EMERGENCIES
Introduction
Definition
Difference between emergency and urgency
Diagnosis and management
Classification
Acute pulpitis
Acute alveolar abscess
Esthetic emergencies
Emergencies during the treatment
Post endodontic treatment emergencies
Conclusion
References
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INTRODUCTION
Emergency: Any urgent condition perceived by the
patient as requiring immediate medical or surgical
evaluation or treatment.
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Dental emergency :
An acute condition affecting the teeth, such as
inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding teeth or
past treatment complications of dental surgery
Endodontic emergency:
Defined as an unscheduled visit associated with pain
or swelling from pulpoperiapical pathoses requiring
immediate diagnosis and treatment
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1/3rd of all dental emergencies are from endodontic
origin
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DIFFERENCE
Emergency Urgency
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According to Grossman
1.Acute conditions
a. Reversible pulpitis
b. Irreversible pulpitis
c. Alveolar abscess
d. Periodontal abscess
2. Emergencies during treatment
3. Fractures
I. Crown
II. Root
4.Avulsed tooth
5.Reffered pain
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BDJ: Vol 197 no 6 sep 2004; 299-305
Before treatment
1. Pulpal pain
2.Acute periapical abscess
3.Cracked tooth syndrome
During treatment
1. Recent restorative treatment
2. Periodontal treatment
3. Exposure of pulp
4. Fracture of root or crown
5. Pain as a result of instrumentation
a. Acute apical periodontitis
b. Phoenix abscess
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3 Ds of successful
management
Diagnosis
Definitive treatment
Drugs
Diagnostic sequence
Obtain information about the patients medical and dental
histories.
Ask pointed subjective questions about the patients pain:
history, location, severity, duration, character, eliciting
stimuli.
Perform extraoral examination
Perform intraoral examination
Perform pulp testing procedures.
Use palpation and percussion sensitivity tests to determine
periapical status
Proper Interpretation of radiographs
Rapid and accurate diagnosis are important in the treatment of
endodontic emergencies
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SIGN - An objective evidence of a disease, such
evidence as is perceptable to the examining
physycian.
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Most of the times patient
comes with chief
Complaint of
Pain,
Swelling,
Transient loss of function.
Esthetic abnormalities.
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ACUTE PULPITIS
Acute reversible pulpitis:
It is a mild to moderate inflammatory condition of the
pulp caused by noxious stimuli in which the pulp is
capable of returning to the uninflammed state
following removal of the stimuli
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SYMPTOMS
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CAUSES
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ACUTE IRREVERSIBLE
PULPITIS
It is the persistent inflammatory condition of the
pulp, caused by a noxious stimuli
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SYMPTOMS
When hot or cold fluids are applied, the pain elicited will be
more significant; cold may relieve the pain
Pain may radiate initially, but once the periodontal ligament has
become involved the patient will be able to locate the tooth
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PULPOTOMY
Conditions where pulpectomy is not possible in
multirooted teeth
Anesthetize the affected tooth.
Apply rubber dam.
Prepare access cavity.
Remove the pulp from the pulp chamber with
spoon excavator or round bur
Cotton pellet moistened with formocresol is
placed in the cavity and it is sealed with
ZnOE
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ACUTE ALVEOLOR ABSCESS
Localized collection of pus in the alveolar bone at the
root apex of the tooth following death of pulp with
extension of infection through the apical foramen into
the periapical tissue.
CAUSES
Bacterial involvement
H/0 of trauma
Mechanical or chemical irritation
Pulpitis or pulpal necrosis.
Exacerbation of chronic periapical lesion.
Endodontic-periodontic lesion ,deep pocket.
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In severe conditions this odontogenic
infection can spread into the adjacent
soft tissues and leads to life threatening
complication called as cellulitis.
Bacteria mainly involving the acute cellulitis are
staphylococcus group
They produce hyluronidase, fibrolysin, collagenase
that breakdown the intercellular cementing substance.
This allows infection to spread rapidly
into the facial spaces and cause life
threatening situation
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Simultanious bilateral spread of infection into
submandibular, sublingual and submental space s is
called as ludwigs angina.
