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Gaining access through a calcified pulp chamber: a clinical challenge
Author(s) -
Wei Cheong Ngeow,
Y. L. Thong
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international endodontic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.988
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1365-2591
pISSN - 0143-2885
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2591.1998.00176.x
Subject(s) - root canal , dentistry , calcium hydroxide , mineralization (soil science) , pulp (tooth) , endodontics , pulp capping , medicine , orthodontics , chemistry , organic chemistry , nitrogen
Dental pulp is prone to dystrophic mineralization; this mineralization can be so extensive that the entire root canal system is obliterated. As a result, root canal treatment can become a difficult if not impossible task. This article presents the endodontic management of a tooth with an obliterated pulp chamber and associated with a discharging sinus in a teenage patient. The role of a calcium hydroxide lining to induce mineralization and cause the obliteration of the pulpal space is also discussed.