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  2. Pulpitis - Wikipedia

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    Pulpitis can often create so much pressure on the tooth nerve that the individual will have trouble locating the source of the pain, confusing it with neighboring teeth, called referred pain. The pulp cavity inherently provides the body with an immune system response challenge, which makes it very difficult for a bacterial infection to be ...

  3. Dental restoration - Wikipedia

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    Dental restoration, dental fillings, ... When a deep cavity had been filled, there is a possibility that the nerve may have been irritated. [citation needed] ...

  4. Zinc oxide eugenol - Wikipedia

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    This condition usually leads to severe chronic tooth sensitivity or actual toothache and can then only be treated with the removal of the nerve (pulp) called root canal therapy. For persons with a dry socket as a complication of tooth extraction, packing the dry socket with a eugenol-zinc oxide paste on iodoform gauze is effective for reducing ...

  5. Pulp capping - Wikipedia

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    Pulp capping is a technique used in dental restorations to protect the dental pulp, after it has been exposed, or nearly exposed during a cavity preparation, from a traumatic injury, or by a deep cavity that reaches the center of the tooth, causing the pulp to die. [1]

  6. Atraumatic restorative treatment - Wikipedia

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    The decision on how much decay to remove (whether to carry out the decay removal to firm dentine or stop when soft dentine has been reached) depends on the depth of the cavity (a filling needs to have a minimum thickness of material to remain strong); [2] and the possibility of reaching the tooth's pulp (the nerve is exposed sometimes when deep ...

  7. Dental cement - Wikipedia

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    However, if insufficient tooth tissue remains after cavity preparation to provide such retentive features, a cement can be utilised to help retain the amalgam in the cavity. Historically, zinc phosphate and polycarboxylate cements were used for this technique; however, since the mid-1980s composite resins have been the material of choice due to ...

  8. Dentin hypersensitivity - Wikipedia

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    Others suggest that due to the presence of patent dentinal tubules in areas of hypersensitive dentin, there may be increased irritation to the pulp, causing a degree of reversible inflammation. [12] Here are some of the most common causes of sensitive teeth: Tooth decay: Tooth decay is one of the most common causes of sensitive teeth. When the ...

  9. Pulp necrosis - Wikipedia

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    Destruction of the nerve fibres causes neuropeptides to be released into pulp. The neuropeptides can cause an increase vascular permeability and vasodilation. The filtration of serum proteins and fluid from the vessel causes the tissue to become oedematous. The tissue pressure increases as the blood volume and interstitial fluid volume rises.