Seltzer and Bender's dental pulp /
Dental pulp
edited by Kenneth M. Hargreaves, Harold E. Goodis, Franklin R. Tay.
- Second edition.
- 1 online resource (x, 501 pages) : illustrations(chiefly color).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Development of the pulpodentin complex -- Formation of repair of dentin in the adult -- Pulpodentin complex -- Pulp as a connective tissue -- Stem cells and regeneration of the pulpodentin complex -- Circulation of the pulp -- Dental innervation and its responses to tooth injury -- Pain mechanisms in the pulpodentin complex -- Pharmacologic control of dental pain -- Pulpal infections, including caries -- Molecular mediators of pulpal inflammation -- Interrelationship of the pulp and apical periodontitis -- Repair of pulpal injury with dental materials -- Caries, restorative dentistry, and the pulp -- Effects of thermal and mechanical challenges -- Interrelationship of pulpal and periodontal diseases -- Root resorption -- Aging and the pulp -- Differential diagnosis of toothache: odontogenic versus nonodontogenic pain -- Interrelationship of the pulp and systemic disease.