The interrelationship between the severity of periodontitis and changes in the human dental pulp / 中国病理生理杂志

ABSTRACT

In order to analyze the association of the periodontitis severity withchanges of the human dental pulp, one hundred caries-free and restoration-free periodontallyinvolved teeth with different periodontic destruction were studied histologically. It wasfound that there was correlation between the severity of periodontitis and changes in thehuman dental pulp. The incidence of pulpal pathosis rose as the periodontic destructionbecame severe. Pulpal inflammation was related to periodontitis, but not to the severityof periodontitis. Pulpal necrosis was mostly found in the teeth with advanced periodonti-tis.