An oxygen saturation test may be a dependable way to evaluate pulp health two weeks after permanent teeth have been knocked out and replanted, according to research recently published in the Journal ...

Assessing the vitality of dental pulp is crucial in determining the appropriate treatment approach for dental conditions. Traditionally, clinicians have relied on subjective sensibility tests, such as ...

The danger lies in how quickly infection can reach the nerve of the tooth. In a normal tooth, enamel and dentine provide ...

Researchers in New Jersey are developing a first-of-its-kind materials-based therapy that restores lost tooth pulp by triggering the body to regenerate it. The project, funded by a $3 million grant ...

Each year, dentists in the United States perform more than 15 million root canals on infected teeth, removing the inflamed pulp and filling the emptied canal with inert materials such as rubber and ...

Traditional treatment strategies involved in pulp-dentin complex repair do not promote innervation or odontogenesis. A newly developed injectable composite hydrogel now shows promising results on this ...