Dental emergencies caused by pulpar lesions

Authors

  • Yunaisy Montoro Ferrer Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Finlay-Albarrán”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana
  • María Elena Fernández Collazo Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Finlay-Albarrán”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana
  • Dadonim Vila Morales Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Finlay-Albarrán”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana
  • Agustín Rodríguez Soto Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Estomatologia "Raúl González Sánchez"
  • Dania Lucrecia Mesa González Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Finlay-Albarrán”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana

Keywords:

dental emergencies, pulp diseases, pulp lesions.

Abstract

There is a range of diseases that make the patients go to the dental emergency
service; most of them result from pulp disorders due to the painful symptoms that
characterize them. The objective of this paper was to describe the behavior of pulp
diseases in patients from the health area of "27 de Noviembre2dental clinic in the
period of October 2008 through December 2009. To this end, a cross-sectional
analytical study was conducted in 173 adult patients aged 19 to 59 years and
diagnosed as having any of the acute pulp diseases, Out of the total number of
diagnosed cases, 81 (46.8 %) had irreversible acute pulpitis, 34.7 % suffered
transient pulpitis and 18.5 % presented pulp hyperemia. The most affected teeth
were molars and the type of pulp lesion did not depend
either on the dental group or on the causative factor, being the dental caries highly
predominant, since it accounted for 65.9 %. Pain, in terms of type and intensity,
depends on the type of pulp lesion according to Pearson's statistic X
results
achieved in the study. Spontaneous pain, which was not mild in any case, was just
present in patients with irreversible acute pulpitis.

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Published

2012-10-20

How to Cite

1.
Montoro Ferrer Y, Fernández Collazo ME, Vila Morales D, Rodríguez Soto A, Mesa González DL. Dental emergencies caused by pulpar lesions. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 20 [cited 2025 Mar. 14];49(4):286-94. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/2777

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 4 (2012): OCT- DEC

Section

Research Article

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