Abstract
This article describes the pulp reactions to caries and operative procedures and emphasizes the importance of a clinical diagnosis to evaluate the most appropriate pulp treatment. Conservative and radical treatments are described, stressing the differences between primary and young permanent dentitions.
MeSH terms
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Child
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Dental Caries / complications*
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Dental Caries / therapy
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Dental Pulp / physiopathology*
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Dental Pulp Capping / methods
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Dental Pulp Diseases / etiology
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Dental Pulp Diseases / therapy
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Dental Restoration, Permanent / adverse effects
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Dentin / physiopathology
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Humans
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Pulpectomy
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Pulpotomy
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Root Canal Therapy
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Tooth / physiopathology*
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Tooth, Deciduous / physiopathology*