title: Prostaglandin E2 to diagnose between reversible and irreversible pulpitis.
abstract: The aim of this work is to verify a correlation between the grade of inflammation and the concentration of PGE2 in human dental pulp. A total of 25 human dental pulps were examined by  histological analysis and radioimmunologic dosage of PGE2. The pulps used in this experiment were from healthy and symptomatic teeth; the first ones were collected from teeth destined to be extracted for orthodontic reasons. An increase was observed of PGE2 in reversible pulpitis compared with healthy pulps and with the irreversible pulpitis and the clear decrease of these when NSAIDs are taken. This study demonstrates that PGE2 level is correlated to histological analysis thus allowing to distinguish symptomatic teeth in reversible and irreversible pulpitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Sciences, Nano and Biotechnology, University G. d&#x0027;Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ciavarelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brunetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vacca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000737:chemistry*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011671:Pulpitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015232:Dinoprostone