Understanding Dental Pulp And Pulp Stones

Understanding Dental Pulp And Pulp Stones

Question 1. Pulp stones.
Answer:

• They are modular, discrete calcified masses appearing in either or both the coronal and root portions of the pulp.
• They are usually asymptomatic unless they impinge on nerves or blood vessels.

Types:

1. True and false pulp stones.
2. Free, attached, and embedded pulp stones
3. Discrete and diffuse.

Significance:

• They play an important role in the debridement and enlargement of the root canal system during endodontic treatment.

Question 2. Pulp.
Answer:

The dental pulp is defined as the richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue of mesodermal origin enclosed by dentin with communications to the periodontal ligament.

Functions:

• Formative
• Nutritive
• Protective
• Reparative
• Inductive.

Zones:

• Odontoblastic zone
• Cell-free zone for Weil
• Cell rich zone
• Pulp core.

Cellular elements:

• Odontoblasts
• Fibroblasts
• Undifferentiated mesenchymal cells
• Defense cells.
• Other cells like eosinophils and dendritic cells.