Etiologies, risk factors and outcomes of dental pulp necrosis

Authors

  • Maha Ali Abdulwahab North Jeddah Specialist Dental Center, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Musab Saeed Alqahtani College of Dentistry, Vision Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Abeer Assaf Alshammari Dental Department, Ministry of Health, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • Suzan Essam Jiffri General Dentist, Safaa Albarad Dental Clinic, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Abdulrahman Mohammed Alasim College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Fahad Majed Alsharidah College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Naif Ibrahim Alqunfuthi College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
  • Batoul Abdulmalek Alnamnakani College of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Raghad Saeed Alshahrani College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
  • Norah Abdullah Alshahrani College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
  • Rian Naser Aljohani Dental Department, Dr Erfan & Bagedo General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Meshall Abdul-Lattif Almintakh Dental Department, Khulais General Hospital, Khulais, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214793

Keywords:

Dental pulp necrosis, Pulpitis, Dental trauma, Dental infection

Abstract

Dental pulp necrosis is referred to the situation in which the teeth biologically die due to bacterial infection or without bacterial infection. Dental pulp necrosis can be due to a chronic progression of pulpitis, in which the tissue of soft pulp in the tooth dies due to several causes such as trauma or severe bacterial infection. Untreated cavities, multiple invasive treatments for the tooth, and pathological ischemia for dental pulp are among the most common causes for the necrosis process. Usually, the first symptom of dental pulp necrosis is the irritant pain in the tooth only or the surrounding area because of the inflammation. The grade of pain ranges from mild, moderate, to severe pain according to the size of the damage, followed by swelling and discomfort in chewing due to the pressure on the nerve root at the base of the tooth. We aim to review the different etiologies, risk factors, correlations, and clinical outcomes associated with pulp necrosis. To our knowledge, this article is going to be the first comprehensive review of dental pulp necrosis.

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2021-12-27

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Abdulwahab, M. A., Alqahtani, M. S., Alshammari, A. A., Jiffri, S. E., Alasim, A. M., Alsharidah, F. M., Alqunfuthi, N. I., Alnamnakani, B. A., Alshahrani, R. S., Alshahrani, N. A., Aljohani, R. N., & Almintakh, M. A.-L. (2021). Etiologies, risk factors and outcomes of dental pulp necrosis. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 9(1), 348–352. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214793

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