PULP POLYP

WHAT IS PULP POLYP:

Pulp is the soft tissue which is present inside the tooth & supplies blood to the teeth.Any sensation perceived by tooth is because of the pulp.

A pulp polyp is an abnormal growth of tissues from the lining  tissues as a result of  pulpal inflammation due to extensive caries exposure of young pulp. It is also known as hyperplastic pulpitis.

The inflammation is mainly because of the fact that the healthy pulp tissue is resisting the irritation caused by the causative factors. It is a tissue that is formed when inflammation cause the tissue(pulp)to increase in size & swell.

               

 CAUSES: It occurs as a result of both mechanical irritation & bacterial invasion into the pulp of tooth .

1.Slow & progressive carious exposure of pulp is the main cause

2.Carious tooth with significant loss of tooth structure.

3.Long standing decay.

4. Fractured tooth due to trauma with pulpal exposure.

5.Loss of dental restoration that results in pulpal exposure.

SYMPTOMS:

1. Mastication leads to tenderness, localized bleeding may occur.

2. Mild to moderate pain to be present especially on the back teeth as these teeth help in breaking down food, so when these forces act on pulp ,the inflammation aggrevates.

CLINICAL FEATURES:

It is seen as a spongy soft tissue nodule which extrudes from the cavitated or fractured surface of tooth. It enlarges to fill the entire cavitated area or pulp chamber of tooth. Appears as round red or pink mass that can be seen popping out of the open tooth structure.

TREATMENT:

Removal of the hyperplastic tissue followed by1. RCT( if sufficient tooth structure present).

                                                                            2. RCT &POST&CORE( if sufficient tooth structure                                                                                                                                          not there).

                                                                            3. Extraction.

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