Pulp stones: a review
- 14 April 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in International Endodontic Journal
- Vol. 41 (6), 457-468
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2591.2008.01374.x
Abstract
Pulp stones are a frequent finding on bitewing and periapical radiographs but receive relatively little attention in textbooks. A review of the literature was therefore performed, initially using the PubMed database and beginning the search with 'pulp calcifications' and 'pulp stones'. Each term provided more than 400 references, many of which related to pulp calcification in general rather than pulp stones, and focussed largely on the problems these changes presented to clinicians. A manual search using references from this source was carried out. Contemporary textbooks in endodontology were also consulted, and an historic perspective gained from a number of older books and references. The factors involved in the development of the pulp stones are largely unknown. Further research may determine the reasons for their formation, but with current endodontic instruments and techniques this is unlikely to alter their relevance to clinicians.This publication has 61 references indexed in Scilit:
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