PubMed Health⌕ Search

SEARCH · PubMed Health

Results for “DENTAL PULP TEST”

Explore indexed PubMed citations for clinical trials, systematic reviews and public health research. Read source abstracts and follow each citation to its original PubMed record.

Quote a phrase for an exact phrase match. Source license links do not imply unrestricted reuse.

At least 127 records · Page 7Linked to original sources
PubMedDate not supplied

Assessment of the efficacy of an indigeniously developed pulse oximeter dental sensor holder for pulp vitality testing.

Current routine methods of assessment of pulp vitality rely on stimulation of nerve fibres and give no direct indication of blood flow within the pulp. Pulse oximeter is a proven, atraumatic method of measuring vascular status, by evaluating oxygen saturation. This study explores the use of customized dental pulse oximeter sensor holder to assess pulpal vascular oxygen saturation in permanent teeth. Pulse oximeter readily differentiated between known vital and nonvital teeth. Vital teeth consistently provided oxygen saturation values that were lower than the values recorded on the patient's fingers. Pulse oximeter is an accurate, atraumatic clinical alternative to the present electrical and thermal methods of assessing pulp vitality in teeth.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

The effect of rate of increase of electrical current on the sensation thresholds of teeth.

The effect of the rate of increase of electrical current during stimulation of human teeth was examined on clinically sound upper anterior teeth. The teeth were stimulated with a current of 10 msec duration at a frequency of 50 Hz. Eight different rates of current increase were used, viz.: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 mu a/sec. The results showed that there was a linear relationship between the sensation threshold and the rate of current increase, and that the threshold increased significantly as the rate of current rise increased. Slowly increasing current gave more accurate and reproducible results than did rapidly increasing current, and a rate of 2 mu a/sec was found to be appropriate for clinical pulp-testing.

Adult↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Thermal pulp testing.

Explore the source record for details and available documents.

Cold Temperature↗
PubMed2006

Evaluation of mandibular block using a standardized method.

The purpose of this prospective randomized study was to investigate the manifestations and efficiency of mandibular block (MB) using a standardized method. In this study, 123 patients requiring MB were randomly assigned to receive MB using a repeated measures design. Mandibular block was administered in each patient by using 2.1 mL of 2% lidocaine with 1:100 000 epinephrine for the inferior alveolar nerve, lingual nerve, and/or buccal nerve. Clinical parameters including the electric pulp test and test for soft tissue sensation using a sharp dental explorer were assessed on both the operated side and contralateral side before and 5, 10, and 15 minutes after injection, and at the end of surgical procedure. Results of the test of the contralateral tooth served as the control group. No response to the electric pulp test at a maximum output (80 readings) was used as the criterion for pulpal anesthesia. Results obtained with electric pulp test and sharp explorer test were not significantly different during various intervals on the contralateral side, indicating the reliability of this standardized method for assessing MB. The MB technique achieved a high rate of subjective numbness (100%) according to the perception of the patients of overall numbness and lip numbness. Overall anesthetic success rates of pulpal anesthesia were 5.7% for the central incisor, 38.2% for the canine, 55.3% for the first premolar, and 90.2% for the first molar. No significant difference was found in the efficiency of anesthesia related to sex or age of the patients. A slower onset of pulpal anesthesia after MB was found for the anterior teeth than for the posterior teeth. This study suggests that the use of a standardized method might produce a clearer and more comprehensive evaluation of the efficiency and manifestations of MB.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1994

Aspects of dentinal and pulpal pain. Diagnosing dental pain.

Patients present with a large variety of different pain patterns. Some types of pain will be quite excruciating and intolerable whereas other types of pain will be low grade, annoying but quite tolerable. It is only by carefully going through the complete history with the patient and using the appropriate test or tests that one can accurately diagnose the pain and positively treat the offending tooth.

Dental Pulp Diseases↗
PubMed1996

The diagnosis, classification and treatment of acute pulpal pain by UK general dental practitioners: results of a survey.

There are several problems related to the diagnosis and treatment of the acute painful tooth associated with a deep carious lesion, including the fact that there is little or no correlation between the clinical signs and symptoms and also that the diagnostic tools are not reliable. It is important to understand the problems experienced by dental practitioners and how they routinely make diagnosis and formulate treatment plans. The way general dental practitioners diagnosed, categorised and treated teeth with acute pain was ascertained by a questionnaire completed by practitioners attending postgraduate courses. The results indicate that dental radiographs and the dental history were most frequently used and that few practitioners had, and fewer used electric pulp testers. The concept of using simple clinical categories which correspond to treatment categories does not seem to be in widespread use, though the generally accepted role of calcium hydroxide as an indirect and direct capping material is widespread. The use of corticosteroid materials is not as widespread in younger practitioners as in their older colleagues and the use of emergency pulpotomy is infrequent.

Acute Disease↗