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The pulp contains

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nerves
blood vessels
connective tissue

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What limits the available room for expansion and restricts the pulp’s ability to tolerate edema

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Dentin

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The pulp lacks _______, which severely limits its ability to cope
with bacteria, necrotic tissue, and inflammation.

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collateral circulation

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hard tissue-secreting cells

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odontoblasts

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what is formed to protected the pulp from injury?

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odontoblasts and mesenchymal cells that differentiate into osteoblasts

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The sensibility of the dental pulp is controlled by what nerve fibers?

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A-delta
C

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What type of nerve fibers are A-delta and C

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afferent

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A-delta fibers

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are larger myelinated nerves that enter the root canal and divide into
smaller branches, coursing coronally through the pulp

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How is pain perceived by a-delta fibers

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immediately as quick, sharp, momentary pain, which dissipates quickly

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what cell layer and tissue is intimately associated with the a-delta fibers?

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odontoblastic cell layer and dentin
aka the pulpodentinal complex

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what is it called when the response is exaggerated and disproportionate to
the challenging stimulus

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hyperalgesia

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C fibers

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small, unmylenated nerves that course centrally in the pulp stroma

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C fiber pain surfaces with

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tissue injury and is mediated by inflammatory mediators,
vascular changes in blood volume and blood flow and increases in tissue pressure

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When C fiber pain dominates, it signifies what

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irreversible local tissue damage

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How can you classify pupal diseases

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normal pulp
reversible pulpitis
Symptomatic irreversible pulpits
Asymptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis
Pulp Necrosis
Previously treated

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In RP, thermal stimuli (usually cold) cause a

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quick, sharp, hypersensitive response that
subsides as soon as the stimulus is removed

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What may cause reversible pulpits

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Any irritant that can affect the pulp

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In RP, if the irritant is removed, what happens to the pulp?

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return to a normal healthy state

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In RP, if the irritant remains, what happens to the pulp?

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the symptoms may lead to irreversible pulpitis

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How to distinguish between symptomatic irreversible and reversible pulpitis

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  1. Reversible pulpits causes a momentary painful response to thermal change that
    subsides as soon as the stimulus. symptomatic irreversible pulpits causes a painful response to thermal change that
    lingers after the stimulus is removed
  2. Reversible pulpits does not involve a complaint of spontaneous
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What is the crossover from RP to IP

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penetration of bacteria

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What is symptomatic irreversible pulpitis

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the pulp has been damaged beyond repair, and even with removal
of the irritant, it will not heal

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what is the end result of irreversible pulpitis?

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necrosis

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what are characteristics of SIP

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spontaneous, unprovoked, intermittent or continuous pain

