Pradeep Daniel Gainneos .R III Year PG Student
Pradeep Daniel Gainneos .R III Year PG Student
Pradeep Daniel Gainneos .R III Year PG Student
R
III Year PG Student
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Contents
Introduction Different techniques of obturation
Cause of pulpal disease Conclusion
Indications References
Contraindications
Treatment objectives and
considerations
Single visit pulpectomy
Multiple visit pulpectomy
Access Cavity Preparation
BMP of Primary Teeth
Intracanal medicaments
Irrigants
Obturating materials
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Introduction Pulpectomy
Primary teeth are the best space maintainers and hence should be
preserved and retained as long as possible.
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Pulpectomy
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Pulpectomy
Law and Lewis stated that the successful treatment of the pulpally
involved tooth is to retain that tooth as a healthy component of the
primary and young permanent dentition.
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Pulpectomy
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Pulpectomy
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Pulpectomy
The roots of primary molars are longer and more slender and flare more toward the
apex to accommodate permanent tooth buds.
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Pulpectomy
Chemical
Bacterial.
Thermal
Electrical
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Pulpectomy
A] Mechanical
Trauma
Pathologic wear
Radiation
Barometric changes
B] Thermal Injury
Thermal causes of pulp injury are not quite common.
C] Electrical Injury
Galvanic current produced from dissimilar metallic fillings may generate
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Pulpectomy
Chemical
Probably the least common of all the causes.
Cements such as silicate are the most frequent cause for pulp death.
Bacterial
The most common cause of pulp injury is bacterial.
Bacteria and their products may enter the pulp through a break in
dentin, either from caries or from accidental exposure, from percolation
around the restoration.
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Pulpectomy
Indications:
Irreversible inflammation extending to the radicular pulp
Presence of an abscess
Pulpless primary teeth when space maintainers or continued supervision are not
feasible
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Pulpectomy
Contraindications:
Teeth with non-restorable crowns
Pathologic resorption of at least 1/3r d of the root with a fistulous sinus tract
Medical contraindications:
○ Heart disease
○ Immuno-compromised children
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Pulpectomy
Treatment Objectives:
To maintain the tooth free of infection
To bio-mechanically clean & obturate the root canals
To promote physiological root resorption
Treatment Considerations:
GENERAL
○ Healthy & co-operative patient
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Pulpectomy
DENTAL:
○ Restorable teeth after the root canal treatment.
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Pulpectomy
Types of Pulpectomy
Partial pulpectomy
One third to one half of the coronal portion of the
radicular pulp tissue is removed from the canals.
Complete pulpectomy
Complete removal of pulp tissue from the root canal
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Pulpectomy
Partial pulpectomy
“Pulpotomy" and "partial pulpectomy" were used
interchangeably to refer to the excision or amputation of
the pulp contents in the coronal portion of the pulp (pulp
chamber) without disturbing the contents of the root canal.
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Pulpectomy
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Pulpectomy
10 times)
(formocresol)
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Multivisit pulpectomy
This procedure is used for non vital primary teeth and
has been studied over the short term and long term.
Two phases-
○ CORONAL phase
○ RADICULAR phase
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Technique:
Achieve adequate anesthesia and rubber dam
isolation
Coronal phase:
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RADICULAR phase
1. The remaining pulp tissue occupying the root canals is
removed using endodontic files at a predetermined
working length, approximately 1 to 2 mm short of the
root apices.
2. The canals should be enlarged several sizes beyond the
size of the first file that fits into the canal to a minimum
final size of 30 to 35.
3. Throughout root canal instrumentation, the canals should
be irrigated with sodium hypochlorite to aid in
debridement
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4. Dry the canals with sterile paper points.
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Access Cavity Preparation
Access cavity preparation is done to Create a smooth straight line
access to the canal system and the apex.
It should form a straight entry into the canal orifices with line angles
○ File should pass into canal without touching any part of access
cavity
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Procedure:
bur
fissure bur
NaOCl.
subtracting 1 – 2 mm.
A small diameter file is placed into the canal to the trial length and
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The working length should be 1-2 mm short of the
radiographic apex ideally.
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Instrumentation should not be done till the apex as this
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Instrumentation with standard files is performed in much
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IRRIGATION
Pulp chamber and root canals of untreated non-vital teeth are filled with
necrotic pulp remnants and tissue fluids, shreds of mummified tissue, vital
tissue and microorganisms especially in the apical root portion.
Instrumentation into this canal is likely to force such noxious material
through the apical foramen with a resulting periradicular inflammation or
infection.
For short term or long-term success, thorough debridement of the pulp
chamber and canal is the most important aspect of endodontic treatment.
Certain solutions like sodium hypochlorite, H2O2, RC prep etc, produce
effervescence and play and important part in removal of the tissue from
the inaccessible area of the root canal system.
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GOALS OF IRRIGATION:
Lavage of debris
Tissue dissolution
Antibacterial action
Lubrication
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Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl)
It is one of the most popular irrigating solutions
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Trepagnier has reported that either 5.25% or 2.6% NaOCl has the same
effect when used in the root canal space for a period of 5 minutes.
tissue solvent.
For a necrotic tissue, conc. of 5.25% NaOCl was found to be better than
2.6%, 1% or 0.5%.
