AVA Conference Brisbane 2018

Disease of the pulp is sadly often overlooked and underdiagnosed in clinical practice. Even when the patient is under general anaesthesia, complicated crown fractures involving the pulp can be missed during an oral examination. Pulpal disease can cause pain, local or facial swelling, lethargy, pyrexia and a decrease in quality of life in our pet population. This lecture will look at the diagnosis of pulpal disease including the use of the essential diagnostic tools that assist in making a diagnosis and formulating a treatment plan. The lecture will also offer an introduction to pulpal therapy including vital pulp therapy (pulpotomy) and conventional root canal treatment. A discussion of the instrumentation required and the steps involved in performing successful pulp therapy will follow.