What is the pulp test?
The pulp test is a type of dental process. Its main function is to evaluate the health of the teeth. Specifically, the dentist places a tooth device that sends electric, heat or cold current. The rate in which this current creates a reaction in the tooth can evaluate potential damage inside the tooth. These tests can verify the need for dental interventions such as root channels or tooth removal. There are several nerves and blood vessels in each tooth and provides nutrition and feeling. The tissue of the lug tissue retains these ingredients. The substance may be the best indicator of the overall tooth health. If the pulp is damaged, then the entire tooth faces danger. Feelings can take the form of buzzing or clicks. The answers are made by an electrically charged current that passes through. There are changes to the pulp test based on a sensation that alternatively measures the inner blood flow of the tooth blood.
A device called tester pulp controls the current intensity. Although testers generally emit electricity, they can also produce additional shedsPy to measure feelings such as heat and cold. The physician can use more general substances to carry out the pulp test, from ice sticks to hot drinks. Before applying the tester to the tooth, a small amount of conductive paste is first applied to the tooth.
The surrounding teeth are also measured by a tester that serves as a comparative template of species. Irregularities in the pulp test usually indicate nerve damage and chronic infectious processes that may endanger the patient's overall health. When the focal tooth creates a feeling that contrasts with the surrounding teeth, this reaction usually indicates damage to the nerve of the teeth. If the feeling occurs significantly earlier than in other teeth, then it is probably the culprit of pulpitis or inflammation of the dental pulp. On the other hand, no feelings can at all indicate a serious infection of the abscess or even the death of the pulp tissue: a condition known as necrosis of dental pulp.
Two protocols of primary treatment are governed by abnoRMAL result of the pulp test. The dentist can make a root channel in which it removes the affected nerves and blood vessels from dental pulp. After this removal, the pulp is then cleaned, filled with a cement substance and limited. If the tooth is extremely damaged and considered repair, the dentist can extract the tooth.