Pediatric Endodontic Treatment of Adolescent Patients - 07/09/21

Doi : 10.1016/j.cden.2021.07.001

Adriana Modesto Vieira, DDS, MS, PhD, DMD ^a,^b,^c,^⁎ , Herbert L. Ray, DMD ^d,^e,^f
^a Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, 3501 Terrace Street, 366A Salk Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
^b Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
^c Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
^d Department of Endodontics, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, 3501 Terrace Street, 3063 Salk Annex, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
^e Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
^f McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3025 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA

^∗Corresponding author. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, 3501 Terrace Street, 366A Salk Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.Department of Pediatric DentistryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine3501 Terrace Street, 366A Salk HallPittsburghPA15261

Résumé

This article is intended to familiarize clinicians with several pulp therapy modalities and new materials that are currently available for immature young pulp in the adolescent population. Objectives and considerations for immature young permanent teeth as well as the healing potential of the young pulp tissue after treatment of the inflammatory process are discussed. The article emphasizes that the future holds great possibilities for the regeneration of dental pulp in adolescent patients.

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Keywords : Adolescents, Immature permanent teeth, Deep caries, Pulp, Pulp capping, Pulpotomy