with Vitapex.Vitapex is an excellent filling material for primary tooth pulpectomies. Its clinical characteristics and ease of use may make the pulpectomy procedure a more-attractive alternative to ...
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Vital pulpectomy—an unpredictable procedure1

International Endodontic Journal, 1982
I should like to thank in particular Messrs S. P. Kariyawasam and S. P. Metcalfe for staining the histological sections, Professor A. H. R. Rowe for his valuable advice, and Amalgamated Dental Ltd for their generous financial support.
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Pulpectomy

2008
Pramod Mathur, Sanjay Mathur
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