MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDODONTICS

Aim To introduce a new way of thinking about the inflamed pulp. We want to highlight that there is reversibly inflamed tissue in pulps that are currently diagnosed as irreversibly inflamed. This implies that the currently employed terminology may not reflect the actual inflammatory status of pulps evaluated clinically. We therefore propose and introduce a new diagnostic system with new terminology to highlight the healing potential of the pulp. This also implies that current treatment strategies are evaluated and revised to maintain pulp vitality with associated benefits.