PB-9 - Controversies in VPT: IPC vs DPC vs Pulpotomy Part 1

Thursday, April 18, 2024

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT

Location: 408 B

Earn 1.0 CE Credits

Facilitator(s)

Stephane Simon, DDS, MSc, PhD, HDR (he/him/his)

Private Practice
Private Practice
Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Speaker(s)

Ashraf F. Fouad, D.D.S., M.S. (he/him/his)

Professor and Chair, Department of Endodontics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Nessrin A. Taha, BDS, GradDipClinDent, DClinDent, PhD (she/her/hers)

Professor in Endodontics, Coordinator of postgraduate program in Endodontics
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Irbid, Irbid, Jordan

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Domenico Ricucci, D.D.S.

Private Endodontic Practice
University of Bologna
Cetraro, Calabria, Italy

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

The aim of the session is to address the controversies in Vital Pulp Therapy. Do we have to remove the full caries disease for direct pulp capping ? or can we leave some carious tissue in contact with the pulp for Indirect pulp capping to avoid its exposure ?
Is the full pulpotomy actually a reliable endodontic technique? What do the clinical trials say in 2023?
Finally what role do the inflammation process play in the healing process. Is the inflammation a helper or a killer?
Let discuss all these question with the presentation of 4 world wide recognized speakers.

Presentation n°1: Dr Taha: "Selective caries removal vs total caries removal: analogous options or trivial debate?" - 30mn

Presentation n°2: Dr Ricucci: "Clinical and histologic criteria in the selection of the various VPT measures" - 30mn

Learning Objectives:

Describe the role of inflammation in the healing process.
Describe the destructive role of infection disease in vital pulp therapy.
Select the right protocol (Indirect Pulp Capping, Direct Pulp Capping or Full Pulpotomy) in every clinical situation.