Pulpitis is inflammation of the dental pulp, the tissue inside a tooth that contains the blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue and supplies the tooth with blood and nutrients. It is mainly caused by a bacterial infection that develops secondarily to caries, or tooth decay, and it shows itself as a toothache. Reversible pulpitis causes brief discomfort after a hot, cold or sweet stimulus that ceases shortly after the stimulus is removed, and a healthy vital pulp can be preserved. Irreversible pulpitis is characterized by constant severe pain that arises without provocation.
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Classification
ICD-10 ChapterXI: Diseases of the Digestive System 1 Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category) Connections
Treated By
Source Pulpotomy (Wikipedia)
Source Root Canal Treatment (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. World Health Organization: ICD-10 Version:2019 - K00-K14
World Health OrganizationICD-10 2019 category K04.0, Chapter XIQuote, ICD-10 2019 category K04.0, Chapter XI
K04.0 Pulpitis
2. Wikipedia: Pulpitis
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Pulpitis is mainly caused by bacterial infection which itself is a secondary development of caries (tooth decay).
Pulpotomy (Wikipedia)
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The indication of this pulpotomy procedure is when pulp exposure occurs during caries removal in a primary tooth with a normal pulp or reversible pulpitis or after a traumatic pulp exposure.
Root Canal Treatment (Wikipedia)
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Treatment options for an irreversibly inflamed pulp (irreversible pulpitis) include either extraction of the tooth or removal of the pulp.
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