How is carious pulp exposure and symptomatic irreversible pulpitis managed in UK primary dental care?

Aim: To investigate attitudes and approaches of UK primary care dentists to carrying out vital pulp treatment (VPT) after carious exposure and with additional signs and symptoms indicative of irreversible pulpitis.

Methodology: An electronic questionnaire was openly distributed via publicly funded (NHS) local dental committees, corporate dental service-providers, professional societies and social media. Principally NHS practitioners and those from mixed and private practice were targeted, in addition to community and military dental officers, and dental therapists.

The management of deep caries in UK primary care: A nationwide questionnaire-based study.

Aim: To investigate current approaches and attitudes towards the management of deep caries in primary dental care within the United Kingdom (UK).

Methodology: Open distribution of an electronic questionnaire survey was undertaken to primary care dental professionals working in publicly funded National Health Service [NHS], privately funded, military and community dental services. Demographic variables investigated included the following: place of qualification, method of remuneration, level of restorative training, materials available, years qualified, appointment length and clinician type.

A micro-computed tomographic (micro-CT) analysis of the root canal morphology of maxillary third molar teeth.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze the root canal morphology of maxillary third molars (MTMs) using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT).

Materials And Methods: Seventy-eight consecutively-extracted human MTMs were scanned using micro-CT (spatial resolution=13.68μm per pixel).