Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the dental pulp.
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- noun dentistry A
periodontal disease in which thepulp of atooth becomesinflamed .
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Examples
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Evangelii tubam belli tubam faciunt; in pulpitis pacem, in colloquiis bellum suadent.
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- Pain induced by cold, heat, acidic foods, sugar and persisting for several minutes after suppression of the stimulus is due to pulpitis.
Chapter 14 1993
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In Article V of the "New Departure Creed," Dr. Flagg says, "Skillful and scrupulous dentists fill with tin covered with gold, thereby preventing decay, pulpitis, death of the pulp, and abscess, and thus save the teeth."
Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth Henry Lovejoy Ambler 1883
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While a previous study examined the incidence of herpes viruses in apical periodontitis, "this is the first time irreversible pulpitis has been analyzed for the presence of herpes viruses and associated with Epstein-Barr virus," noted Curt Machida, Ph. D.,
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Oregon Health & Science University's School of Dentistry have found that a significant percentage of dental patients with the inflammatory diseases irreversible pulpitis and apical periodontitis also have the Epstein-Barr virus.
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The OHSU study assessed the presence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV-1), and Varicella zoster virus (VZV) in 82 endodontic patients, including patients with irreversible pulpitis and apical periodontitis, and compared them with 19 healthy patients.
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have found that a significant percentage of dental patients with the inflammatory diseases irreversible pulpitis and apical periodontitis also have the Epstein-Barr virus.
hernesheir commented on the word pulpitis
It hurts just thinking about this term.
December 11, 2010
savnsimonee commented on the word pulpitis
oh this hurts me just thinking about it.
December 11, 2010