Affiliation:
1. Department of Oral and Dental Health Research Hacettepe University Graduate School of Health Sciences Ankara Turkey
2. Department of Pediatric Dentistry Hacettepe University Faculty of Dentistry Ankara Turkey
3. Department of Stem Cell Sciences Hacettepe University Graduate School of Health Sciences Ankara Turkey
4. Center for Stem Cell Research and Development Hacettepe University Ankara Turkey
Abstract
AbstractTooth decay, which leads to pulpal inflammation due to the pulp’s response to bacterial components and byproducts is the most common infectious disease. The main goals of clinical management are to eliminate sources of infection, to facilitate healing by regulating inflammation indental tissue, and to replace lost tissues. A variety of novel approaches from tissue engineering based on stem cells, bioactive molecules, and extracellular matrix‐like scaffold structures to therapeutic applications, or a combination of all these are present in the literature. Shortcomings of existing conventional materials for pulp capping and the novel approches aiming to preserve pulp vitality highligted the need for developing new targeted dental materials. This review looks at the novel approches for vital pulp treatments after briefly addresing the conventional vital pulp treatment as well as the regenerative and self defense capabilities of the pulp. A narrative review focusing on the current and future approaches for pulp preservation was performed after surveying the relevant papers on vital pulp therapies including pulp capping, pulpotomy, and potential approaches for facilitating dentin‐pulp complex regeneration in PubMed, Medline, and Scopus databases.
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