tooth pulp

But root decay is more likely to damage the tooth pulp.

An infection or irritation of the tooth pulp usually causes the pain.

A piece of food that gets stuck in the gum can hurt as much as damaged tooth pulp.

Mesenchymal cells within the dental papilla are responsible for formation of tooth pulp.

Then X-rays are needed to identify potential problems, like the health of the tooth pulp, which affects the sensitivity of the teeth.

A general dentist or one who specializes in diseases of tooth pulp (endodontist) can perform a root canal.

An abscessed tooth will be treated by your dentist or by an endodontist, a dentist who specializes in diseases of tooth pulp.

The F.D.A., however, wants the kind of safety data required for all new drugs, notably on the sustained use of hydrogen peroxide on tooth pulp and tissue.

And bleaching before our permanent teeth are fully mature could expose the pulp to more peroxide than intended and irritate the tooth pulp or cause nerve sensitivity.

However, frequent and repeated application of clove oil in the mouth or on the gums can sometimes cause damage to the gums, tooth pulp, skin, and mucous membranes.

In December 2010, a study was published demonstrating a new alternative to root canal therapy in treating infected tooth pulps, 3Mix-MP procedure, through the local application of an antibacterial drug mixture.

In 2000, Didier Raoult and others reported finding Y. pestis DNA by performing a "suicide PCR" on tooth pulp tissue from a fourteenth-century plague cemetery in Montpellier.

Periapical periodontitis may develop into a periapical abscess, where a collection of pus forms at the end of the root, the consequence of spread of infection from the tooth pulp (odontogenic infection), or into a periapical cyst, where an epithelial lined, fluid filled structure forms.

The condition of the tooth pulp suggested that Worsley Man was 20-30 years old at the time of his death, which radiocarbon dating of a fragment of preserved soft tissue indicated was during the late Iron Age, some time around 120 AD, identifying him as a Romano-British Celt.