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PHLEGMON:
Streptococcus haemolyticus
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SYMPTOMS
Local reactions: SYSTEMIC REACTIONS:
Tenderness of tooth Elevated temperature
Severe throbbing pain GI disturbances
Swelling Malaise
Sinus tract nausea
Dizziness
Lack of sleep
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DIAGONSIS
Pain and presence of swelling
Mobility of tooth
Sensitiveness to percussion
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Apical trephination
TREATMENT
Local anesthesia
Isolation
Access cavity
If drainage does not occur, apical foramen is
enlarged to 25, 30 no size to obtain the drainage.
apical trephination .(weine)
If time permits, complete cleaning and shaping of
the canals .
Irrigation with NaOCl.
Closed dressing given with ZnOE/ Placement of
intracanal medication
Adjustment of occlusion
If systemic involvement is present prescribing the
antibiotics and analgesics.
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TRAUMATIC AND
EASTHETIC EMERGENCIES
Traumatic injury to a tooth can cause
1 cracked crown
2. fracture crown
3. fracture root
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CRACKED TOOTH
SYNDROME
Incomplete fracture of a vital posterior tooth that involves the
dentin and occasionally extends into the pulp
Men = Women
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Two classic patterns of crack formation
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Symptoms:
Diagnosis:
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1. Transillumination method
3. Use of dyes
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Treatment
ASSESSMENT
OF TOOTH
LARGE SMALL
CRACK CRACK
Energy of Impact
Mass and velocity of object
Resilience of the object
Shape of the object
Angle of direction
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CLASSIFICATION (Ellis)
Class I Only enamel fracture
Class II Enamel + Dentin
Class III Enamel + Dentin + pulp
Class IV Non vital with or with out
crown fracture
Class V Avulsion
Class VI Root fractures
Class VII Displacement
Class VIII Fracture of crown enmass
Class IX Deciduous tooth fractures
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WHO CLASSIFICATION
873.60 enamel fracture
873.61 crown fracture involving enamel and dentin
with out pulp exposure
873.62 crown fracture with pulp exposure
873.63 root fractures
873.64 crown and root fractures
873.66 luxation
873.67 intrusion or extrusion
873.68 avulsion
873.69 other injuries
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Andreasens modification
873.64 unclomplicated crown and
root fractures
873.64 complicated crown
and root fractures.
873.66 concussion injury
873.66 subluxation
873.66 lateral luxation
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HEITHERSAY AND MORILE
Class 1: fracture line does not extend below the level
of the attached gingiva
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In general tooth fractures can be grouped into 5
major categories
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TOOTH FRACTURE WITHOUT
PULP INVOLVEMENT
Ellis class I, II,
WHO classification 873.60, 61
They are ranging from chipping of
enamel to deep dentinal fractures
Treatment :
Only enamel fracture: Composite restoration
Dentin involvement :
Immediate : applying hard setting calcium hydroxide
bonded resin restoration.base
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FRACTURE OF CROWN WITH
PULP EXPOSURE
Vital pulp exposures
Ellis class V
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Reimplantation
Time Treatment Success rate
hr Immediate 80 %
reimplantation then
RCT
< 2 hrs Reimplantation 40 60 %
followed by
immediate RCT
> 2 hrs First endodontic 20 40 %
treatment later
reimplantation
> 12 hrs Better to discard the -
tooth.
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MANAGEMENT (WEINE)
Part I (emergency treatment at the site of injury)
Cleaning the tooth under the running water
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Part II (emergency treatment at the dental office ):
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Part III (completion of endodontic treatment)
Saline
Distilled water
Milk
Coconut water
Viaspan
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Prognosis: Follow up
Fracture of alveolus
Ankylosis
Vertical &
Horizontal
1. Coronal
2. Middle
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On the basis of level of root fracture in
relation to various horizontal plane of
periodontium
Class 1:fracture line nearing the
gingival attachment.
