Question 166 · LDEK · Vital pulp therapy
In which of the following cases may the indirect pulp capping procedure be performed?
- A. tooth has increased and prolonged response to ethyl chloride.
- B. tooth is painful on percussion test.
- C. the carious lesion is not completely removed.
- D. accidental pulp exposure occurs.
- E. the patient complains of spontaneous tooth pain.
Hint
Indirect capping assumes a vital, reversibly inflamed pulp with no exposure; consider what is deliberately left behind over the pulp.
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