Question 241 · LDEK · Vital pulp therapy
In which of the following clinical cases it is possible to perform direct pulp capping?
1) tooth crown fracture with small pulp exposure (< 1 mm) in the first hours after trauma;
2) tooth with a carious cavity with a pulp polyp;
3) accidental pulp exposure in a noncarious cavity;
4) pulp exposure in a carious cavity.
The correct answer is:
2) tooth with a carious cavity with a pulp polyp;
3) accidental pulp exposure in a noncarious cavity;
4) pulp exposure in a carious cavity.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2.
- B. 1,3.
- C. 1,4.
- D. 2,3.
- E. 3,4.
Hint
Under classical criteria, capping suits small, fresh exposures of a healthy, non-infected pulp.
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