Direct pulp capping : a conservative procedure to maintain pulp vitality
Dr Jenner Argueta, Guatemala
It appears that conservative pulp management is becoming more popular as time goes on. Here, considerations include the importance of the pulp tissue, current advances related to protocols and appropriate materials for procedures to maintain pulp vitality, and economic factors that influence decision making in many countries, causing many patients to tend towards the premature extraction of teeth owing to the cost of root canal therapy.