TRADITIONALLY ROOT CANAL TREATMENT IS COUPLED WITH PAIN IN PATIENTS' MENTALITY AND DUE TO THIS NEGATIVE IMAGE, PATIENTS WHO GO TO DENTAL OFFICE, HAVE SOME DEGREES OF ANXIETY AND FEAR OF PROBABLE PAIN, UNCONSCIOUSLY...

INTRODUCTION: ROOT CANAL THERAPY USUALLY IS AS A DIFFICULT TREATMENT AND PAINFUL IN THE PATIENTS' MIND. SOME PATIENTS SUFFER FROM SEVER FEAR OF TREATMENT AS THEY AVOID TO DENTISTRY TO TREAT THEIR TOOTH AND IN SOME CASES THIS AVOIDANCE RESULT IN LOSS OF TOOTH. FURTHERMORE, …

HYPNODONTICS IS THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USING HYPNOSIS TO INDUCE COMFORTABLE AND PAIN FREE DENTAL VISITS. ONE OF THE MOST ANXIETY INDUCING TREATMENTS IN DENTAL OFFICE IS ROOT CANAL THERAPY. ...

DENTAL PULP TISSUE IS ROUTINELY EXPOSED TO MANY IRRITANT SUCH AS CARIES AND TRAUMA. CLINICALLY, WHEN PULP IS DIAGNOSED IRREVERSIBLE PULPITIS, NO TREATMENT CAN REVERSE THE SITUATION REGARDLESS THE AMOUNT OF THE REMAINING NORMAL PULP TISSUE AND THE DAMAGED PULP TISSUE SHOULD BE REMOVED.SINCE PULP TISSUE POTENTIALLY CONTAIN MANY TYPE OF STEM CELL, WHICH CAN REVERSE TO PULPAL CELLS, REGENERATIVE PROCEDURES SUCH AS PARTIAL AND TOTAL PULPOTOMY RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE DAMAGED PULP TISSUE. THREE MAIN FACTORS IN REGENERATIVE ENDODONTIC ARE AS FOLLOWS: STEM CELL, GROWTH FACTOR AND SCAFFOLD. DENTAL PULP STEM CELLS (DPSCS), STEM CELLS FROM EXFOLIATED DECIDUOUS TEETH (SHED), PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT STEM CELLS AND STEM CELLS FROM APICAL PAPILLA (SCAP) HAVE BEEN ISOLATED AND CHARACTERIZED AS PROGENITOR OF PULP CELLS. THE MAIN GOAL OF REGENERATION IS VITAL PULP PROTECTION WITH EITHER PARTIAL OR TOTAL PULPOTOMY. IN THE CASE OF PULP NECROSIS WITH OPEN APICES, REGENERATION USING PERIODONTAL STEM CELLS SHOULD BE DONE WHEN ANY OTHER PROCEDURE SUCH AS CONVENTIONAL ROOT CANAL THERAPY OR APICAL PLUG ARE CONTRAINDICATED.NEW APPROACHES IN THESE CONCEPTS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN LECTURE PRESENTATION.

INTRODUCTION: RECENT ADVANCES IN REGENERATIVE ENDODONTICS HAVE BECOME VERY POPULAR IN CLINICAL PROCEDURES. THESE ADVANCES HAVE PROVIDED TREATMENT MODALITIES THAT PROTECT THE VITAL PULP, ALLOW MANIPULATION OF REACTIONARY AND REPARATIVE DENTINOGENESIS, AND, MORE RECENTLY, PERMIT REVASCULARIZATION OF AN INFECTED ROOT CANAL SPACE. THESE APPROACHES ARE REFERRED TO AS REGENERATIVE PROCEDURES. THIS REVIEW SUMMARIZES THE METHODS USED FOR PULP REGENERATION AND REVIEWS THE STUDIES INVESTIGATING THIS NEW BRANCH OF ENDODONTICS...