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A pulpotomy is a dental procedure that can be performed on both adults and children but is commonly used to treat infect baby (primary) teeth in childiren. This type of infection happens when tooth decay reaches the pulp inside the tooth.
Pulpotomy is a dental procedure used to save decayed, infected teeth. If you or your child has a severe cavity, plus infection in the tooth’s pulp (pulpitis), your dentist may recommend...
Pulpotomy is a minimally invasive procedure performed in children on a primary tooth with extensive caries but without evidence of root pathology. [1]
A pulpotomy is a partial removal of the tooth pulp, usually performed on primary teeth. It’s important to keep these teeth, since they are placeholders for the permanent teeth. This procedure may be necessary if tooth decay or trauma has led to exposure or infection of the pulp.
Definition and Procedure: A pulpotomy involves removing the infected or damaged pulp from the crown (top part) of a tooth, while leaving the roots intact. Difference from Root Canal: A pulpotomy is less invasive than a root canal.
A pulpotomy is a dental procedure that removes infected pulp tissue from a child’s tooth while preserving as much of the healthy pulp as possible. The pulp is the soft tissue inside a tooth that contains blood vessels, nerves, and connective tissue.
Pulpotomy (vital pulpotomy), pulpectomy (pulpal debridement), and root canal treatment (RCT) are used for the management of the soft tissue within the tooth structure when inflammation is present.
A pulpotomy, also known as a baby root canal, is a dental procedure that removes infected pulp tissue from a child’s tooth while preserving as much of the healthy pulp as possible. The pulp is the soft tissue inside a tooth that contains blood vessels, nerves, and connective tissue.
While a pulpotomy is done on a live tooth, pulpectomies and root canals are both done on teeth that are no longer vital due to trauma or an infection in the nerve. A pulpectomy is the process of removing all of the nerves within the tooth and cleaning out the infection.
Partial pulp amputation (pulpotomy) is the treatment of choice to preserve the pulp, and especially valuable in teeth with incomplete root formation. Successful pulpotomy will preserve pulp vitality and thus allow further root formation in teeth with incomplete root formation.