AIM To examine the effect of inflammatory stimuli on the proliferation/migration of dental pulp stem cells by assessing the responses of stem cell-associated marker-expressing cells in rat incisors to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation in vivo. METHODOLOGY The crowns of rat incisors were removed, and the coronal pulp chamber was instrumented. After haemostasis, an absorbent point soaked in ...

Introduction: The dental pulp calcification presents as masses of calcified tissue present on the level of the pulp chamber and roots of the teeth. Materials and Methods: In the study were included random samples 150 patients aged between 20-60 years, or 3108 teeth. The X-ray assessment of the jaws was being made by subjecting the suspected teeth to the panoramix and retroalveolar X-ray accordi...

BACKGROUND Electric and thermal tests are the most commonly employed methods for the diagnosis of pulp health status. The objectives of our study are to assess the validity, yield and accuracy of cold and electric pulp tests in determining the vitality of teeth requiring endodontic treatment. METHODS A cross sectional study was carried out at the Dental Clinic of Aga Khan University Hospital ...

AIM Pulp stones are discrete calcified bodies found in the dental pulp. Sialolithasis is the most common salivary gland disease. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the pulp stones and salivary gland stones. MATERIAL AND METHODS 196 patients were randomly selected from the out patient department for the study. The periapical radiographs for all patients were...

a new parametric model was developed for predicting cut point of hydraulic classifiers. the model directly uses operating parameters including pulp flowrate, feed particle size characteristics, pulp solids content, solid density and particles retention time in the classification chamber and also covers uncontrollable errors using calibration constants. the model applicability was first verified...

INTRODUCTION Differentiation between reversible pulpitis (savable pulp) and irreversible inflammation of the pulp tissue (nonsavable pulp) based only on clinical and radiographic diagnoses has proven to be difficult. Pulp exposure allows for the collection of pulpal blood to quantitatively determine the level of inflammation markers or proteolytic enzymes, even with small samples. Pulpitis is a...

Taurodontism is a rare dental anomaly in which the involved tooth has an enlarged and elongated body and pulp chamber with apical displacement of the pulpal floor. Endodontic treatment of these teeth is challenging, because it is hard to identify the number of root canals. In this article a case of bilateral involvement of maxillary first molars is presented. Endodontic treatment of right maxil...

Taurodontism is a morpho-anatomical developmental anomaly, which is seen infrequently in teeth only. It is characterized by a deficiency in the constriction at the cement-enamel junction, with lengthened pulp chamber and apical displacement of the pulpal floor. This report presents a case of bilateral taurodontism which were pulpally involved. Endodontic treatment was done for both the teeth an...

Taurodontism represents morphological abnormality of the teeth followed by the enlargement of the elongation of the pulp chamber in vertical direction; and which is connected with: racial traits, some syndromes, or in most cases appears as the consequence of the increased number of X chromosomes. In the study is presented rare case of hypertaurodont maxillary second premolar and surgical admiss...