Pulp Testing: A Literature Review

Abstract

Pulp vitality test plays a fundamental role in regulating the health of dental pulp particularly after injury. The dental pulp is the innermost part of the tooth. It is housed in a hard chamber. It is composed of enamel and dentine. Dental pulp testing is practical and crucial diagnostic aid in endodontics. Pulp sensibility tests include thermal and electrical tests which extrapolate the health of pulp from the sensory responses. DWLS is a method which is independent of a pulsatile circulation. Pulse oximetry is considered to be a non-invasive oxygen saturation monitoring device widely used to record blood oxygen saturations level. All the articles were collected from various search engines like PUBMED, Google scholar etc. The articles were based on the review topic. More than 50 articles were used for review. The pulp testing follows 2 techniques that include pulp sensibility testing and pulp vitality testing. The results are carefully interpreted and closely scrutinised for both the techniques. There should be more researched to collaborate and assess the development of newer devices.