As inflammation builds in your tooth, the pulp can die. This can happen with irreversible pulpitis and, once this occurs, the pain will stop. Your tooth won’t be sensitive to hot or cold anymore ...

Tooth pulp is soft and consists of living blood vessels, connective tissue, and large nerves. Also commonly referred to as the nerve, the pulp branches out and continues down each root through the ...

Purpose of a Pulpotomy. Pulpotomies treat pulpitis, or dental pulp inflammation, in primary teeth affected by caries or traumatic exposure. Pulpitis may present with normal pulp or the pulp may ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil have discovered connections in the mechanisms involved in dental pulp inflammation and root apex damage. The findings may lead to medications that ...

However, they found that when the RvE1 was applied to extremely infected pulp, or dead pulp, it did not cause regeneration, but did help in slowing down the infection rate and lowered inflammation.

As infection and inflammation progress, pulp may become necrotic or die off. The infection may also spread to tissues surrounding the tooth, causing dental abscesses and infection of the root and ...

The research will investigate the effects of MMP-9 on multiple types of cells involved in the pulpal healing process, including dental pulp stem cells, inflammatory cells and endothelial cells — the ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo showed in mice the importance of the signaling pathway mediated by the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-α and its receptor TNFR1; the discovery ...

The minimally invasive treatment is dependent on the inflammatory status and healing capacity of dental pulp. The enzyme, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, has been suggested as a potential biomarker ...