title: [The importance of pulp therapy in deciduous teeth].
abstract: Preserving primary teeth is crucial for maintaining the maxillary growth, aesthetics, mastication, and speech and for preventing from abnormal habits. Given the peculiar anatomy of the primary tooth, caries grow faster and more frequently to the pulp. In pediatric dentistry, new methods and enhanced material have been recently released on the market and broadened the field of treatments. In this paper, we review the pulp diseases affecting children and focus on the current root canal therapies that favour the physiological primary tooth loss.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dentisterie Conservatrice et de Pédodontie, CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bolette
authors.affiliation: Service de Dentisterie Conservatrice et de Pédodontie, CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.affiliation: Service de Dentisterie Conservatrice et de Pédodontie, CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guéders
authors.affiliation: Service de Dentisterie Conservatrice et de Pédodontie, CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geerts
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000473:pathology; D003788:Dental Pulp Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology*
keywords:  Pulp diseases ;  Pulpectomy;  Pulpotomy ; Primary teeth 