Prevention protocol

Question 1

What do you do in a indirect pulp cap and when do you do it?

Answer 1

• Near pulp but no exposure.

- Glass ionomer Liner.

Question 2

When do you do a direct pulp cap? Process?

Answer 2

• Pinpoint pulp exposure, absence of pain.

- MTA or Calcium Hydroxide

Question 3

When do you do a pulpotomy? Process?

Answer 3

Carous pulp exposure.

• Remove pulp in chamber.
• Achieve hemostasis with ferric sulfate.
• Zinc oxide powder in Eugenol liquid and fill half of the pulp chamber.
• Cement SSC with glass ionomer cement.

Question 4

When do you do a pulpectomy? Process?

Answer 4

Congenitally missing permanant tooth and primary tooth saved to serve as space maintainer.

• Root canals debrided and shaped.
• Canals irrigated with disinfectant.
• Canals dried
• Fanals filled with resorbable material like ZOE.