title: Microscopic study of the pulps of human teeth following vital root resection.
abstract: The effects of vital root resection upon the remaining pulp were studied in twenty-six periodontally involved human molars. The pulp was extirpated 14 days after the intervention. Granulomatous tissue present in the pulp chamber protruded from the site of the exposure as a polyp in eleven cases. Mild chronic inflammatory changes were present in the coronalmost part of the radicular pulp. The apical pulp was not affected at this time interval.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001047:Apicoectomy; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology; D003784:Dental Pulp Calcification / Q000473:pathology; D003785:Dental Pulp Capping; D003789:Dental Pulp Exposure; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011671:Pulpitis / Q000473:pathology