Prognosis:
Location of the fracture
Root development
Direction of fracture
Displacement of fractured segment
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Sequelae to root fractures (Andreasen)
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Treatment
Non surgical
No mobilty no treatment
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VERTICAL ROOT FRACTURE
Etiology:
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Vertical root fracture
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Patients history Clinical examination
H/o of trauma, Crack probing
Radiographic examination:
1.Halo like bone loss (J shaped lesion )
2.Isolated bone loss
3.Radiolucent space between the long axis of the material
and canal wall
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TREATMENT
Extraction :
Hemisection:
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Concussion : injury to supporting structures without
abnormal loosing or displacement
Extrusive luxation
Lateral luxation
Intrusive luxation
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TREATMENT
Concussion: requires only
relieving pressure by selective
grinding
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Lateral luxation: reposition and splinting it for
15 days
Intrusive luxation:
1. repositioning immediately
2. wait and see with the hope that the tooth will re erupt
on its own
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EMERGENCIES WHEN THE
PATIENT IS UNDER
TREATMENT (FLARE UP)
Etiological factors
High filling
Micro leakage
Micro exposure of pulp
Thermal or mechanical injury during cavity
preparation or an inadequate lining under metallic
restorations
Chemical irritation from lining or filling materials
Electric effect of dissimilar metals
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Periodontal treatment
Exposure of pulp
Fracture of root or crown
FACTORS (WALTON):
Iatrogenic factors
Host factors
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EMERGENCIES
Acute apical periodontitis
Recrudescence of a chronic
apical abscess
Hypochlorite accident
Ingestion or Aspiration of
the instrument
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ACUTE APICAL
PERIODONTITS
Over instrumentation
Forcing the debris into the
periapical tissues
Symptoms :
Sensitive to percussion
Pain on biting
Throbbing and gnawing type of pain
Treatment :
NSAIDS, ketorolac, diclofenac , or Ketoprofen.
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1. Grade A NSAIDS preoperatively.
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RECRUDESCENCE OF A
CHRONIC APICAL ABSCESS
Phoenix abscess
Chronic lesion become acute after
the first endodontic treatment.
Mechanism:
Recrudescence = breaking out
Facultative anaerobes multiply
rapidly after canal is opened by endodontic therapy
Canal instrumentation reduces some strains and some
virulant bacteria will grow rapidly
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Symptoms:
Mobility, tenderness to percussion and swelling
Treatment :
Incision and drainage through the root canal
Initial exudation: irrigation with warm saline
If drainage shows resistance- leave the tooth open
Closed dressing 2-5 days later
If drainage is stopped closed dressing
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HYPOCLORITE ACCIDENT
Expelling of NaOCl beyond
the apex
This is due to locking the
needle of the irrigating
syringe in the canal and
forceful injecting the
irrigant
Symptoms :
Sudden extreme pain with
in mins after the irrigation
Swelling with in minutes
Profused prolonged
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TREATMENT
Allow the bleeding to
continue ,
Antibiotics, analgesics
for five and three days
respectively .
Prescribing anti
histamines (since it
should be considered as
hypersensitive reaction)
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ASPIRATION OR INGESTION
A serious problem, life threatening event.
Operator is responsible
Recognition:
Gastroscopy.
Bronchoscopy.
Computed tommography.
Monitoring of physical signs.
Test of stool for occult blood.
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If the instrument is in pharyngeal pouch and
oesophagus try to locate and remove with blunt long
tweezer
Instrument is in lungs surgical intervention.
Bronchus causing problem remove it surgically .
If it is in the alimentary tract monitor
radiographically and physical signs.
Advice the patient to take fibre diet so that it provides
better movement.
Usually it passes in faeces, if not remove surgically.
Radiographs
Apex locaters
Proper Irrigation
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POST ENDODONTIC
TREATMENT
High restoration
Overfilling
Underfilling
Root fracture
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MANAGEMENT
Occlusal correction and removal of high points in
the restoration
Prescription of analgesics and, if the pain is more
severe and infection is present, antibiotics
An attempt at removal of the root filling and
repreparation of the root canal
Periradicular surgery
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JOURNALS
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comparitive study. Journal of orofacial pain.Volume 21, Number 4, 2007
Emergency management of acute apical periodontitis, JCDA, Mar 2003
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