Pulpectomy

牙髓切除术

Pulp resection is a method to remove the inflammatory pulp tissue and cover the pulp with pulp capping agent to preserve the normal pulp tissue.

According to the different pulp capping agent, pulp cutting is mainly divided into two kinds:

(1) calcium hydroxide pulp cutting, make broken end healing, keep healthy living pulp;

(2) formaldehyde cresol pulp excision, fixed the pulp tissue below the broken end.

Methoxycresol pulpotomy is often used for the treatment of deciduous teeth.