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Chen E, Abbott PV. Dental pulp testing: a review. Int J Dent. 2009;2009:365785doi: 10.1155/2009/365785.
Chen, E., & Abbott, P. V. (2009). Dental pulp testing: a review. International journal of dentistry, 2009365785. https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/365785
Chen, Eugene, and Abbott, Paul V. "Dental pulp testing: a review." International journal of dentistry vol. 2009 (2009): 365785. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/365785
Chen E, Abbott PV. Dental pulp testing: a review. Int J Dent. 2009;2009:365785. doi: 10.1155/2009/365785. Epub 2009 Nov 12. PMID: 20339575; PMCID: PMC2837315.
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Int J Dent. 2009;2009:365785. doi: 10.1155/2009/365785. Epub 2009 Nov 12.

Dental pulp testing: a review.

International journal of dentistry

Eugene Chen, Paul V Abbott

Affiliations

  1. School of Dentistry, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.

PMID: 20339575 PMCID: PMC2837315 DOI: 10.1155/2009/365785

Abstract

Dental pulp testing is a useful and essential diagnostic aid in endodontics. Pulp sensibility tests include thermal and electric tests, which extrapolate pulp health from sensory response. Whilst pulp sensibility tests are the most commonly used in clinical practice, they are not without limitations and shortcomings. Pulp vitality tests attempt to examine the presence of pulp blood flow, as this is viewed as a better measure of true health than sensibility. Laser Doppler flowmetry and pulse oximetry are examples of vitality tests. Whilst the prospect is promising, there are still many practical issues that need to be addressed before vitality tests can replace sensibility tests as the standard clinical pulp diagnostic test. With all pulp tests, the results need to be carefully interpreted and closely scrutinised as false results can lead to misdiagnosis which can then lead to incorrect, inappropriate, or unnecessary treatment.

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