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Chlorhexidine
Endodontic literature has shown that
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Tetracycline HCl
Tetracycline HCl is an acidic solution with bacteriostatic properties.
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LASER IRRADIATION IN ROOT CANAL WALLS
A study of literature reveals various reports indicative of usefulness of
for cleaning root canal walls than Nd:YAG laser irradiation at 2w.
Argon and Nd:YAG lasers are useful for removing debris and smear
Er:YAG Laser is a very effective tool for debris removal near the apical
stop.
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Obturating Materials
Criteria for an ideal pulpectomy obturant (treatment paste)
Antiseptic
Resorbable
Radiopaque
Insoluble in water
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Commonly used materials used are:
Zinc Oxide Eugenol
Walkhoffs Paste
KRI- Paste
Maisto’s Paste
Calcium Hydroxide
Metapex
Vitapex
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Zinc oxide eugenol (ZOE)
Zinc oxide eugenol was discovered by Bonastre and subsequently used
in dentistry by Chisholm.
For the large canals in primary anteriors, a thin mixture of the ZnO and
A paper point or the last file used can be coated with this mixture,
carried to the canal and rotated to cover the walls to the same apical
length as the BMP was done.
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The antibacterial activity of ZOE is greater than that of idoform
containing paste .
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Calcium Hydroxide:
The history of use of Ca(OH)2 in primary teeth dates back to 1950-
1960s.
The use of Ca(OH)2 has recently been on the increase due to the fact
The main drawback of the material is that despite of its antiseptic and
microorganisms in the root canal and lose only 20% of their potency
over a period of 10 years.
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Endoflas:
The rationale behind incorporating three materials ZOE, Ca(OH)2 and
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Various Obturating Techniques
Endodontic pressure syringe:
Technique described by greenberg (1963)
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The needle was inserted into the simulated canal until wall
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Lentulo spiral
This obturation technique was advocated by Kopel in 1970.
sealers and CaOH into permanent tooth canals and cements into
primary tooth canals.
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There are 2 types - Handheld
- Rotary
success than hand held and is used at a speed of 15000 rpm for apical
third and 5000 rpm for cervical and middle third.
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Mechanical Syringe
This method was proposed by Greenberg in
1971.
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The Incremental Filling Technique
This was first used by Gould in 1972.
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Jiffy Tube
This technique was popularized by Rifficin in 1980.
tube.
The tube tip is placed into the simulated canal orifice and the
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Tuberculin syringe
This syringe was utilised by Aylord and Johnson in 1987.
The material was expressed into the canal by slow finger pressure on
the plunger until the canal was visibly filled at the orifice.
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The Reamer Technique
A reamer coated with ZOE paste was inserted into the canal with
clockwise rotation
It is accompanied by a vibratory motion to allow the material to reach
the apex, and then withdrawn from the canal, while simultaneously
continuing the clockwise rotary motion.
A rubber stopper was used to keep the reamer to the predetermined
working length
The process was repeated 5 to 7 times for each canal until the canal
orifice appeared filled with the paste.
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The Insulin Syringe Technique
A homogeneous mixture of ZOE is loaded into the insulin syringe
and a stopper is used after assessing the working length.
The needle is inserted into the canal and kept about 2mm short
of apex.
The material is then pressed into the canal and while doing so
the needle is retrieved from the canal outwards while continuing
to press the material inside.
This helps avoid incorporation of voids into the canal.
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Disposable Injection Technique
ZOE can be loaded in a 2-ml syringe with 24-gauge needle along with
The material is gently pushed into the canal till the material is seen
Now the needle is gradually withdrawn while pushing the material till
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NaviTip System
Recently introduced by Ultradent into the market to deliver root canal
sealer.
This NaviTip has a thin and flexible metal tip that comes in different
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Mahtab Memarpour et al compared anesthetic syringe, NaviTip
from the apical foramen and having the smallest void size and lowest
number of voids.
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Bi-Directional Spiral
Developed in 1998 by Dr. Barry Musikant
coronal end of the instrument spin the material down the shaft
towards the apex, while the spirals at the apical end spin the material
upward towards the coronal end.
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Where they meet (about 3-4 mm from the apical end of the shaft), the
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Pastinject
Pastinject (Micromega) is a specially designed paste carrier with
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Level of Obturation in primary teeth
Garcia-Godoy recommended that in the case of primary molars, if the
permanent tooth bud was within the furcation area, instrumentation can be
limited to a level above the occlusal plane of the unerupted permanent tooth
bud.
If permanent tooth bud is below the apex of primary teeth, the the canals are
to be cleaned and filled to the entire length.
Garcia-Godoy and DM Ranly concluded that filling to the apices is unusual
and apparently unnecessary.
What is crucial is the placement of the paste over the floor of the chamber in
order to ensure that the auxillary canals traversing the furcation area are
medicated.
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In a study conducted by Bawazir et al in 2005, the success rates of
teeth which were filled to various lengths were compared and it
was found that underfilled teeth had a clinical success of 94%
while optimally filled canals had a success of 92%.
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Conclusion
Eventhough Pulpectomy is not as successful as vital pulpotomy, it
is a treatment of choice for non-vital teeth and teeth with periapical
pathologies, which is done to prevent premature loss of primary
teeth.
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References:
McDonald and Avery’s - Dentistry for the child and adolescent.
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