title: Management of Chronic Hyperplastic Pulpitis in Mandibular Molars of Middle Aged Adults- A Multidisciplinary Approach.
abstract: The molar tooth of children and young adults is a common site for chronic hyperplastic pulpitis (pulp polyp). It rarely occurs in middle aged adults. This condition is usually characterized by extensive involvement of the pulp, dictating the extraction of involved tooth. Extraction of permanent molars can lead to transient or permanent malocclusion, aesthetic, phonetic and functional problems. Here we report a case of pulp polyp in mandibular first molar of a 33-year-old woman that grew into the carious cavity. The aim of this case report is to describe the diagnosis of a chronic hyperplastic pulpitis involving the permanent molar as well as to describe its management in order to preserve them as a functional unit of the dentition.
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College , Madhuravoyal, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Kanakamedala
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anilkumar
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College , Madhuravoyal, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Somiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lingeswaran
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College , Madhuravoyal, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Geetha
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ari
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College , Madhuravoyal, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Ramakrishnan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thyagarajan
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College , Madhuravoyal, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Anitha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Logaranjani
keywords: Post and core and crown lengthening; Pulp polyp; Root canal therapy