Vital Pulp Therapy in Permanent Teeth Diagnosed with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis: Reports with Long-Term Controls

Table 1

Description of the most important data for each patient’s treatment.

Patient	Tooth	Tests clinical	Apex	Type of anesthesia	Irrigant	Hemostasis time	Pulp capping material	Reconstruction
Patient 1, 25-year-old male (Figure 2)	FDI 37	Cold: positive; Heat: negative; Palpation: negative; Percussion: negative	Closed	Mepivacaine 2% with levonordefrin 1 : 20,000	1% sodium hypochlorite	3 minutes	Biodentine	Immediate, glass ionomer, and resin
Patient 2, 14-year-old male (Figure 3)	FDI 47	Cold: positive; Heat: negative; Palpation: negative; Percussion: negative	Closed	Articaine 4% with adrenaline 1/100,000	Sodium hypochlorite 2.25%	2-6 minutes	Biodentine	Immediate, glass ionomer, and resin
Patient 3, 34-year-old man (Figure 4)	FDI 46	Cold: positive; Heat: negative; Palpation: negative; Percussion: negative	Closed	Articaine 4% with adrenaline 1/100,000	Sodium hypochlorite 2.25%	2-6 minutes	Biodentine	Immediate, glass ionomer, and resin
Patient 4, 14-year-old man (Figure 5)	FDI 27	Cold: positive; Calor: negativo; Palpation: negative; Percussion: negative	Closed	Articaine 4% with adrenaline 1/100,000	Sodium hypochlorite 2.25%	2-6 minutes	Biodentine	Immediate, glass ionomer, and resin
Patient 5, 8-year-old man (Figure 6)	FDI 36	Cold: positive; Heat: negative; Palpation: negative; Percussion: negative	Open	Lidocaine 2% with epinephrine 1 : 80000	Saline solution	2-6 minutes	MTA Angelus	Immediate, glass ionomer, and resin
Patient 6, 8-year-old male (Figure 7)	FDI 35	Cold: positive; Heat: negative; Palpation: negative; Percussion: negative	Open	Lidocaine 2% with epinephrine 1 : 80000	Saline solution	2-6 minutes	NeoMTA2	Immediate, glass ionomer, and resin
Patient 7, 43-year-old male (Figure 8)	FDI 46	Cold: intense pain; Heat: negative; Palpation: negative; Vertical percussion: positive	Closed	2% lidocaine with epinephrine 1 : 100,000.	Sodium hypochlorite 5.25%	5 minutes	EndoSequence BC RRM	After one week, glass ionomer and amalgam
Patient 8, 33-year-old male (Figure 9)	FDI 25	Cold: intense pain; Heat: negative; Palpation: negative; Vertical percussion: negative	Closed	2% lidocaine with epinephrine 1 : 100,000	Sodium hypochlorite 5.25%	5 minutes	EndoSequence BC RRM	After one week, glass ionomer and resin