Sierra Nunn, DMD, is an Assistant Professor at the University Of
Kentucky College Of Dentistry serving as the Team Leader for Team 2 in
the Comprehensive Care Clinic and seeing patients in the Faculty
Practice Clinic.
This series
features university-based key opinion leaders presenting numerous topics on
multiple dates and times. Presentations are available to meet every dental health
care professional’s schedule and interests.
Vital
Pulp Therapy Using Direct Pulp Caps in Permanent Teeth: An
Alternative to Root Canals?
Friday, September 6, 2024
11AM ET/ 10AM CT/8AM PT
The
dental pulp is connective tissue that lives protected inside the hard tissues
of the tooth. When this soft tissue is exposed to trauma, caries, or damage
(such as tooth fracture), the tissue is at risk of infection that will
eventually proceed to pain and necrosis of the pulp. In permanent teeth, the
current standard of care in situations of infected pulp tissue is to proceed
directly to root canal treatment. But, remember the best treatment results
happen in teeth that preserve the vitality of the pulp. Lately, a potential
alternative has gained clinical popularity – vital pulp therapy. Vital pulp
therapy (VPT) attempts to treat the infection without the complete removal of
the dental pulp tissue. The purpose of this course is to explain the clinical procedures
associated with vital pulp therapy, to discuss the specific cases where vital
pulp therapy should and should not be used, and to touch on the success rates
reported in current research.
At
the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:
Understand
the indications and contraindications of VPT
Discuss
the clinical materials and procedures for VPT
Review
the advances in direct pulp capping materials and the evidence-based findings
of prognosis after VPT
Meet the speaker:
Sierra Nunn, DMD, is an Assistant Professor at the University Of
Kentucky College Of Dentistry serving as the Team Leader for Team 2 in
the Comprehensive Care Clinic and seeing patients in the Faculty
Practice Clinic. Dr. Nunn earned her dental degree from the University
Of Kentucky College Of Dentistry in 2019 and she completed a one year
post-grad training course in Endodontics at UKCD in June of 2021. She
was previously a part-time faculty member at the University Of Kentucky
College Of Dentistry in the Division of Restorative Dentistry, Division
of Endodontics, and Division of Comprehensive Care. She is the course
director for the first year Clinical Clerkships and provides coverage
for the second year pre-clinical Endodontics course. Sierra resides in
Lawrenceburg, KY with her husband and three children.
PLEASE NOTE: THE ACDE LECTURE SERIES VIA ZOOM WILL NOT BE RECORDED FOR SELF STUDY. LECTURES ARE ONLY OFFERED LIVE AT THE TIME/ON THE DAY LISTED.
