Open AccessCorrelation between pulp stones and gall bladder stones: A radiographic retrospective case–control study
Author(s) -
Rupam Kaur Virk,
Aashish Handa,
Rajesh Khanna,
Harshpreet Kaur,
Rajni Sharma Handa
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_110_18
Subject(s) - medicine , gall , radiography , correlation , retrospective cohort study , orthodontics , dentistry , radiology , surgery , mathematics , biology , botany , geometry
Calcifications can occur in the dental pulp as discrete bodies known as pulp stones. Their etiology remains obscure. They were believed to be formed as a result of local irritating factors within the pulp; however, a few authors now suggest that they may be a part of systemic biomineralization process that affects many body parts such as kidneys, gall bladder, joints, arteries as well as pulp leading to formation of stones.