title: Vital Pulp Therapy of a Mature Molar with Concurrent Hyperplastic Pulpitis, Internal Root Resorption and Periradicular Periodontitis: A Case Report.
abstract: Vital pulp therapy (VPT) of permanent mature teeth is continuously ascertaining to be a more reliable endodontic treatment. The purpose of this case report was to describe successful VPT of a mature mandibular left first molar with concurrent hyperplastic pulpitis, internal root resorption and periradicular periodontitis in a 35-year-old male patient. After complete caries removal and access cavity preparation, the dental pulp was removed from the coronal third of the roots. To protect the remaining pulp, calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement was placed and adapted into the cavities; the tooth was then restored with amalgam. Six months after VPT, radiographic examination showed evidence of periradicular healing. Clinically, the tooth was functional without signs and symptoms of infection/inflammation. The successful outcome of this case suggests that diseased dental pulp (i.e. irreversible pulpitis) has the potential to heal after pulp protection with CEM biocement.
authors.affiliation: Iranian Center for Endodontic Research, Research Institute of Dental Sciences, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asgary
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Dental School, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kemal Çalışkan
keywords: Apical Periodontitis; Calcium-Enriched Mixture; Endodontic; Hyperplastic Pulpitis; Irreversible Pulpitis; Permanent Teeth; Pulp Polyp; Pulpotomy; Root Resorption; Vital Pulp Therapy