Nonconventional Therapeutic Protocol for Type III Dens Invaginatus.

This study discusses a nonconventional therapeutic protocol for type III dens invaginatus. This condition is a disorder of dental development, caused by the invagination of enamel into coronal and/or radicular dentin structure. This promotes several structural alterations within the dental organ, which offers challenges and difficulties to perform the endodontic treatment when needed.

Permanent teeth pulpotomy survival analysis: retrospective follow-up.

Objectives: The aim of the present study is to evaluate risk factors influencing the success rates of pulpotomies both in young and adult populations.

Methods: Pulpotomies (n=273) performed by a single endodontic specialist were analyzed, and data on success rates were collected. Additionally, possible explanatory variables were noted such as: age, gender, clinical findings (teeth, type of restoration after pulpotomy), radiographic findings (dentin bridge formation) and systemic conditions.

Endodontics in primary molars using ultrasonic instrumentation.

Purpose: The purpose of this study, which is a series of consecutive case reports, was to describe and evaluate the protocol used in the treatment of pulpal necrosed of primary molars, used by the dental service of Social Support Foundation of the Moinhos de Vento Hospital, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Methods: Eighteen primary molars in 15 children, ranging from 4 to 10 years of age, were endodontically treated using ultrasonic instrumentation.

Results: Clinical and radiographic controls showed a success rate of 94%, considering an evaluation time of 14.