Treatment and prevention of pulpitis Contacting the clinic about the treatment of pulpitis in children you can meet much more often than adults, due to the difference in the structure of the milk and permanent teeth. In contrast to the indigenous, milk teeth are more loose connective tissue, the root of their channels wider and less mineralized dentin. Also factor in the prevalence of pulpitis among children is not fully formed immune system.

The main danger is that in 65% of cases the pulp can take place with virtually no pain, but because it is not always possible in time to identify it. Not to mention the fact that the child is difficult to properly assess the degree of pain and psychologically difficult to bear examination. Therefore, as a preventive security measure is to produce a dental check-up every 3-6 months. If during the inspection were identified pulpitis, the dentist determines the tactics of treatment, which will depend on a number of factors:

  • the stage of the disease;
  • group of tooth;
  • the extent of formation of roots;
  • embed oral caries;
  • the degree of destruction of a tooth;
  • the multiplicity and activity of the carious process.

In acute dental pain the treatment of pulpitis of deciduous teeth in children is with the medical anesthesia.

Method of recovery

At treatment of pulpitis of deciduous teeth in children before the doctor faces a number of problems:

  • eliminate inflammation as well as pain in polovoy the camera;
  • prevention of transition of infection to the periodontium;
  • restore tooth function;
  • in some cases, maintaining and restoring functions of the pulp.

With regard to the improvement of children's teeth, dentists use five main methods:

Treatment and prevention of pulpitis
  • biological;
  • amputation of a fragment of the pulp in the tooth crown under local anesthesia, the safety of life and functions of the fragment area of the tooth root;
  • complete removal of the pulp under local anesthesia;
  • the extermination of a fragment of the pulp in the crown of the tooth and subsequent amputation;
  • full extermination of the pulp and its withdrawal.

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Biological method treatment of pulpitis in children are aimed at the preservation of life polovoy area of the tooth. It is produced in two stages. This method is shown in the following cases:

  • the beginning of inflammation (inflamed only a small area of the pulp in the lumen openings of the cavities);
  • takes place chronic fibrous pulpitis option without exacerbations;
  • casual outdoor horn of the pulp during treatment of deep caries cavity;
  • age up to 27 years.

The extermination

Despite the advances of science and technology in the search for new therapeutic dental techniques, the main remains the most reliable devital method of treatment of pulpitis in children. It is a complete or partial extermination (destruction) of the pulp with arsenious acid and subsequent amputation of the necrotic fragment or the entire pulp.

This acid protoplasmatic poison affecting the blood vessels, nerve and connective tissue polyarnoi of the shell and its cellular elements. Children's dose of 0.0003 g. This method of treatment is also carried out in two visits, since the duration of the tooth with one root, 24 hour and 48 multi.