postural change, such as lying down or
bending over, induces pain

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what tool of vitality is of little value in the diagnosis of SIP
electrical pulp test
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are there clinical syptoms of AIP
There are no clinical symptoms, but inflammation produced by caries, caries excavation or trauma occurs
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what leads to pulp necrosis
Untreated irreversible pulpits Traumatic injury Any event that causes long-term interruption of the blood supply to the pulp
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what can pulp necrosis be further classified as
partial or total
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what is partial necrosis
Partial necrosis may manifest with some of the symptoms associated with irreversible pulpits. For example, a tooth with two canals could have and inflamed pulp in one canal and necrotic pulp in the other.
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what is total necrosis
asymptomatic before it affects the PDL, and there is no response to thermal or electrical pulp tests
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what leads to thickening of the PDL and manifests as tenderness to percussion and chewing
Protein breakdown products and bacteria and their toxins eventually spread beyond the apical foramen
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Previously Treated Pulp means?
Clinical diagnostic category indicating that the tooth has been endodonticaly treated and the canals are obdurated with various filling materials other than intracanal medicaments. i.e. CaOH
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Hyperplastic pulpitis
reddish, cauliflower-like growth of pulp tissue through and around a carious exposure. The proliferative nature of this type of pulp is attributed to low-grade, chronic irritation of the pulp and the generous vascular supply characteristically found in young people
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Internal resorption
commonly identified during routine radiographic examination. If undetected, internal resorption eventually perforates the root
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symptoms of apical diseases
Slight sensitivity to chewing. Sensation of tooth elongation or elevation, hitting first. Intense pain Swelling Fever Malaise
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The sign most indicative of an apical inflammatory lesion is
radiographic bone resorption
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T/F: Apical lesions are frequently not visible on radiographs
True
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Classification of Apical Diseases
Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis (SAP) Asymptomatic Apical Periodontitis (AAP) Acute Apical Abscess (AAA) Chronic Apical Abscess (CAA)
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Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis (SAP)
painful inflammation around the apex (localized inflammation of the PDL in the apical region)
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What is the only way to confirm the need for endo treatment on vital or nonvitial teeth?
pulp test because of symptomatic apical periodontitis
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T/F: Even when present, the apical PDL may radiographically appear within normal limits or only slightly widenen
true
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increased pressure can also cause physical pressure on the nerve endings, which subsequently causes intense, throbbing apical pain because of what
there is little room for expansion of the PDL
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Asymptomatic Apical Periodontitis (AAP)
a long-standing asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic lesion
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What usually acompanies a long-standing asymptomatic apical periodontitis (AAP)
visible apical bone resorption
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What is the diagnosis of AAP confirmed by
General absence of symptoms Radiographic presence of an apical radiolucency Confirmation for pulpal necrosis
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A totally necrotic pulp provides a safe harbor for what type of organisms?
primarily anaerobic
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AAP traditionally has been classified histologically as
apical granuloma or apical cyst
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Acute Apical Abscess (AAA)
An acute apical abscess is painful, with purulent exudate around the apex
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what is the characteristics of the PDL with AAA (acute apical abscess)
PDL may radiographically appear within normal limits or only slightly thickened
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What are signs and symptoms of AAA
Rapid onset of swelling Moderate to severe pain Pain with percussion and palpation Slight increase in tooth mobility Extent and distribution of swelling are determined by the location of the apex and the muscle attachments and the thickness of the cortical plate. Usually the swelling remains localized. However, it also may become diffuse and spread widely (Cellulitis)
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Chronic Apical Abscess (CAA) is associated with what?
continuously or an intermittently draining sinus tract without discomfort
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What can mimick a perio lesion with a pocket
draining sinus tract without discomfort.the exudate can also drain through the gingival sulcus
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Chronic Apical Abscess (CAA) has what results for pulp test
negative because of the necrotic pulp
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Chronic Apical Abscess (CAA) will show what radiographically
bone loss at the apical area
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Condensing Osteitis
Excessive bone mineralization around the apex of an asymptomatic vital tooth. This process is asymptomatic and benign. It does not require Endodontics therapy
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What are the types of cracked teeth
craze lines fractured cusp cracked tooth slip tooth vertical root fracture
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what are some clinical features of cracked tooth syndrome
Sustained pain during biting pressures. Pain only on release of biting pressures. Occasional, momentary, sharp, poorly localized pain during mastication that is very difficult to reproduce. Sensitivity to thermal changes. Sensitivity to mild stimuli, such as sweet or acidic foods.
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what are some radiographic features of cracked tooth syndrome
line of fracture is not in the plane of the radiograph
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what is the incidence of cracked tooth syndrome
primarily mandibular molars, with a slight preference for the first over the second molar
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what is the diagnostic process of cracked tooth syndrome?
transillumination use of a tooth slooth or a cotton-tipped applicator Stain
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What is transillumination?
The light is transmitted through the tooth structure but is reflected in the crack plane, leaving the area behind the crack in darkness.
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Tooth Slooth device
the tip of the pyramid is touching the tested cusp while the wide base is supported by multiple contacts.
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what are the outcomes of cracked tooth syndrome?
healthy pulp or reversible pulpitis irreversible pulpitis or necrosis with acute apical periodontitis (symptomatic or asymptomatic) restoration
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what are examples of a guarded prognosis
The presence and extent of an isolated probing Extension of the crack to the floor of the pulp chamber
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what are examples of a poor prognosis
Fracture traceable all the way from mesial to distal
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what are 3 types of vertical root fractures?
coronally located VRF extending apically mid root VRF extending along the middle third of the root apically located VRF extending coronally as far as the apical two-thirds of the root
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How can an early VRF pocket can easily be missed
Not checking carefully at every millimeter of the sulcus
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periodontal pockets appear more commonly where
in the proximal sides of the root
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VRF pockets are more common on what sides
on the buccal or lingual sides
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Vertical root fracture starts apically and progresses
coronally
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T/F: There is an isolated probing defect at the site of the fracture in most cases.
True
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What is an important radiolucency found in the apical region of the root?
J-shape
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Vertical root fracture may mimic what
perio disease failed root canal
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what is the etiology of vertical root fracture
Extensive enlargement of the canal Mechanical stress from obturation Unfavorable placement of posts
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how can you confirm a diagnose of vertical root fracture?
visualizing with an exploratory surgical flap
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what is the goal of treatment for a vertical root fracture
eliminate the fracture space
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treatment for VRF in a single rooted tooth
extraction
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treatment for VRF in a multi rooted tooth
hemisection extraction
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what is a hemisection?
root resection with the removal of only the affected root
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how does the pulp and periodontium communicate?
dentinal tubules lateral accessory canals furcation canals apical foramen
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can endo problems cause perio problems?
yes
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does periodontal disease usually does not cause endodontic
no UNLESS the apices is involved

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