Pulp Therapy for Primary and ImmaturePermanent Teeth

 

Zhang Qiong 

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, West China Hospital of 

Stomatology, Sichuan University

4.1 Introduction

1. The begining

2.Anatomy Characters of teeth and Etiology of pulp disease

• Anatomy characters of primary and immature permanent teeth

         1. The different thickness of enamel and dentin, the degree of mineralization, size of the pulp relative to the crown. 

         2. Primary teeth has complex canal system and furcation trunk types.

         3. The root of primary teeth has physiological resorption.

 

• Etiology of pulp disease of primary and immature permanent teeth :

 Caries, dental trauma and dysplasia.